The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-10-06
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION
Examination for Assistant Forest
Rangers.


The civil service commission viii
hold an examination for assistant for.
est ranger on October 24-25, 1910. The
U. s. department of agriculture esti-
mates that 400 eligibles will be need.
cd during the field season of 1911. AS
sistant forest rangers are paid an en-
trance salary OF $1,100 per annum.
The examination will be held at ma
tionai forest headquarters in Alaska
Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida
idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota
Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ne
vada, Oregon, South Dakota, Washing
ton and Wyoming. Nc examinations
will be held in Arkansas, Oklahoma
and Utah, except at Kanab, Utah, the
headquarters OF the Kaibab national
forest Since all of the kaibab forest
is in Arizona, residents of Arizona
will, under' the law, have preference in
appointments for this forest.
Forest rangers must be, when prac-
ticable, citizens of the state or terri
tory in which the national forest on
which they are to be appointed is stu
ated. In the states in which no ex-
aminations are to be held there is still
sufficient list of eligibles to make
the holding of another examination
unnecessary.
The requirements and duties of for
est rangers are thus described in THE
Use Book" which contains the regula-
tons 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 trying
conditions. He must be able to take
care of himself and his horses in re-
gions remote from settlement and sup
plies. He must be able to build trails
and cabins, ride, pack, and deal tact
fully with all classes of people, He
must know something of land survey
ing, estimating and scaling timber,
logging, land laws, mining, and the
livestock business.
On some forests the regular must
be a specialist in one or more of these
lines of work. Thorough familiarity
with the region in which he seeks en-
ployment, is usually demanded, al
though lack of this may be supplied by
experience in similar regions.
The examination of applicants is
along, the practical lines indicated
above, and actual demonstration, by
performance, is required. Invalids
seeking light .out-of-door employment
need not apply. Experience, not book
education, is sought, although ability
to make simple maps and write intelli-
gent reports upon ordinary forest bus
mess is essential
For duty in some parts of Arizona
and New Mexico the ranger must know
enough Spanish to conduct forest bus
mess with Mexicans.
Where saddle horses or pack horses
are necessary 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 direction of
supervisors. Their duties include pa
troll to prevent fire and trespass, esti-
mating, surveying, and marking tim
Der, the supervision of cuttings, and
similar work. They issue minor per-
mits, build cabins and trails, oversee
grazing business, investigate claims,
report on applications, and report up
on the arrest for violation of forest
laws and regulations"
The examination will consist of
questions regarding the use of the for
ests, supplemented by field test to
show the applicants fitness to do the
actual work Of ranger.
Education and experience will be
rated on the answers to the questions
on these subjects in the application
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 examination
including the names of the places at
which it will be held. will be sent to
anyone applying to the United States
Civil Service Commission, Washing
ton, D. G..