Because of its importance the attention of Forest officers is again called to 

 the notice appearing in the Field Program for August : 



Many inquiries are being received from the General Land Office concern- 

 ing claims in the National Forests upon which final proof has been made, of 

 which the Forest Service has received no report from the supervisor. For- 

 est officers should forward reports promptly upon any claims they have 

 examined or of which they have received notice that final proof has been 

 offered, so that they may be submitted to the General Land Office with 

 appropriate recommendation. (See Service Order No. 5, Field Program for 

 September, 1907.) 



Special Uses 



Supervisors having charge of more than one forest should be careful in desig- 

 nating cases to give the forest in which the land involved is located. Failure 

 to do this causes considerable confusion in the office of the Forester. 



Permits, without charge, may be issued by supervisors to grazing permittees 

 for cabins to be used entirely in connection with caring for stock. 



No charge will be made for special-use permits granted to persons who are 

 purchasers of timber from the United States in any case where the permit is to 

 be used in connection with the removal of timber so purchased.' 



Boundaries 



All reports on lands applied for under the act of June 11, 1906, should be for- 

 warded by the examiner to the supervisor of the Forest in which the lands 

 applied for are situated. The supervisor should forward reports to the chief 

 inspector. (See page 7, circular dated July 17, 1907, Agricultural Settlement.) 

 Supervisors and chief inspectors will please be careful to see that this is done, 

 since it frequently happens that reports reach the Forester without having been 

 approved by both the supervisor and the chief inspector. 



Applications under Act of June 11, 1906 



Chief inspectors and supervisors will hereafter be sent township plats (Form 

 974), notifying them of the receipt of new applications under the act of June 11, 

 1906. This plat will contain the series number of the National Forest, the appli- 

 cant's name, post-office address, date of receipt of application, and the descrip- 

 tion of the land as given by the applicant. If the land is surveyed, the legal 

 subdivisions will be indicated upon the township diagram, and if unsurveyed, the 

 location of the areas as described by the applicant will be written on the back 

 of the plat. 



Notice of change in applications already of record as when an application 

 has been amended, withdrawn, or rejected, or the land has been listed will be 

 promptly furnished the supervisors and chief inspectors by means of carbons 

 of the letters to the applicants. 



OFFICE OF ORGANIZATION. 



Appointments by Telegraph 



Some supervisors are not observing the instructions given in the circular letter 

 of September 10 concerning confirmation, by mail, of telegrams giving names of 

 persons recommended for appointment. In order that there may be no failure 

 to mail to the Forester a copy of every telegram of this character, supervisors 



