A FOREST SUPERVISOR IN THE COMMUNITY 



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MAIL CARRIER APPROACHING TETON PASS FROM THE EAST WITH ONE PASSENGER, MAIL 



AND EXPRESS. 



Notice open slope where slides come and endanger the life of mail carriers and pas- 

 sengers. Lincoln County, Snake River, Teton National Forest, Wyoming. Forest 

 Supervisors equipped with their horses and sled for Forest Service work are of much 

 aid to citizens in this kind of country, especially in winter. 



adjuncts of any community, large or 

 small, and a Supervisor should identify 

 hims If with any movement which will 

 bring a physician to his community, if 

 one is lacking. This may be done best 

 perhaps by offering a guaranteed salary ; 

 each member of the community agree- 

 ing to pay a certain amount of the salary 

 at stated periods. Closely allied to 

 this, are the questions of proper sanita- 

 tion and water supply of towns, and in 

 these I think every Supervisor should 

 take an active interest. 



Other community problems, such as 

 the beautifying of streets, the placing 

 of shade trees, the cleaning up of debris, 



the extinction of insect and rodent pests, 

 are all locally important, and a Forest 

 Supervisor is just as well qualified to 

 take an important part in the proper 

 solution of these problems as any other 

 citizen. 



I can see no objection to a Supervisor 

 serving, without pay, as a member of 

 his town council or board of alderman, if 

 by doing so he can help out the com- 

 munity. There may be official objec- 

 tion to this, but if it exists, I do not 

 know of it. Where a community is 

 very small and no town council or 

 similar body exists, a great deal of 

 community work can be done through 



