SERVICE NOTES FOR SEPTEMBER 



These notes contain instructions and necessary information for 

 Forest officers, and will, therefore, be carefully read and kept on file 

 for reference. 



OFFICE OF THE FORESTER 



LAW 



Uses, Railroads, and Power Plants- 

 Forest officers, in making their examinations and reports upon applications for 

 railroad rights of way along streams, should always consider, as far as possible, neces- 

 sary and feasible water-power developments along the streams, in order that proper 

 conditions may be placed in stipulations to be filed by the railroad applicants, which 

 will make it possible for the stream banks, especially in canyons, to be used and occu- 

 pied for power development. In some cases it may be advisable to require the rail- 

 road applicants to so modify their maps as to locate the railroad at an elevation which 

 will allow for water storage and other uses of the lands for power purposes. 



Suit to Recover for Timber Cut 



On July 10, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington 

 commenced suit against Thomas Cannon and the Entiat Lumber and Power Com- 

 pany, George H. Gray and Sons, proprietors, incorporated, to recover $1,169, value of 

 timber cut from the Wenatchee National Forest. 



Coal Claims Held for Cancellation 



The Commissioner of the General Land Office has held for cancellation eight coal 

 claims within the Siskiyou National Forest, on the ground that the claims did not 

 contain workable coal. Selected specimens of the coal contained as low as 8 per cent 

 ash, while the average ran from 25 to 40 per cent ash. The claims contained 90,922,740 

 feet of timber. 



OPERATION 



Location of Trail Grades- 

 Inspection of trail work done on the National Forests discloses a decided lack of 

 proper care in locating the trails and laying out the grades. 



As a rule, when a climb is to be made, the location of only one end of the grade is 

 absolutely fixed. For example, when a ridge ends in a suitable point and it is de- 

 sired to build a trail from the bottom of the point to the top of the ridge, it is usually 

 of little consequence where the landing is made on top of the ridge; but the grade 



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