158 Forestry Quarterly. 



suppress forest fires on the sale area and in its vicinity, and will require 



employees and contractors to do likewise 



(My or our) (I or we) 



hereby agree, unless prevented by circumstances over which 



(I or we) 



have no control, to place and 



(mj-self or ourselves) (my or our) 



employees at the disposal of any authorized Forest officer for the pur- 

 pose of fighting forest fires, with the understanding that if the fire does 



not threaten property or the area embraced in this 



(my or our) 



agreement shall be paid for services so rendered at 



(I or we) 

 the rate or rates to be determined by the Forest officer in charge, which 

 rate or rates shall correspond to the rate or rates of pay prevailing in 



the National Forest for services 



of a similar character at the time the services are rendered, provided, 



however, that if employees, subcon- 



(I or we) (My or our) 

 tractors, or employees of subcontractors are directly or indirectly re- 

 sponsible for the origin of the fire, shall not be paid for 



(I or we) 

 services so rendered. 



It was necessary to make the clause very explicit because 

 of past misunderstandings; for example, should a camp fore- 

 man or saw filer be paid for fighting fire at his current rate 

 of pay, or at the usual "fire" rate of 25c an hour? This is 

 settled by clause 15. 



16. So far as is reasonable all branches of the logging shall keep pace 

 with one another, and in no instance shall the brush disposal be allowed 

 to fall behind the cutting, except when the depth of the snow or other 

 adequate reason makes proper disposal impossible, when the disposal of 

 brush may, with the written consent of the Forest officer in charge, be 

 postponed until conditions are more favorable. 



When logging is piecemeal there is more damage to repro- 

 duction and moreover, the sale is more difficult to administer. 

 When brush disposal falls behind, the needles often become 

 loose and drop ofif when the brush is moved later on; yet dur- 

 ing severe weather, it is impossible to keep brush disposal up-to- 

 date. 



17. Necessary logging roads, chutes, camps, buildings, or other struc- 

 tures shall be located as agreed upon with the Forest officer in charge. 



All such improvements not removed within months after 



the expiration of this agreement shall become the property of the United 

 States. 



Th\s is designed not only to prevent damage to local interests, 

 but to enable forest officers to locate improvements, (especially 

 roads) so they will benefit the forest when this can be done 



