(From the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture.) 



EXAMINATION FOR NOT RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION 



UKTIL SEPTEMBER 25, 1913. 

 ASSISTANT FOREST RANGER 



The United States civil service commission announces 

 an examination for assistant forest ranger on October 21 and 

 22. In field district No. 5 of the forest service the exam- 

 ination will be held in California at Alturas, Bakersfield, 

 Bishop, Chews Ridge, Hot Springs, Los Angeles, Nevada City, 

 Northfork, Placerville, Q,uincy, Red Bluff, San Piego, Santa 

 Barbara, Sisson, Sonora, Weaverville, Willows, and Yreka; 

 and in Nevada at Gardenville. 



Candidates must be able-bodied men between the ages 

 of 21 and 40, capable of enduring all the hardships of out- 

 door life. A medical certificate to this effect is required. 

 The examination consists of two parts, a field test and the 

 answering of practical questions. The latter relate to land 

 surveying, timber estimating, lumbering, land laws, mining, 

 and the livestock business. Practical experience and general 

 intelligence, as shown by ability to write with reasonable 

 clearness of expression, are the main requirements. Appli- 

 cants must be residents of the state in which they seek em- 

 ployment, and should be familiar with local industrial condi- 

 tions and topography. 



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