When was seven years of age the
Uncle Sam's First Woman
Lookout She Has An En
viable Record In Her Dis
trict and Can Handle Any
Fire Expert Shot and
Trapper.
Bjr IORA SIM1 JILXS
JWOR the sixth time during th
prevent summer fire season Miss
ltllalllo M. Daggett, the only wom
J an employed by the United States
i urest Service as a lookout in a na
tional forest. Journeyed up the moun
tain side to the lookout station at Eddy
Gulch to keep her vigil.
The ever present menace of forest
Urea, be It known, la lessened by a
regular protective force whose duty
It U to detect and report the first
hint of tell-tale smoke.- Thus, small
lire are put out before gales of wind
fan them Into fury and set the whole
forest area ablaze with devastating
red Ham.
Mlae Daggett la the first woman to
act as a member of this protective
force. The Deputy Forest Supervisor
of the Klamath National Forest of
California, in whose district she serves,
ays that she has been so efficient that
the Poreat Service now looks favor
ably on women as lookouts.
Peep Into her lookout cabin. This
la her headquarters, where she keeps
watch. By inspecting It Inside and
out one may enter very fully Into the
spirit of her work. Located on Kla
math Peak, Siskiyou county. Califor
nia. It lies between Mount Shasta on
the east and the Pacific Ocean on the
west, both of which can be seen from
the windows which are placed tn each
of the loc walls. It Is three hours
sard climb from everywhere.
