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supervisor for the Gallatin Reserve has 

 yet been named permanently. 



Twenty- nine rangers were assigned to 

 these reserves in June for immediate 

 duty, 8 being for the Bitter Root, in 

 Montana, 9 for the Flathead, 6 for 

 the Lewis and Clarke and 6 for the 

 Gallatin. There were also authorized 

 for these reserves, jon July 15, 9 ad- 

 ditional rangers, for assignment to duty 

 at the discretion of the Superintendent, 

 making a total force of 38 rangers. 



Oregon. 



The three forest reserves in Oregon 

 the Cascade Range Reserve, area 4,492, - 

 800 acres; the Bull Run, area 142,080 

 acres, and the Ashland, area 18,560 

 acres, or an aggregate area of 4,653,440 

 acres constitute a Superintendent's Dis- 

 trict, of which S. B. Ormsby, Salem, 

 Oregon, is the Superintendent. 



There are three supervisors' districts, 

 the Northern Division of the Cascade 

 Range Reserve and the Bull Run being 

 under the supervision of W. H. Dufur, 

 Dufur, Oregon; the Central Division of 

 the Cascade Range forming another su- 

 pervisor's district, under Ralph B 

 Dixon, of Roseburg; and the Southern 

 Division and the Ashland another, in 

 charge of Nat Langell, Jacksonville. 



Forty rangers were assigned for the 

 entire season 37 for the Cascade Range, 

 2 for the Bull Run and 1 for the Ashland. 



South Dakota and Wyoming. 



The Black Hills Reserve, in South 

 Dakota and Wyoming, the Teton, the 

 Yellowstone National Park Timber Land 

 Reserve, and the Big Horn Reserve, 

 make a district of which C. W. Garbutt, 

 Sheridan, Wyoming, is the Superin- 

 tendent. The total area of these reserves 

 is 4,407,840 acres, the Black Hills, in 

 South Dakota, having 1,166,080 acres, 

 and in Wyoming 45,600 acres; the Teton 

 829,44oacres; the Yellowstone 1,239,040, 

 and the Big Horn 1,127,680 acres. 



There are four supervisors' districts. 

 Charles Deloney, of Jackson, Wyoming, 

 is the Supervisor of the Teton and that 

 portion of the Yellowstone lying imme- 



diately south thereof; A. D. Chamber- 

 lain, Cody, Wyoming, is the Supervisor 

 of the remainder of the Yellowstone Na- 

 tional Park Reserve; W. N. Jackson, 

 Big Horn, Wyoming, is the Supervisor 

 of the Big Horn Reserve, and H. G. 

 Hamaker, Custer, S. D., is the Super- 

 visor of the Black Hills Reserve. 



Twenty-seven rangers 9 for the 

 Black Hills, 5 for the Yellowstone, 

 8 for the Big Horn and 5 for the 

 Teton were authorized for immediate 

 duty in June, and for duty July 15 9 

 additional for the Black Hills and 9 

 additional for the Wyoming reserves. 



Washington. 



The Superintendent of the reserves in 

 Washington is D. B. Sheller, Tacoma, 

 Washington. These contain an aggre- 

 gate area of 8,121,880 acres, comprising 

 that part of the Priest River Reserve 

 which lies in this State, area 103,960 

 acres; the Washington, 3,594, 240 acres; 

 the Olympic, 2,188,800 acres, and the 

 Mount Rainier, 2,234,880 acres. 



The Washington and Priest River form 

 a supervisor's district, of which Edward 

 Burin, Custer, Washington, is the Su- 

 pervisor; F. C. Mathewson, of Shelton, 

 is the Supervisor for the Olympic, and 

 George McCoy, of Napavine, for the 

 Mount Rainier. 



Twenty-three rangers 8 for the Wash- 

 ington, 6 for the Olympic and 9 for the 

 Mount Rainier were authorized for im- 

 mediate duty, and for duty on July 15 

 eleven more as rangers at-large. 



In concluding this review it may be 

 proper to state that only persons physic- 

 ally, as well as otherwise, qualified are 

 selected for the position of ranger. Old 

 age, indolence, weakness and intemper- 

 ance are disqualifications which, when 

 made known to the Department, will 

 lead at once to the dismissal of the ob- 

 jectionable ranger. These officers are 

 the sentinels in the forest, and absence 

 from their post of duty is not permissible. 

 This regulation guarantees constant vigil- 

 ance in the hour of fire peril or timber 

 depredation. 



Binger Hermann. 



