FOREST SERVICE APPROPRIATION 



Congress Gives One Million Dollars for Present Fiscal Year 



"THE rapid and substantial growth 

 * of the United States Forest Serv- 

 ice is clearly set forth in that portion 

 of the Agricultural Appropriation Bill 

 for 1 906- 1 907 which provides for its 

 administration. One million dollars is 

 the total amount appropriated, and is 

 a striking testimonial to the adminis- 

 trative ability of the Forester, Mr. Gif- 

 ford Pinchot, as well as to a keener 

 appreciation by Congress of the im- 

 portance of forestry to the nation. The 

 text of the bill as relating to forestry 

 is as follows : 



Salaries, Forest Service : One For- 

 ester, who shall be chief of Bureau, 

 three thousand five hundred dollars ; 

 two clerks class four, three thousand 

 six hundred dollars ; four clerks class 

 three six thousand four hundred 

 dollars ; three clerks class two, four 

 thousand two hundred dollars ; five 

 clerks class one, six thousand dollars ; 

 seven clerks at one thousand one hun- 

 dred dollars each, seven thousand 

 seven hundred dollars ; nine clerks, at 

 one thousand dollars each, nine thou- 

 sand dollars ; nine clerks, at nine hun- 

 dred dollars each, eight thousand one 

 hundred dollars ; nineteen clerks, at 

 eight hundred dollars each, fifteen 

 thousand two hundred dollars ; twenty 

 clerks, at seven hundred dollars each, 

 fourteen thousand dollars ; thirteen 

 clerks, at six hundred dollars each, 

 seven thousand eight hundred dollars ; 

 one draftsman, one thousand eight 

 hundred dollars ; two draftsmen, at 

 one thousand four hundred dollars 

 each, two thousand eight hundred dol- 

 lars ; two draftsmen, at one thousand 

 two hundred dollars each, two thou- 

 sand four hundred dollars; four 

 draftsmen, at one thousand dollars 

 each, four thousand dollars ; one artist, 

 one thousand dollars ; one photogra- 

 pher, one thousand four hundred dol- 

 lars ; one photographer, one thousand 

 two hundred dollars ; one photogra- 

 pher, one thousand dollars ; two mes- 



sengers, at seven hundred and twenty 

 dollars each, one thousand four hun- 

 dred and forty dollars ; three messen- 

 gers, at seven hundred dollars each, 

 two thousand one hundred dollars ; 

 three messengers, at six hundred dol- 

 lars each, one thousand eight hundred 

 dollars ; three messengers, at four hun- 

 dred dollars each, one thousand two 

 hundred dollars ; one carpenter, one 

 thousand dollars ; one carpenter, seven 

 hundred and twenty dollars ; three 

 watchmen, at seven hundred dollars 

 each, two thousand one hundred dol- 

 lars ; one electrician, seven hundred 

 dollars ; one skilled laborer, seven hun- 

 dred dollars ; in all, one hundred and 

 twelve thousand eight hundred and 

 sixty dollars. 



General Expenses, Forest Service : 

 To enable the Secretary of Agriculture 

 to experiment and to make and con- 

 tinue investigations and report on for- 

 estry, forest reserves, forest fires, and 

 lumbering; to advise the owners of 

 woodlands as to the proper care of 

 the same ; to investigate and test 

 American timber and timber trees, and 

 their uses, and methods for the pre- 

 servative treatment of timber ; to seek, 

 through investigations and the plant- 

 ing of native and foreign species, suit- 

 able trees for the treeless regions ; to 

 erect necessary buildings : Provided, 

 That the cost of any building erected 

 shall not exceed one thousand dollars ; 

 for all expenses necessary to protect, 

 administer, improve, and extend the 

 national forest reserves, and officials 

 of the forest service designated by the 

 Secretary of Agriculture shall, in all 

 ways that are practicable, aid in the en- 

 forcement of the laws of the States or 

 Territories with regard to stock, for 

 the prevention and extinguishment of 

 forest fires, and for the protection of 

 fish and game. 



That the forest-reserve special fund 

 provided for in section five of the Act 

 approved February first, nineteen hun- 



