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Boundaries 



Since many requests for administrative sites which were returned for cor- 

 rection have not been sent to the' Forest Service, supervisors are reminded 

 and they are requested to correct the reports and forward them with as little 

 delay as possible. 



A printed form for reports upon proposed administrative sites will be fur- 

 nished the supervisors on the 1st of December. It is requested that the ut- 

 most care be exercised, in preparing requests for withdrawal of tracts, to 

 furnish all the information called for by the form, aad that, as therein directed, 

 all necessary supplemental reports be attached thereto. 



OFFICE OF ENGINEERING. 



The attention of supervisors is called to the fact that when purchasing tele- 

 phone instruments it is necessary to specify not only the make of the instru- 

 ment but whether a 1,000, 1,600, or 2,500 ohm ringer is desired. This informa- 

 tion can best be secured from the telephone company with which connection 

 is made. 



OFFICE OF ORGANIZATION. 



New Form of Boundary Notice 



A new form of boundary notice (No. 270) is now available upon requisition. 

 This form is supplied with a blank diagram of four townships on the scale of 

 one-third of an inch to the mile. It is intended that the exact location of each 

 notice posted shall be designated by placing a star upon this diagram. 



Designation of Forest Divisions 



Hereafter administrative divisions of the National Forests will be designated 

 by placing the name of the division after the words "National Forest," thus : 

 The Big Hole (S) National Forest. 

 The Washington (Wenatchee Div.) National Forest. 



The above form of designation will be used in all correspondence and forms 

 of the Forest Service. 



NOVEMBER 18, 1907. 

 To Forest Supervisors: 



The Commissioner of the General Land Office has informed the Forester that 

 reports of Forest officers unfavorable to the validity of claims in the National 

 Forests should be regarded as confidential. Jurisdiction in determining the 

 validity of unperfected claims in National Forests rests in the General Land 

 Office, and the Forest Service will cooperate to further this work. 



Therefore please do not hereafter permit inspection of unfavorable reports 

 on such claims. There would be no impropriety in your informing claimants, 

 upon their request, if you wish to do so, that your report is unfavorable, but 

 in no case should you inform them of the character of the evidence on which 

 your reports are based or of the names of the witnesses by whose testimony 

 they are to be substantiated. .Claimants or their attorneys applying for this 

 information should be informed that it can be obtained only from the Commis- 

 sioner of the General Land Office. 



C. S. CHAPMAN, 

 Acting Assistant Forester. 



