Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-13
GETTING EXPERIENCE.

Twenty two of the new appointees
are already at work on various nat
ional forests, taking part in their adj
ministration, and II have been assign
ed to different projects connected with
the technical study of silviculture.
Forest assistants are men who have
completed their preliminary training
for the profession of forestry. as the
graduates of law or medical school
have completed theirs, and are ready
to enter on practical work. Until they
have gained experience in their work,
however. their positions are necessar-
lily subordinat.
They are at the foot of the ladder
and must prove their fitness in order
to mount higher. The government
pays them $1,000 a year at the start
On the national forest the forest as
sistant often acts as adviser TO the
supervisors in charge. who are western
men experienced in all practical mat
tiers, but usually without school train
ing in the science of forestry. Or they
may be assigned to the study of some
particular problem which needs to be
investigated In the interest OF good
forest management. AS forestry
means knowing how to get the most
out of any given piece OF forest land
1t calls for studies and experiments
both scientific and practical, much
like most which have TO be made In
the interest OF good farm manage
ment and the forest assistant is pre-
pared to do valuable work along this
line.
GROWING INTEREST.
Their is a growing interest in the
profession of forestry now, and many
young men are asking how to get into
1t and what II promises clifford Pin
chot. the government forester, has
lately written on this subject.
To be good forester man should
combine something of the naturalist
with good deal of the business man.
To know how TO use the forest he must
be able to study It, He must have
therefore, the power of observation, /,
fondness for nature, and the ability to
penstrate her secrets. But II he Is to
succeed he must also have good. prac-
teal Judgment and the ability to meet
and handle men, He must be resource
full, able TO stand by himself, willing to
undergo the privations of rough life
and capable of commanding the respect
of rough men, who quickly recognize
ytrility and genuineness of character
bur Will not tolerate pretense or the
assumption of superiority. A forester
needs Il vigorous mind in a vigorous
body. He must he of the kind that
likes to get things done, and does not
way. He VIII have to face difficulties
and work out problems far from out
side help, relying solely upon himself.
He ought to he hard 10 whip"
NO BIG FEES.
THE professional forester cannot
hope for big fees and certain pleasant
surroundings of life which crown dis
tlnguished success in some other pro-
LESSONS. The first prizes which are
bestowed upon the great lawyer, .he
eminen; physician. are not yet open 10
him. He must be content without much
luxury: he will have to spend a good
nary comforts. He must be able and
willing &c rough it without complaint
To sleep on hard beds, eat homely faro,
endure prolonged exertion and get
along with plain people On the other
hand Il he Is at all fitted for his pro
fcssiou-and Il few weeks Of actual
forest work or good summer school
work win tell him whether he Is or not
there Is open to him n very rich re-
ward-life IN the open. IN the midst
Of beautiful healthfu and congcnial
surroundings, creative work of un-
matched usefulness IN any materiil
field. t place of large responsibility and
dignity. ana with 1t all a fair living
'If the forcster's temperament Is
aciontific. he vii have the Joy of the
discovcrer and organizer of knowledge
in a rich ana almost virgin field, while
II II be practical he win have tho
chance of sharing in a national work
OF prime Importance 20 our people
both now and hereafter