Arizona republican., 1899-10-02
FOREST RESERVES.
The Duties of Officers and Officials of
 the Arizona Reserve,

Following is an excerpt from an in
 teresting article published in the For
 ester, journal devoted to the care and
 use of forests and kindred subjects:
 The forest superintendents are re-
 quired to post themselves thoroughly
 as to all the rules and regulations gov erning the reserve, as laid down in a
 general circular of instructions issued
 June 30, 1897, and reissued. with
 amendments, August 5, 1888; and 10
 sae that these regulations are enforced, to observe the results of their opera
 tion and to report thereon They are tc obtain information against persons
 violating the provisions of the forest fire law, and report it to the proper
 United States attorney, and to render all necessary assistance in their prose
 cution. They are to give special at tentiOn to the instructions regarding forest fires and to cooperate with the supervisors in all large and important fres which are liable to get beyond the control of the supervisors and their rangers, and, when necessary to em- ploy additional help to extinguish the fires.
 They are required to study the eff feet Of shaep grazing upon the re- SSIfNc, GO 6Ad11lIl0 dS IO lu6 QuGSIltiH of the free use Of timber and stone as provided by the regulations; timber lands in tha reserves more valuable for mineral than for timber; areas in the reserves more valuable for agricultural than for forest uses. They also have charge of the appr1ise- ment of timber to be sold and many other similar duties, They promulgate all orders from the commissioner, and exa anime and pass upon ell rer-rts made to him by the supervisors and rangers.
 The supervisor must have his head quarters in or nsar the reserve of which he is in charge. He must fa- miliarize himself with all the condi- tions existing in his district. especially in regard to forest fires. He must see that notices of the forest fire act of February A, 1897, which are printed on cloth, are posted in conspicuous places in the reserve; that all campers, hunt CTS and others found in the reserv:i are | duly warned as to their camp fires and 1 their attention called to the fire act. l They have immediate supervision Of he rangers and are required to be in | and through the reserve to s3e that | he time or the rangers Is fully occu- pied in patrclling their districts, clear ng up old trails, cutting new trails | md performing their duties generally. | They make weekly reports of daily service rendered, ard monthly reports on the general conditions existing in he reserve. They also make detailed 'eports to the superintendent on for sst fires.
 The rangers are required to be con ;tantly on guard, to patrol their dis ricts, to extinguish camp and ether fires, to report to the supervisor all ires as indicated above, and t1 carry tut their instructions as prescribed by general circular dated May 12, 1899. They make monthly reports of daily service rendered. which reports are eX- lmined by the supervisors and super ntendents and are then forwarded by he superintendents to the united States general land office.
 A ranger must provide himself with lcuse and equipment, while the gov .rnment furnishes him with. the vaTl- HIS implements necessary to open rails in the dense forest. to construct ire barriers and to extinguish and sur ound fires Each ranger is provided with a nickel badge, which is W'o as n evidence of his official authority.
 The official titles of the reserves ana he men in charge Of them are as Iol- OWs:
 The superintendent of the six re- eryes in Arizona and New Mexico is V. H. Buntafn Of Santa Fe, New Mex 60. These reserves have an aggrl gate req of 7,234, ,08O acres. consisting of. n Arizona, Grand Canyon, 1851 ,52O cres; San Francisco mountains, 97o,- 60 acres; Black Mesa, 1,658,88O acres, Id Present., 1O,240 acres; in New Ie1Jico, Pecos River, 411,O4O acres; lila River, 2,327 040 acres.
 This district is divided into six su- ervisols' districts, with Fred s. Breen f Flagstaff, Arizona, as supervisor or ne Francisco Mountains reserves; *W. :. Hermann, Flagstaff, Arizona, super { isor of the Grand Canyon; Mathew H owe, ShOwfow, Arizona, supervisor of