. The bulletin. Forest reserves Middle West Periodicals; National parks and reserves Middle West Periodicals. mR ON CARELESS SMOIvER_S By G. A. Limstrom, Ranger - Huron Of the 35 fires which occurred on the Mio District during the 1934 season, 19 were attributed to the careless smoker. it is fur- ther noted that only 29 of these 35 fires were actionable, the size of the smoker problem reaches even larger proportions. Of the 10 other actionable fires three convictions, or 33/o, were secured, while only three smokers, or 16%, were apprehended. Because this proportion of ' fires is
. The bulletin. Forest reserves Middle West Periodicals; National parks and reserves Middle West Periodicals. mR ON CARELESS SMOIvER_S By G. A. Limstrom, Ranger - Huron Of the 35 fires which occurred on the Mio District during the 1934 season, 19 were attributed to the careless smoker. it is fur- ther noted that only 29 of these 35 fires were actionable, the size of the smoker problem reaches even larger proportions. Of the 10 other actionable fires three convictions, or 33/o, were secured, while only three smokers, or 16%, were apprehended. Because this proportion of ' fires is possibly universal- ly true for the Region, special preventive measures should be taken to reduce this number for the coming seasons. Vigorous law-enforcement is a prevention measure which deserves a great deal of the Forest Offi- cer* s time, even during these periods of , and other emergency pro- grams. Unless admissions are secured this necessitates prompt action and the closest of observation immediately upon arrival at the fire by the first suppression crew. During the past summer, tivo smokers were apprehended on purely circumstantial evidence which vnis so presented to the court as to eli- minate any possibility that someone other than the defendants were near the fire at the time of its inception. The fire started in fresh jack pine slash and was picked up immediately by' the lookouts; the first suppression crew, led by the Camp Superintendent, arrived at the fire only a few minutes after the lookout report, and the following observa- tions were immediately noted: (l) Windfall had to be removed from the road, indicating that no one could have left the vicinity of the fire by automobile; (2) the fire originated on a chopper's strip, and on one freshly cut pile of pulpvrood a jacket, 2 axes and a draw-knife were found J (3) shortly after their arrival t^vo men coiae hurriedly to the scene of the fire to get their jackets and tools; (4) the Camp Superin- tendent lea
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