liARLY ARIZONA PROBLEMS i;39 



" 'S' had all sorts of trouble at Camp Three with Charlie, who eventually 

 scared him out of camp. I made him admit that he was afraid of his life if 

 he went back there. Then changed him to Camp No. 2, and sent 'B' back to 

 3 temporarily. Sent Rube 'N' over to Camp 3 to learn scaling and asked 'N' 

 to teach him at that camp. Changed 'J' to Camp 2 and sent "H' to take his 

 place. If there is any more trouble it is going to be all over for that bunch of 

 Swedes. They both have instructions not to start anything, but to complete all 

 things started and they are the team that will sure pour some sort of oil on 

 troubled waters in that Swede community or be shipped back to the office in 

 a box." 



It is hard for pre.sent-day timber-sale administrators to visualize 

 such a situation as this implies and I believe it was very unusual even 

 during the pioneer days ; probably the seriousness was considerably 

 exaggerated. 



In commenting on the salary problems Breen evidently felt that the 

 rangers were not receiving enough ; a feeling fully justified by subse- 

 quent salary developments in the Forest Service. 



"If a man is well paid, he takes his medicine and it is more satisfactory in 

 dealing it out to him than when all hands are dissatisfied, as at present. You 

 see while you were here you did not go and get a full view of what the l;oys 

 are up against on the range, but you did at the camps. Another thing, too. it is 

 owing to what men have been doing whether they like scaling or not. I can get 

 scalers when I set out to hire that kind exclusively and there is no kick. The 

 other kind were broke in for a different purpose, and, naturally, kick on figures 

 if it can he avoided. I can shift when 1 want to when 1 have men on equal 

 salaries and am not lied up every time something happens." 



Evidently Breen was not wholly in accord with my taking up certain 

 matters in Washington, for he wrote in the same letter : 



"1 should give you merry hell for butting in on the 'S' railway and things 

 like that, but I will pass it up this once. If we get more technical than we are 

 now, it's me back to the old grazing grounds . . . my system ... is 

 pestered now with so many new and queer ideas tiiat are sprouting that I will 

 soon have to bust out. . . . Well, be good and don't get hasty and jump 

 at anything." 



In November, IDOU, Breen was detailed to Washington as a district 

 forester to handle correspondence under a chief district forester. 

 During his absence, 1 held down the Coconino. Naturally I was very 

 green and was tremendously benefitted by Breen's assistance at the 

 Washington end. One of the first problems he assisted in was to 

 cancel the instructions to supervisors, that purchasers be given an 

 itemized scale for each sawlog. On November 2(5 Breen wrote: 



