Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-11
ORGANIZATION Of.
FOREST SERVICE
DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS IN
WEST WILL BE EQUIPPED
WITH REGULAR BUREAU OF
FICERS.

Washington, Aug. 1l.-Plans for
the forest service field headquarters
which are soon to be established in
the West are being rapidly worked
cut in detail. Each headquarters
will be modelled after the Washing
ton office. In all there will be six
district headquarters one located at
each of the present inspection dis
trict headquarters-Por San
Francisco Albuquerque. Salt Lake,
Denver and Missoula, Mont. Or some
other points equally well or better
located for the purpose.
At the head of each Office there
will be a district forester and an as
sistant district forester. Under these
Will be experts in charge of the vari
GUS lines of work A chief Of graz
ing will have charge of range mat
ters. A chief Of products will han
die the preventative 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
validity of claims asserted under the
public land laws; applications for
special use of the resources of the
national forests: changes in boun-
daries of forests and the examina-
ton of lands applied for under the
act Of June II, 1906. for agricu.-
turaI settlement.
The forest service, however, never
passes on the titles themselves. That
is entirely matter for the general
land Office to decide. In the case Of
applications for homesteads under
the act of June II. 1906. the forest
service Is called upon to decide
whether the land is in fact more val
uabla for agriculture than for tim
her, and If it is, to recommend it's
listing as open to entry and patent.
In the case of claims the service as
certains whether any facts exist
which seems to show that the claim
is not legal one. In order that ma
tional forest land may not be unlaw-
fully taken up. But 1t rests always
with the land ONCE or the interior
department to decide whether the
title should or should not be grant
ed. The branch of lands in the dis
t.ict forest service organization does
not mean any new assumption of
land business
There will also be in each district
4 chief Of silvicu'ture. who will have
charge OF timber sales. planting and
silvical experiments. and a chief OF
operation. The latter will supervise
the personnel OF the forests: the
permanent improvement work. |
through an engineer in charge: the
accounts of the district. including re-
ceipts. disbursements and bookkeep-
ing. which will be directly superv's-
ed by an expert accountant. and the
routine business Of the district.
In each OF the lines OF work tho
management will be in the hands Of
q man who Is specialist and who |
has had thorough experience both in |
the West and in Washington. The
fOresters and clerks at each district |
headquarters will number about So |
The establishment of these field |
districts will bring the service into |
more immediate touch with the pub
lie. 1t Ia merely the completion of
the movement started some time ago |
t. have the forests administered as
the ground.
The change will not affect the in
vastigative work of the service,
which will center, as hitherto, in
Washington. Mr. Pinchot Is expect
ed soon to name the men who will |
MI the various positions.