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Show ,,., , ••••••• •••• •• •••••• •••••• •••••• •••••• •••••• •••••• •••••• •••••• •••••• •••••• VOL. II NO. XXII e e • e e • e e e • .. e • e • O • • • t CO. 726, CCC t GRiillfVeILLE, MO . e e e • e • • 0 THE Dv:;FORTANCE OF FOR.:;.:,JTT[ As ue go about our tasks, day • • • • • 0 0 • 0 e JULY 13, 1935 O O O O O e e O • 0 • • 0 • THO ORIGINALS REMAIN · We still have two enrolle es in this company who entered at tbe portan t and benefi cial this co~tiue of the organi zati on of the Ciservati on work is to the nation . vilian Conser vation Corps, about Perhap s we do not realize fully twenty -six months ago. are how iraport ant the forest3 have been Berry ·17,r--uan (o~ Claren ce •1 They 0kie il Martin . in furthe ring the progre ss of civThese Lien 's hones are ir.1 Kansas ilizati on. ITith the rapid growth City, liio ., , the origin al company of popula tion, and the westwa rd being r:lade up of men from that city advanc e of civiliz ation, r,iany \1ood - and locali ty. en houses uere built, and are still Berry and 17 0kie 11 each have held being built, to give shelte r to nuriwro us jobs 1,,7hile being rri th the millio ns of people . Barns Fero c ori1p s.:;:1y • built and farm implem ents were made ; r11.ile st2.tion ed at Ft.. Leaven to enable farmer s to produc e food worth , I~a:1sas , Berry was assigne d a for themse lves and fa~ others . sub-le ader's job. He was promot ed i,: anJ, :i::lCly 'J .SCS ";{CI'() :~~o.cl~; o.i".' :10:;d to a l.e·'.r:1 er 1 s joo, late:.~ goi i::s 1-iack and are still being made. to trj_o. t of sLlb-le au.er. st LG :::..v. t .: r Forest ry is the handlin g of he was again promot ed to a leader . forest s for tii:iber produc tion and Upon arrivin g i n the state of for stream -flow protec tion. It al- fornia , he continu ed his dutiesCalias so deals with the conser vation and a leader . -rib.en the con1pany r:10-v-ed increa se of forest s for future con- to Reforu , Ark., he went to work in sumpti on. It is estiLie. ted that the Supply Roon with a sub-le ader's over half of the origin al forest s rating . Later he was given the job of the United States ha-v-e been as Supply Sergee nt, the job thet he levele d. is holding to-day . Frm~1 noverub er, The loss of timber is enormo us. 19 34 , to June, 1935, he held anIn 1924, 29,000 ,000 acres were other job in connec tion with that swept by flames . There Here 92,000 of Supply Sergea nt - the job forest fires in the United 3tates being that of .Senoir Forema n. that year. This was at the rate 11 0kie's 11 job, in genera l, has of 250 every day, and a large per- been one thing throug hout his encentag e of these Here caused by rollr:1e n t. While in Califo rnia, he carele ssness . was garbc:tg e boy . He vrheele d the There are 200,00 0 known k:m.nds garbag e h igh upon a mounta in, where of tree-at tackin g insect s at work it was burmed instead of buried all the time. It is estiri1atecL tJw.t thrown away. dince the compan y'sor these little creatu res ceuse e l ass moving to Reform , Ark. and Green{Cont. on page 2, Col . 1) (Cont. on page 3, Col. 1) by day, few of us realize ho~ im- |
