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THE FORESTER. 



September, 



The Superintendent. 



The forest superintendents are re- 

 quired to post themselves thoroughly as 

 to all the rules and regulations govern- 

 ing the reserve, as laid down in a gen- 

 eral circular of instructions issued June 

 30, 1897, and reissued, with amend- 

 ments, August 5, 1898: and to see that 

 these regulations are enforced, to ob- 

 serve the results of their operation and 

 to report thereon. They are to obtain 

 information against persons violating 

 the provisions of the forest fire law, and 

 report it to the proper United States at- 

 torney, and to render all necessary 

 assistance in their prosecution. They 

 are to give special attention to the in- 

 structions regarding forest fires and to 

 co-operate with the supervisors in all 

 large and important fires which are lia- 

 ble to get beyond the control of the 

 supervisors and their rangers, and, when 

 necessary, to employ additional help to 

 extinguish the fires. 



They are required to study the effect 

 of sheep grazing upon the reserves ; to 

 examine as to the question of the free 

 use of timber and stone as provided by 

 the regulations; timber trespasses ; lands 

 in the reserves more valuable for mineral 

 than for timber; areas in the reserves 

 more valuable for agricultural than for 

 forest uses. They also have charge of 

 the appraisement of timber to be sold, 

 and many other similar duties. They 

 promulgate all orders from the Commis- 

 sioner, and examine and pass upon all 

 reports made to him by the supervisors 

 and rangers. 



The Supervisor. 



The Supervisor must have his head- 

 quarters in or near the reserve of which 

 he is in charge. He must familiarize 

 himself with all the conditions existing 

 in his district, especially in regard to 

 forest fires. He must see that notices of 

 the forest-fire act of February 24, 1897, 

 which are printed on cloth, are posted in 

 conspicuous places in the reserve ; that 

 all campers, hunters and others found in 

 the reserve are duly warned as to their 

 camp fires and their attention called to 



the fire act. They have immediate su- 

 pervision of the rangers and are required 

 to be in and through the reserve to see 

 that the time of the rangers is fully occu- 

 pied in patrolling their districts, clearing 

 up old trails, cutting new trails and per- 

 forming their duties generally. They 

 make weekly reports of daily service 

 rendered, and monthly reports on the 

 general conditions existing in the reserve. 

 They also make detailed reports to the 

 superintendent on forest fires, showing : 



First Class : The number of camp or 

 small fires found left burning, which 

 were afterward extinguished by the for- 

 est officers or rangers. 



Second Class : The number of fires 

 (not included in the first class) which 

 had gained considerable headway before 

 being located and extinguished. Total 

 area, in acres, burned over ; number of 

 volunteers, if any, who aided ; number 

 of extra men hired, if any, to aid ; total 

 amount paid for the extra help ; amount 

 of other extra expense incurred (not in- 

 cluding amount paid for extra help and 

 for tools). 



Third Class : Number of large and im- 

 portant fires requiring extraordinary ef- 

 fort, time and expense to extinguish (not 

 included in the first or second class), 

 which were extinguished ; total area, in 

 acres, burned over ; number of volun- 

 teers, if any, who aided ; number of ex- 

 tra men hired to aid ; total amount paid 

 for the extra help ; total amount of other 

 extra expense (not including amount 

 paid for extra help and for tools). 



All Classes : Total amount expended 

 during the month for tools, the dates of 

 fires, the names and addresses of the par- 

 ties responsible for their starting, the 

 origin, the damage done, the probable 

 market value of the timber burned and 

 the effect upon the forest cover and 

 water supply. 



The Ranger. 



The Rangers are required to be con- 

 stantly on guard, to patrol their districts, 

 to extinguish camp and other fires, to re- 

 port to the supervisor all fires as indi- 

 cated above, and to carry out their in- 



