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by the routine district office, and the Washington office, after 

 verbal conferences. There would be uniformity in policy and 

 the present lack of co-ordination between the districts would be 

 done away with. 



What then would be the efifect of this re-organization on a 

 district such as Arizona and New Mexico? The district forester 

 would be replaced by a district inspector. The supervisors 

 would be assisted when needed by a hydro-electric engineer, work- 

 ing under the Washington office, probably with local headquarters 

 at Denver. Game protection would be handled by the supervisors 

 as a distinct side issue. The assistant to the solicitor could 

 remain in the district town as heretofore. Accounts would be 

 forwarded to Washington for audit, or the chief clerks in the 

 supervisor's office could be made disbursing agents. The per- 

 sonnel would be handled by the District inspector and the organi- 

 zation routine by a central bureau in Washington ; the fire 

 organization would be handled by an inspector only in times 

 of stress (namely, when more than one forest was threatened) 

 according to a prearranged scheme of special fire organization. 

 Road surveys would be under the highway engineer who would 

 be in charge of the project. Telephone construction and general 

 improvements would be handled by a traveling expert under 

 the direction of Washington, probably two or three experts for 

 the seven districts would be sufficient. Property maintenance 

 would be taken care of from Ogden as at present. The work 

 now under Silviculture would be handled from Washington with 

 the technical-scientific work under the field direction of the direc- 

 tor of the Experiment Station. Station studies would be contin- 

 ued as investigative projects and administered from Washing- 

 ton. The consulting pathologist would be stationed at the Ex- 

 periment Station, working in close co-operation with the various 

 supervisors. The assembly of maps would be at Washington. 

 Grazing would be handled from Washington, except that im- 

 portant local studies would be made projects under the Director 

 of the Experiment Station. The routine of lands would be 

 handled entirely from Washington with classification a project 

 , in the hands of a traveling examiner. Entry surveys should be 

 legislated under the General Land Office (where they properly 

 belong) instead of under the Forest Service as at present. Is 



