Firet leBrn your District thoroughly. ?lnd out 

 rhat you have, v .'hcre the Govoi*u T xjnt land IB located, (not 

 a v->roxt:.ir tely but accurately) t-nc locate tho miniir: olrine 

 v.'hich rro lUble to vo to potent. Hun out tho linos and 



j noteo on tho vjork* performed, anr fine" out ?:ho you can 

 ubtr.in information fron L nc 1 ta];o notes on t'hat each man 

 knows. T Ieop a folc.er en?, have the naterial in your files 

 so that -non i>he 3uporviLor asks for c report you crji look 

 ovor the case, "OIOVT juct vho you have to see r.nd r-hp.t you 

 have to do before yuu start to rauke the report. Always be 

 ahoec 5 of the rr.no In other vords. 



In ^rauinT study your ranges ut every opportunity. 

 './hen r.r. trolling instead of aimlessly traveling elon~ the 

 trails or road, 30 rith c fixed plan of vrhat you ^ant to 

 fine, out on this or thct trip. Tola notoa in your dicry 

 so you rin not Tor^et and rh-on you arrive at cen? co-?y off 

 for ^our files, on a sheet of saper, anything thrt refers 

 to a ct s-e ano. ^ile it in the case. 



I-Uike your fliary a souroe of information instead of 

 a cut enc" dried otftement of hor far you traveler in<?. hoxr 

 Ion it took you. Use your hoad no v;ell ns your hrns in 

 your ^cr'i.. At ni -iit otop t nd thin!: v;hAt you have accomplished 

 cturin* the <*nys rido. V/hct new infonoction hr.ve you ob- 

 tfir.ec 1 , T-hr.t nev: corners have you locr-.tecl, in fact, lias your 

 days vork boon >-orth v;hile? Have you efmefl your pay? If 

 you hr.ve aimlessly nctrolled '"ith only the thou-jht of sooinj 

 a e-M3'.:o, anc. have ttred yourself physically and also rit'.den 

 your horse down just to covor ground r.nd have not four.d out 

 aoTie nov fact or obtained eone information 'r-'hich vlll holp 

 you in a future report I believe you have lost time rhoro 

 you could have eavec it. 



Tench the men under you }^7 to patrol for fire, 

 hot; to It y out c. trail, hov>- to me3;e a report, how to exnnine 

 a rtn^e, hov; to interview a user, hon to Iccr.te a corner, 

 in fact, ^iiide t:ion and orke them efficient forest officers 

 r.ni*- v.-hile doin^ so you ore innrovidg and educating your- 



Ofclf. 



!!en start out in the service anr' are left to 

 thonselvoo to piok up the intricate work of tho service the 

 "best thoy cen from the manual end circular letters, but for 

 a net: man nho is not familiar with our methods those 

 eo^ietites only confuse them. Thoy are really left to them- 

 selves to either make tjood or -jot disgusted ^ith the ^orl: 

 and quit. For a wonder most o* them nmke ^ood but how much 

 bettor we could all have done and how muah time ve could 

 9 saved if v/e had had oorae one to show us hor, during 

 the first ccnths of our rork. A ner man needs encourajremont 



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