The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-10-05
EXAMINATION FOR
ASSISTANT RANGER

The Civil Service Commission will hold
an examination for Assistant Forest
Ranger on October 23-24, 1911 The
u. 5. Department Of Agriculture esti-
mates that 400 eligibles will be needed
during the field season Of 1912. As
sistant Forest Rangers are paid an en-
trance salary Of 81, 100 per anmum.
The examination will be held at
National Forest headquarters in Alas
ka, Arizona, Arkansas, California.
Colorado, Florida, Idaho. Kansas. Min
nesota. Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Mexico, oklahoma, Oregon, South
Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyom-
/ ing. No examination will be held in
/ Michigna.
The law requires that, when prac-
iicable, Forest Rangers must be duali-
he'd citizens Of the State or Territory
IN which the National Forest on which
they are appointed is situated. Since
the list of local eigibles must be ex-
hausted before eligibles residing in
other States can be appointed, the
chance of citizens Of outside States
who go IT, the National Forest States
and take the examination to secure an
appointment is small.
The Requirements and duties of
Forest Rangers are thus desrcibed 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 per-
forming severe labor under trying con-
dltlons. He must be able to take care
of himself AMI his horses in regions
remote from settlement and supplies.
lie must be able to build trails ana
cabins, ride, pack, and deal tactfully
with all classes of people. He must
know something Of land surveying,
estimating aud scaling timber, logging,
land laws, mining, and the livestock
business.
"On some Forests the ranger must
be specialist in Cne 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 box
education, is sought, although ability
to make simple maps and write inteli-
gent reports upon ordinary Forest
business is essential.
For duty in some parts of Arizona
and New Mexico the ranger must know
enough Spanish to conduct Forest busi- |
ness 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 Ser |
wee furnishes no personal or horse |
equipment.
Rangers execute the work of the |
National Forest under the direction of |
Supervisors. Their duties include pa
trol To prevent fire and tresspass. est-
surveying. and marking tim
ber the supervision Of cuttings, and
similar work. They issue minor per-
mlts, build cabins and trails oversee
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report ON applications, and report upon
and arrest for violation of Forest laws
and regulations.
The examination will consist of ques-
tons regarding the use of the Forest,
supplemented by field test to show
the applicants fitness to do the actual
work of ranger. Education and ex-
peflence will be rated on the answers
to the questions on these subjects in
the application form and on the appli-
eant's use of English in the written
lest. Horses for the tests in riding
and packing will be provided by the
Forest Service.
The examination is under the control
lt the Civil Service Commission, and
lot of the Forest Service. Informa-
ion in detail regarding it, including
he names of the places at which il
will be held, will be sent 10 anyone
applying to the United States Civil
service Commission, Washington, D.