The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-01-22

ruptiy Iurnlsn 10 any person an,
4 special or secret Information for tn,
purpose Of either improving or iniur
ing the chances OF any person SO ex
amined, being appointed, employed d
y promoted.
Section XIII. No officer or EN-
ploye shall solicit orally, or by letter
or receive subscription or contribu,
tion from any member Of the classi.
4 fled civil service for any party Of
7 political purpose whatever. No ap-
plicant for appointment either direct
i ly or indirectly shall pay or promise
to pay any money or other valuable
thing to any person whatever, for, or
on account Of his promotion.
Section XIV. 1t shall be unlawful
for the auditor or any other fiscal
officer of the state to draw, sign or
4 issue any warrant on the treasurer Of
the state, or any other disbursing Of
ficer, unless on the estimate payroll
on account for such salary, containing
the names of the persons, to be paid
and statement Of the amount to be
| paid shall be filed with him bearing
the certificate Of the State Civil Serv-
Ice commission that the persons
named in such estimate or payroll
have been appointed in pursuance of
the laws and rules made in pursuance
Of this act.
Section XIV. Any person who shall
wilfully or through culpable negli-
gence, violate any Of the provisions of
this act shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and shall, on conviction
thereof, be guilty of misdemeanor,
and shall be punished by fine Of not
less than fifty dollars, nor more than
one thousand. or imprisonment in the
county Jail for term not exceeding
six months, or both, such fine and
Imprisonment in the discretion of the
court.
Section XVI. Whereas an emer-
gency existing therefor, this act shall |
take effect and be enforced from and
after its passage and approval.
Approved on the .............
day Of January, 1909.
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SQUIRRELS DENUDE FORESTS.
A very Important work of the
forest service is the artificial reforest-
ing Of land denuded of its covering Of
trees by fire, numbering or other /
causes and which cannot be expected
to grow up again to trees at least not
before very long time, declares
Supervisor E. Grandjean in recent
statement to the public. This refor-
esting requires every fall the collec-
lion Of large amount of seed. Where
possible, this seed is gathered from
Trees cut for lumber, but in many
localities the only possible method of
getting seed in satisfactory amounts
S by collecting it from squirrel
lordes.
This robbing the squirrels Of their
God supply appears to many people a
'ruel and heartless proceeding and
Turing the fall when seed collecting
$ going on forest officers frequently
eceive letters from we'll meaning
'eople denouncing this method of OBJ
aiming seed. :
Protection Is First Aim.
It is decidedly the policy Of the
crest service to protect and perpetu-
te In every possible way those fea- .
lres within the national forests L
'hich afford pleasure to the people. 0
a fact, the forest rangers are in o
.ructed to cooperate with the states 81
the enforcement of the game laws u
, far as consistent with their duties. 81
owever, the forest service is pri- =
arily concerned in the perpetuation y
the forests in order to insure a q
lpply Of timber for the future needs q
the people Of the United States. ~
Squirrels eat a large part Of the u
ed crop Of forest trees. In certain
ctions they are SO numerous that W
actically all the seed Of valuable "
ees is destroyed so that natural re- az
oduction is impossible. Experience w
8 shown that squirrels store many "a
mes the amount of seed actually TIC
eded for their winter supplies and
ten cache their hordes with great TIC
e and shrewdness so that In any To- su
lily where collecting is going on az
ly q portion of the hordes are ever ma
covered, and besides, collecting gu
res place only where the seed crop 20
) been very abundant and the area col
sr which the collecting takes place 70
On compared with the whole forest, lev
say
More Squirrels just the Same. sne
The seed crop Of forest trees is Pc lliz
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