quently the descriptions given in their applications are in- 

 correct. Without applicants on the ground oraminer must re- 

 port on lane, as described. T .7ith them he "mows enact ly r r hat 

 they went, regardless o description. T-.tr; is not only 

 more satisfactory to tlie applicant "but avoids a second ap- 

 plication and another Gemination. 



Again, we have found t licit if an applicant doss not 

 got his full 160 acres he will continue to submit one ap- 

 plication after another for evei-y contiguous piece in the 

 hope that some of it may "be listed. If j^ou have him with 

 you this can "be settled then and there and you are through 

 v/ith him. 



If the District Ranker on his regular trips through 

 the Forest, discovers a piece of 5hand he "believes will soon- 

 er or later "be applied for, he examines it thon and there, 

 retains the data until an application is received, whereupon 

 he can submit a report without another trip. In a few plac- 

 es on the desert slope we have been able to make blanket 

 eiraninatioiis and reports covering a considerable area. 



The present report form as!::s jiist 150 questions, 

 and if one is so dispose:!, he can write a boolr in repl3^ I 

 do not advocate nor count onanco a careless examination or 

 incomplete report for I believe very careful worlc should be 

 done but even at that , there are two ways of mailing some 

 parts of the examination. The main thing is to determine 



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