The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-10-05
CONDITIONS REQUIRED
Chance for Young Men Looking for
a Vocation Demanding Cour-
age and Adventure
in the West

Washington, D. c., October p
Tie Civil Service Commission will
hold an examination for Assistant
Forest Ranger on October 23-24
1911. The L. S. Department OF
Agriculture estimates that 400 eligi-l
bles will be needed during the field
season of 1912 Assistant Forest
Ran;ers are paid an .ntrance salary
of $1,l0O per annum.
The examination will be held at
National Forest headquarters in
Alaska, Arizona. Arkansas, Cali
fornia, Colorado. Florida, Idaho,
Kansas. Minnesota, Montana, Ne
braska. Nevada. New Mexico Okla
homa. Oregon. South Dakota. Utah.
Washington, and Wyoming. No en-
animation will be held in Michigan
The law requires that. when prac
ticahle. Forest Rangers must be
qualified citizens of the state or
territory In which the National For
est on which they are appointed is
situated. Since the list OF local
elieibles must be exhausted before
elieibles residing in other state can
be appointed, the chance of citizens
of outside states who 90 to the Ma
tional Forest States and take the ex-
animation to secure an appointment
is small.
The requirements and duties Of
Forest Rangers are thus described III
"The Use Book which contains
the regulations and instructors for
the use of .sle National Forests:
ga 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 he able to
take care of himself and his horses
in regions remote from settien emf
end supplies. lie must be able to
build trails and cabins, ride pack.
and deal tactfully with all classes Of
people. He must know something
cf land surveying. estimating and
scaling timber. logging, land Jaws.
mining and tie livestock business.
con some Forests the ranger must
Re a specialist in one or more of
these lines of work Thorough fam
iliarity with the region in which he
seeks employment. including its
geography and its forest and in
dustrial conditions. is usually de-
manded, although lack of this may
be supplied by experience in similar
fegious.
"The examination of applicants i
along the prectical 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 ordin-
arr Tcre=t business is essential
"For duty in; some parts of Ari-
iona and New Mexico the ranger
must know enough Spanish to con-
duct Forest business with Mexicans.
"Where saddle horses or pack
horses are necessary in the perfor-
nance of their duty, rangers are re-
quired to own and maintain them.
The Forest Service furnishes no per:
sn"n or '.orsa equipment.
Changers execute the work of the
National Forests under the direction
cf Supervisors. Their duties in
elude patrol to prevent fire and
tresrass. estimating. surveying. and
making timber, the supervision OF
cuttings and similar work. They
issue minor permits. build cabins and
trails, oversee grazing business, in
vestigate claims, report on applica-
/, tions, and report upon and arrest
fer violation of Forest laws and
regulations.
The examination vii consist of
questions regarding the use of the
/ Forest. supplemented bv 6el6 test
to show the applicant s fitness to do
tie actual wo5k of a ranger. Edu-
! cation and experiences will he 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
W II be provided by the Forest Ser
vice.
The examination - under the con
ltrol of the, Civil Service Commis-
SIGN. and not IF the Forest Ser
vice. Information in detail regard
ing it, including the names of tho
places at which it will be held, will
be sent to anyone applying to the
United States Civil Service Conmis-
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