The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-10-03
EXAMINATION FOR
FOREST RANGERS
Especial to the Silver State.)

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-The civil
service commission will hold an exami-
nation for assistant forest rangers on
October 1924, 1911. The U. S. depart
ment of agriculture estimates that
400 eligibles will be needed during the
field season of 1912. Assistant forest
rangers are paid an entrance salary of
81 100 per annum.
The examinations will be held at ma
tional forest headquarters in Alaska,
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colora-
do, Nevada, Idaho, Kansas, Minneso-
ia, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota,
Utah Washington and Wyoming. No
examination will be held in Michigan.
The law requires that, when pratt
cable, forest rangers must be qualified
citizens of the state or territory in
which the national forest on which
they are appointed is situated. Since
the list of local eligbles must be ex-
hausted before eligibles residing in
other states can be appointed, the
chance of citizens of outside states
who go to national forest states and
take the examination to secure an ap-
pontment is small.
The requirements and duties of for
est rangers are thus described in "The
Use Book which contains the regu-
lations and instructions for the use of
the national forests:
GA ranger of any grade must be
thoroughly sound and ablebodied,
capable of enduring hardships and per-
forming severe labor under trying con-
ditions 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 tctfully
with all classes of people. He must
know something of land surveying, es-
timating and scaling timber, logging,
land laws, mining and the livestock
business.
"On our forests the ranger must
be specialist in one or more of these
lines Of work Thorough familiarity
with the region in which he seeks en-
ployment, including its geography and
its forest and industrial conditions, is
usually demanded, although 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 itelli-
gent reports upon ordinary forest busi-
ness is essential.
''For duty in some parts Of Arizona
and New Mexico the ranger must
know enough Spanish to conduct
business with Mexicans.
"While saddle horses or pack horses
are necessary in the performance of
their duty, rangers are required to own
and maintain them. The forest SER
vice furnishe no peronal or horse
equipment.
Changers 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
ber, the supervision of cutting and SIM
| liar work. They issue minor permits,
build cabins and trails, oversee graz
| ing business, investigate claims, report
on applications and report upon and
arrest for violation of forest laws and
regulations.
| The examination VIII consist or ques-
tions regarding the use of the forest,
supplemented by a field test to show
| tn applicants s fitness to do the actual
work of a ranger. Education and ex-
perience will be rated on the answers
to the questions on these subjects in
the application form and on the ap-
plieant's use of English in the written
test Horses for the tests in riding
and packing will be provided by the
forest service.
The examination is under the con-
troll of the civil service commission and
not of the forest service. Information
in detail regarding it, including the
names of the places at which it will be
held. will be sent to anyone applying
to the United States Civil Service
Commissioner. Washington, ID. c.
The examination for assistant forest
ranger of the Santa Rosa forest will