The Greeley tribune., 1910-10-06
CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS
ARE TO BE Held
AformatiOn Regarding Assistant
Forest Rangers and Places for
Examinations May BE Had
BY Examination

BY Examination
Washington, ID. c., Oct. 4.-The
evil service commission will hold an
-1kamination for assistant forest
sanger ON October 1925. 1910. The
United States department of agricul-
care estimate that 400 eligibles viii
- needed during the field season OF
1911. Assistant forest rangers are
paid an entrance salary of $1.1O0
per annum.
The examination will be held at
aational forest headquarters in
Alaska. Arizona. California, Cole
RADIO. Florida. Idaho. Kansas. Michi-
gan. Minnesota. Montana. Nebraska.
New Mexico Nevada, Oregon. South
Dakota, Washington and Wyoming.
No examination will be held in Ar
kansas. Oklahoma and Utah, except
1t Nanab. Utah, the headquarters
of the Kaibab national forest. Since
all of the Kaibab forest is in Ari
soma. residents of Arizona will. un-
der the law. have preference in ap-
sentiments for this forest.
Forest rangers must be, when
peactfcable. citizens OF the state or
est on which they are to be appoint
ID is situated. In the states in which
no examinations are to be held there
- still a sufficient list OF eligibles to
make the holding Of another exami-
nation unnecessary.
The requirements and duties Of
forest rangers are thus described in
The Use Book, which contains the
regulations and instructions for the
use of the national forests:
"a ranger of any grade must be
thoroughly sound and able-bodied,
capable of enduring hardships and
performing severe labor under try
ing conditions. He must be able to
take care of himself and his horses
in regions remote from settlement
and supplies. He must be able to
build trails and cabins, ride. pack
and deal tactfully with all classes Of
people. He must know something of
land surveying, estimating and seal
ing timber, logging. land laws, min
ing. and the live stock business.
"On some forests the ranger must
be a specialist in one OF more of
these lines of work. Thorough fa-
miliarity with the region In which
Ae seeks employment, including its
geography and its forest and indus
trial conditions, II usually demand
-. although lack Of this may be
supplied by experience.
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along the practical lines indicated
stove. and actual demonstration, by
pefformance, is required. Invalids
seeking light out of doors employ
Dent need not apply. Experience.
aot book education, = sought, al
though ability to make simple maps
aAd write intelligent reports upon
ordinary forest business il essential.
For duty in some parts OF Ari-
soma and New Mexico the ranger
.ust know enough Spanish to con-
1nct forest business with Mexicans.
Where saddle horses or pack
horses are necessary In the perfor-
nance of their duty, rangers are re-
Qaired to own and maintain them.
1he forest service. furnishes no per-
anaAl or horse equipment
Rangers execute the work OF the
aAfional forests under the direction
- supervisors. Their duties include
Datrol to prevent fre and trespass,
uBtimating. surveying. and marking
timber, the supervision of cuttings,
- similar work. They issue minor
Jermits. build cabins and trails. over
80 grazing business, investigate
aaims. report on applications, and
soport upon and arrest for violation
- forest laws and regulations"
The examination will consist of
auestions regarding the use OF the
forest, supplemented by a field test
- show the applicants atness to do
tie actual work of ranger.
Education and experience will be
rsted on the answers to the ques-
lions on these subjects in the appli-
fjon form and on the applicant g
sse of English In the written test.
Horses for the tests in riding and
packing will be provided by the for
sst service.
Details regarding the examina-
ton, including the names of the
places at which 1t will be held, will
BE sent to anyone applying to the
United States Civil Service Commits
sion. Washington, D. C.
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