SERVICE NOTES FOR OCTOBER 



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 



Action against the Northern Pacific 



Action against the Northern Pacific Railway Company was requested of the Depart- 

 ment of Justice for the recovery of damages amounting to 15,299.50 for the destruction 

 of 2,540,950 feet of timber on the Snoqualmie National Forest by fire caused by sparks 

 from an engine of the railway company. 

 Commercial Power Plants: Amendment of Use Book 



'The Use Book is hereby amended by crossing out the first sentence under the 

 title " Power Plants," on page 65, and inserting, instead, the following: 



The term "commercial power plants" as used in these regulations and instruc- 

 tions includes all hydro-electric power plants ex cept those used solely by the per- 

 mittees themselves for municipal or mining purposes. 



OPERATION 



Numbering Freight Bills of Lading- 

 Freight bills of lading, in the future, will be numbered consecutively before issue 

 by the Property Clerk, using one set of serial numbers for the whole Forest Service. 

 This will do away with the necessity for the serial number and key initial provided 

 for on page 289 of the June Field Program. The Property Clerk at Ogden will furnish 

 these numbered forms to all members of the Service, who use bills of lading, upon 

 receipt of which the numbered forms on hand should be returned to him. If a supply 

 is not received within a reasonable time requisition should be made. 

 Monthly Service Report 



The att^nt'on of Forest officers is called to the revised Form 347, "Monthly Service 

 Report," referred to in Service Order 3f. An initial supply has been sent to each 

 Supervisor. The Supervisor will secure on this form the monthly distribution of 

 the services of every member of the Forest force whose salary is charged against the 



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