The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-08-13
ORGANIZATION of Field Districts,

Plans for the Forest Service field
headquarters which are soon to b
established in the west are being
rapidly worked out In detail. Each
headquarters will be modelled after the
Washington office. In all there will
BE- six district headquarters, one To-
Gated at each of the present inspec-
ton district NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
San Francisco, Albuquerque, Salt
Lake, Denver and Missoula, Montana,
or some other point equally we'll or
| better located for the purpose.
At the head Of each office there
will be a District Forester and an
Assistant District Forester. Under
these will be experts in charge of the
various lines of work. A Chief of
Grazing will have charge of range
matters. A Chief OF Products will
handle the preservative treatment of
timber and strength tests and study
market conditions. A Chief of Lands
will look after such matters as land
examinations. The Office of Lands
deals with questions involving the va
lidity of claims asserted under the
public land laws; applications for
special use OF the resources of the
National Forests; changes in boundar-
les of Forests, and the examination
OF lands applied for under the Act of
June IL, 1895, for agricultural settle
ment.
The Forest Service, however, never
passes on the titles themselves. That
Is entirely matter for the General
Land .ffice to decide. In the ease
of applications for homestead under
the act OF June II, 1906, the Forest
IN de
whether the land is in fact more
,, valuable for agriculture than for tim
, Der, and II it Is, to recommend its
listing as open to entry and patent
In the case of claims the Service as.
certains whether any facts exist which
seem to show that the claim is not {
legal one. in order that National For
est land may not be unlayfully taker
: up. But it rests always with the
\ Land Office of the Interior Depart
: ment to decide whether the It'll,
\ should or should not be granted. Tit
y branch of Lanss in the district For
u est Service organization does no
= mean any new assumption of LAM
business.
u There will also be in each distric
. a Chief of Silviculture, who will hav
% charge Of timber sales, planting, an
silvical experiments, and Chief O
g Operations. The latter supervise
- the personnel of the Forests; the par
> manent improvement work, throug
=, an engineer in charge; the account
!. Of the district, including receipts, dis
~ bursements, and bookkeeping, whic
ie will be directly supervised by an e,
~ pert accountant; and the routir
u business of the district.
~ In each of the lines Of work tt
~ management will be in the hands
~ ~ 4 man who is specialist and WI
~ has had thorough experience both
a. the West and in Washington. tt
~ ~ foresters and clerks at each distri
~ headquarters will number about ii
VI ty.
al The establishment of these file
&c districts will bring the Service in
II more immediate touch with the pu
lie. 1t is merely the completion
the movement, started sometime ag
eo to have the forests administered
~ far as possible by men actually on Il
a. ground.
er The change will not affect the i
%. vestigative work of the Service, whi'
on will center, as hitherto, in Washin
10 ton. Mr.. Pinchot is expected sot
~ to name the men who will fill Il
60 various positions