THE FOREST RANGER 



A RANGER TRACING LINES IN WINTER UNDER DIFFICULTIES. MINNESOTA 



NATIONAL FOREST. 



THE FOREST RANGER 



A. G. JACKSON 



Who is this forest ranger man we hear so much about? 

 What does he do, how live his life, where is his daily route? 



The forest ranger is the man who guards the nation's wood, 

 Performs his Uncle Sam's odd jobs and does his duty good. 



His life is lived away from town, and often quite alone 



He rides the trail or climbs the ridge wherever trees are grown. 



He gathers seed in autumn from the sturdy forest trees, 

 And scatters them where barrenness exists by fire's decrei 



The snow-clad peaks, the mountain lakes, the river's rushing In 

 The cabin and the jungle dark alike arc known to him. 



By their first names he calls the trees and counts each one his friend. 

 He knows the furtive wood folk too, and ho) 



He finds the way and builds the trail where few have been before ; 

 And to a beauty spot long closed he 



In August's heat he makes his beat from lowlands to the higher, 

 And oftimes mid deep smoke and flames he battles 



