The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1921-10-27
FOREST SERVICE
CALLS FOR RANGERS

Announcement is made Of the exam
ination for forest ranger in the forest
service for October rs, at all forest
supervisors headquarters in Oregon
and Washington. This examination
will also be held on this same date at
at all forest supervisors headquarters
throughout the national forest states.
1.-The position of forest ranger is
appealing more and more to graduates
of western agricultural and forestry
schools to whom life of public SER
vice is attractive. who like rugged,
outdoor life, who do not mind being
alone a good deal, and who are not
afraid of hard work." said District
Forester Cecil, in making the an
nouncement of the examination.
"The forest ranger has become fa-
nous, collectively speaking, in the
west, and even in the east, because he
is a somewhat picturesque and roman
tic figure, as well as a highly useful
citizen and public officer" continued
Mr.. Cecil. "This is largely due to the
fact that forestry and the national for
est system are not only becoming bet
ter known but better appreciated and
the public generally of the states of
real interest in the public forests and
the men who are the keystone of the
forestry work. +"
Forest officers who have been long in
the service point out that forest
rangers job is no snap, nor is it a soft
job of riding about and camping in the
mountains, as some uniformed people
still believe, but is real mans job.
The job means fighting forest fires,
building trails, bridges, telephone
lines, and lookout houses, marking and
scaling, timber. looking after livestock
that is grazed under permit on the ma
tionaI forests. The job, above all. |
calls for loyalty, engery, initiative,
judgment, tact and resourcefulness. A |
higher type of man is required nova |
days for the job Of forest ranger than |
formerly, for forest officers say that a
ranger in these days with his district |
of several hundred thousand acres has |
about as much responsibility as a for
est supervisor with national forest of
million acres had in the early days
of the Forest Service.
To the red-blooded young man with
an education who cares for a life of
public service of the highest type, in
the out of doors, the rangers job will
always appeal.
The entrance salary paid to those
who pass the civil Service examination
is 81, 220 per year. Forest rangers are
eligible to promotion after they have
proved their worth to mamxium
ranger salary of ST, $40 per year as va
cancies occur in salary grades above
the entrance salary, and higher admin
istratiVe positions are available to the
men who make good. "Many forest
officers in the Washington and western
district offices started in as forest
Mr.. Cecil said Rangers as
a rule are furnished a house or ranger
station in which to live, together with
a barn. garden spot, and in many cases
with pastures for the horses which
most rangers yet have to have to cover
t he work on their rough and mountain
Gus districts. The government furn.
ishes horse fed or, if the ranger must
use a car in doing his work, mileage is
allowed him, and besides the govern
ment pays his necessary travelling eX-
penses while he is away from his Off
cial station.
Forest officers state that there are
many good chances in the forest SER
vice for the right type of honest, ener-
getic young man with an education
who is not afraid of a life of hard
work spent on the national forests.
The examination for ranger this year
will be held October 25 at the l3 super
visor headquarters towns in Oregon
and the seven in Washington. The
Oregon towns are: Albany. Baker,
Bend Eugene, Grants Pass, John Day,
Lakeview, Medford, Pendleton, Port
land, Princville, Roseburg, and Wal
Iowa.