Graham guardian., 1910-10-14
WILL HOLD EXAMINATION
In Stafford, October "a and Is,
for Assistant Forest
Rangers

The Civil Service Commission will
hold an examination for assistant
forest rangers on October .24-25,
1910. The U. S. Department of
Agriculture estimates that 400 eli
gibles will be needed during the
field season of 1911. Assistant for
est rangers are paid an entrance
salary of 81, 100 per annum.
The examination will be held at
National Forest headquarters in
Alaska, Arizona. California, Color
ado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska,
New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon,
South Dakota, Washington and
Wyoming. No examinations will
be held in Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Utah, except at Kanab, Utah, the
headquarters of the Kaibab Nation
al forest. Since all of the Kaibab
forest is in Arizona, residents of
Arizona will, under the law, have
preference in appointments for this
forest. The examination in Arizona
will be held in Stafford.
Forest rangers must be, when
practicable, citizens of the State or
Territory in which the National
Forest on which they are to be ap-
pointed is situated. In the states
in which no examinations are to be
held there is still a sufficient list of
eligibles to make the holding of an
other examination unnecessary.
The requirements and duties of
forest rangers are thus descibed 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
scaling timber, logging, land laws,
mining and the livestock business.
"On some forests the ranger
must be a specialist in one or more
of these lines of work. Thorough
familiarity with the region in which
he seeks employment, including its
geography and its forest and indus
trial conditions, is usually demanded,
although lack of this may be sup,
piled by experience in similar re.
gions.
The examination of applicants is
along the practical lines indicated
above, and actual demonstration by
performance is required. Invalids
seeking light out-of-door employ
ment need not apply. Experience,
not book education, is sought, al,
though ability to make simple maps
and write intelligent reports upon
ordinary forest business is essential.
For duty in some parts of Ari-
zona and New Mexico the ranger
must know enough Spanish to con.
duct forest business with Mexicans,
Where saddle horses are neces-
sary in the performance of their
duty, rangers are required to own
and maintain them. The forest
service furnishes no personal or
horse equipment.
Rangers execute the work of
the National Forests under the di-
rection of supervisors. Their dat
les include patrol to prevent fire
and trespass, estimating, surveying,
and marking timber, the supervis-
ion Of cuttings, and similar work.
They issue minor permits, build
cabins and trails, oversee grazing
business. investigate claims, report
on applications, and report upon and
arrest for violation of forest laws
and regulations"
The examination will consist of
questions regarding the use of the
forest, supplemented by a field test
to show the applicants fitness to do
the actual work Of a ranger.
Education and experience will be
rated on the answers to the ques-
tions on these subjects in the appli.
cation form and on the applicants
use Of English in the written test.
Horses for the tests in riding and
packing will be provided by the
forest service.
Details regarding the exam ina
ton. including the names of the
places at which it will be held, will
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