East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-04-20
GOOD TRAILS FOR
FOREST RESERVES
DEPARTMENT ISSUES IN
sTRUCTIONs TO RANGERS.
Wenaha and Blue Mountain Reserves
viii BE Supplied With Good Trails
for Rangers Who Will Patrol the
Reserves-GOod Log Cabins VIII
Also BE Provided at Convenient
Places to Be Used as Camps AMI
Headquarters.

The Wenaha and Blue mountain |
forest reserves which are located
partly in Umatilla county, will be well
supplied with broad, easy trails run
ming in every direction for the use of
rangers in patroling the reserves, and
also with good log cabins to be used
as camps and headquarters for rang
ers and superintendents.
The forestry department has just
issued instructions as to the construc-
ticn of trails and cabins on the forest
reserves, which are given in part. The
instructions as to trail making are as
follows:
"The money to be expended on
trail will depend, first, on the nature
of the ground, and second, on the i'm
portance of the trail and the use 1t
has been put to. 1t is not practicable
to fix the average cost of trail work
for the reserves as whole. Base
your estimates, so far as possible, on
the results of trails previously built,
and let them cost just what you
think they are worth and no more.
Do not put a lot of money into d
| trail which will be but little used. On
the other hand, when a trail is TO be
/ one of the main routes of travel, build
well. Do not waste time and money
| by letting man or two do a little at
/ il now and then. Put a crew In charge
of a ranger who knows his business,
and who can get work out of his men,
and finish the work up properly
Never send men out to do trail work
without giving some one man full
charge of the work. Avoid blasting
and rock work as much as possible.
When it has to be done, do it well and
make il permanent. This also applies
to breastwork construction. PuI
money into bridges only when the
; stream can not be regularly forded
"See that your rangers are equip
ped with a full supply of mattocks
shOvels, axes, picks, saws, crowbars
, bush hooks, sledges, canthooks, drills
files and other necessary tools, ant
, that these tools are kept in first-clas
, shape Provide also for a suitable
, distribution of tools at convenien
, points throughout the survey, so tina
they will be Immediately available 70
fire and trail work. If you need NOR
tools or cabins to store them in, sa
50 at once.
"It is not the intention of this of
/ flee to give you detailed instruction
u about laying out and building trail:
n The practical part of it must be SET
t tied by the men on the ground. Yo
should make a special point to trai
e your rangers in trail work under tn
!. practical supervision of a man wh
d knows his business. Good work mu!
y be brought about almost entirely froi
z practical experience. You will PEI
q, sonally inspect and report upon a
/ trail work in your reserve, and st
Ie that the general principles outline
Is above are carried out"
IF Must Build Cabins.
The instructions as to building val
= ins are as follows:
"In making recommendations f.
the construction of cabins, provit
first for suitable rangers headqua
ters and central and convenient ST
tions for the storing of tools. Nal
r. your estimates on log cabins, unle
at conditions are such that constructi'
r by aawed lumber is cheaper. See tn
on your reserve is well supplied wi
"a cabins, that these cabins are of su
n; stantial construction and comfortab
IL "Please instruct your rangers
keep them perfectly clean and In ne
se condition. This applies also to t
er ground surrounding them. Have I
rubbish buried or burned. The co
dition OF cabins and their surroundin
will be inspected and reported up
frequently. You cannot Insist tn
III others keep their cabins in decent {
der unless your rangers do So"
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