SERVICE NOTES FOR OCTOBER. 



These notes contain instructions and necessary information for 

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

 for reference. 



BRANCH OF SILVICULTURE. 



OFFICE OF FOREST MA1STAGEMEXT. 



Advance Cutting 1 in Advertised Class B Sales 



l T nder Regulation 41 of The Use Book supervisor** may allow advance cutting in 

 advertised Class B sales. Applicants should be required to execute in duplicate the 

 form given on page 27 of the Field Program for August, 1907. Actual cutting should 

 not be allowed to begin until the Forest officers know that the required deposit has 

 been made. The privilege should never be granted when it w T ill tend to discourage 

 competitive bids, or when it is not necessary to prevent hardship to local industries. 

 Additional instructions for handling advance cutting will be found on page 89 of The 

 I'se Book. 



Special Uses, Sawmills 



Supervisors are instructed on page 57 of The Use Book to inform the Forester by 

 letter when they reject special-use applications. Please note, however, that the 

 Forester need not be informed when sawmill special-use applications are rejected. 

 The circular of September 25, 1907, on the procedure in "Special Uses, Sawmills" 

 is still in force. 



Keplies to Circular Letters "SM," March 14 and April 9 



In order that the sales policy for each Forest may be in final shape by July 1, 

 1909, it is necessary that most of the replies to circular letters "SM" of March 14 

 and April 9 be submitted before February 1. On some Forests, however, the pres- 

 sure of current business has been so great during the summer that little progress 

 could be made. In these cases, if weather conditions in the winter will permit the 

 necessary field work, the time for reply will, on receipt of the supervisor's request, 

 be extended until May 1. This extension will be made only in cases where the 

 additional time will permit particular attention to be given to the work and decidedly 

 better results to be obtained. 



Closing Timber Sales 



The attention of supervisors is called to the instructions contained in "SM" circular 

 of June 30, in regard to closing timber sales in which a refund is necessary. Please 

 be sure to send, with the refund voucher properly filled out and executed, the final 

 cutting report closing the case. 



Closing Timber Trespass Cases 



Supervisors, either personally or through their rangers, should make a special 

 effort to close as many timber-trespass cases as possible before winter conies on and 

 the gnow makes brush piling difficult and unsatisfactory. Privileges to trespassers 

 should be denied until they have shown cause why they have not made settlement 

 and cleaned up their trespass areas. 



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