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mammmmhhhwmmmmmmwmmwmmm wmmmwmm | Which one started the most fires? mumii i;inm;im I BELIEVE IT OR NOT, moreforestfires were started last summer bypatriotic Americans like you than by arsonists, lightniny, or any other single / "*A v N*-Wr~ i' - '* - , ii we cany let it happen this season i Yes, it's true?tragically true. A savage menace to our country's forests is ... . the average, outdoor-loving, patriotic American. A man like you. He doesn't mean to start a fire, naturally. He just forgeu. I Forgets to put out hi* cigarette, his match, his campfire. He forgot last year to the crackle of 170,000 forest fires. , But this season, if you thoughtlessly flip a lighted butt from a car or wander away from a campfire you "think" is out, your forest fire may sabotage the war effort by? 1. Destroying millions of feet of timber when we need every tree. 2. Ikying huge watersheds bare when we need green one* most. 3. Calling for millions of man-hours that are needed to produce food, planes, tanks, and ships. With two million former fire fighters at the front, with enemy sabotage always possible, we know you WANT to help. THIS IS WHAT YOB CAR DO HOW N. ?mm?? FIRSTy redd carefully the Forest Fire Prevention 'Creed printed here. , SECOND, mention this advertisement to at least three of your f riends. THE FOREST FIRE PREVENTION CREED | I Will smoke ill tlie woods ONLY while halted * in a safe place, completely; cleared of dry or I inflammable materiaL j 4 I Will break all horned matches in two before J I throw them away, and WILL NEVER throw pipe tobacco, cigar bntts, or cigarette stubs into j brash, leaves, or pine needles. - | I Will scrape away all inflammable material before building a campfire, then btiild it in a hole dug in the center of this cleared space. 4 I Will put ont campfires before Ideave?stir the coals while soaking them with water | wet the I ground around the fire; make certain the last j "/? spark is dead. I Will Never barn brush in windy weather, or Without plenty of help. 0^ I Will put oat any small fires I find, or report them AT ONCE by phoning the Ranger or Fbe Warden. \r 7 I Will remember that a burning match, a glow- I ing cigarette, or a smoldering campfire can he just as dangerous as an incendiary bomb , . that careless matches aid the Axis. / ? * *. II NAMES OF SPONSORS ??? II II City Laundry & Camden Dry Cleaners I DeKalb Pharmacy I Barringer Hardware Co. I Kennedy Insurance Agency Burns & Barrett Hardware \ Eichel's Department Store DeLuxe Cleaners J. J. Newberry Co.-5c to $1.00 D. J. Creed 4 0 A * ' , ^ ' SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSBBSSSSSSSSBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Anderson's Service Station Camden Food Shop ..... The Hoff er Company ?i-Vl ' Commercial Bank of Camden ^ Member Federal Reserve 8ystem Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation j Langston Motor Company *