The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-03-09

! TO me tor approval all questions OF or
! ganilatiou, sales, permits, and privli.
eyes. except such as are trusted by
the present regulations to the field
officers ON Che ground. Al officers
| of the forest reserve service transferred
will be subject to your instructions
and will report direct to you You
! will at once issue to them the uoCes-
sary notice 60 this effect.
In order to facilitate the prompt
transaction Of business upon the for
est reserves uGd to give effect TO the
general policy outlined below, you
are instructed to recommend at tho
earliest practicable dute whatever
changes may be necessary In the
rules and regulations governing the
reserves, 30 that ! may, in accord
anca with the provisions of the above
act, delegate TO you and the forest
reserve officers in the field. SO mucl
of my authority as may be essentia
TO the prompt transaction of business,
and to the administration of the
reserve in accordance with lOcal
needs. Until such revision is made,
the present rules and regulations will
remain in force, except those relating
to the receipt and and trausmittal
Of moneys in which case special fiscal
agents of this department viii perform
the duties heretofore rendered 10y the
receivers Of the local land offices in
accordance with existing laws and
regulations. The chief ot records.
forest reserve, is hereby designated a
special fiscal agent and you win
direct hun at once to execute and
submit for my approval bond for
$50, 0OO,
On December II, 1904, the president
signed the following order: "ln the
exercise Of the power vested in the
president by section l735 Of the re.
yised statutes and acts an cndatory
thereof:
1T is ordered, That al persons
employed in the field and in the Dis
IrlGGt OF Columbia IN the protection
ana ADMINISTRATION OF forestry re-
serves IN or the general lahd ONCE
Oh the interior department be class
illed ana Jhe CiNh service act ana
rulee applied thereto, aud that no
person hereafter he appointed ON
plo%ed, promoted or transferred IN
SAID service until ne passes an eNaml-
nation IN contormltylthereHlt lth, unless
sEeclilcaly exempted hereunder,
ms oroor sllali Apply TO all oi'lee's
ana Cmrloyes, except persons en-
ploEed merely As laholefs, ana persons
whose appointments are confirmed 10y
the senate.
MS OItlhH tltlE=llleS | me- NhOlD Tor
est reserve service, now transferred,
ana places IL uhacr the elNll service
law
Ill the aumlhlsttallon OF the lorCsJ
reserve II must be clearly born IN
mlnd that all land Is TO be deVoNed
90 lts most productive use Iof Ihe per
maheht Eood OF tbe Wh9le people ana
noJ Ior the temporary pehehU OF IN
uIIiduals OF companies
All the resources ol the loresJ re-
brought about IN q ltfbrbttnlS SiTtmFt
and business like manner undor such
restrictions only as VIII insure the
permanence Of these resources, 1he
vital Importance OF the reserves to the
great industries OF the western states
will be largely increased III the near
future by the continued steady ad-
vance in settlement and Development.
The permancnce OF the resources OF
the reserves If therefore Indispensable
to continued prosperity, and the poi
icy Of this department for their pro
lection and use VIII invariably be guld-
ed by this fact, always bearing IN
mind that the conservative use OF
1 h,.r a F .