The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-19
For
Boys of Range

| No longer are the COW poSS Will TIC
blue flannel shirts, the Snaps" and
| the red bandana kerchief around their
necks confined to endless duty upon
! the ranges; their attention need not
necessarily be devoted to the work
of rounding up herd of vicious and
hayward bovines, nor is their chief
vocation in life to consist of 'bust-
ing" bunch of wild and ugly "bron-
chos.''
For the first time in the history of
! the country, the civil service COM
mission has given the boys of the
ranges an opportunity to engage in a
higher and more attractive line of
work, and it is probable that many of
the stalwart, hardy and daring riders
of the plains will avail themselves of
the opportunity afforded by the coming
examinations to enter the government
service and have their names placed
on Uncle Samuel's payroll at 800
per
The opening is one in which the
Gifted, well dressed dandy has not
it takes the hardihood and endurance
to Qualify an applicant, and in addi-
ton to the hardihOod there must be
experience such as no city lad, accus
toned only to concrete walks and ass
phalt pavements, is possessed of. 1t
is an opening for the cowboy, and
none others need apply.
The examination is to be given by
the civil service commission in this
city December IA. for the purpose of
securing eligibles from which to make
cartifcation to fill two vacancies in
the position of game warden, at $1,000
a year. in the forest service. one in
the Wichita national forest in Okla
homa and the other in the Grand
Canyon game preserve located within
the Kaibab national forest in Ari-
IONA. Other vacancies requiring SINH
lar qualifications will be filled as they
occur in the department.
Two subjects will be given in the
examination. Physical condition will
have a rating of 80 points, and eXpe-
rience will have a rating of 20 points.
The instructions which have been sent
out by the commission contain the
following relative to the qualifications
of applicants:
"A game warden should be able to
ride and pack horses, do ordinary sur
veying and make rough sketch maps.
He should be thoroughly familiar with
the stock industry in the west. and
be able to determine what constitutes
a suitable range for stock and villa
game. He should know how to care
properly for game and birds in regard
to feeding and protection. He should
be able to supervise the construction
Of suitable fences for inclosing parks
containing deer, elk and buffaloes.
and be familiar with the natural dis
tribution of the important big game
animals and game birds native to the
western United States and the salient
features of their life histories. He
should be competent to devise plans
Tor system of fire protection, to pre-
pare estimates for total expenses in
CURED in the maintenance of a game
preserve, and should have a knowledge
OF the methods employed in success
fully DISCRIMINATING predatory animals.
He must have good health and be ply
sically strong, active, and able to
stand the exposure incident to his en-
ployment on a national game preserve.
las rule, travel is confined to the
immediate sections of the country in
which the game preserves are located,
but occasionally travel to various por-
IONS of the United States is neces-
sary. Employees are paid travelling ex-
penses when away from the districts
to which they are assigned