and the moro of It he gets the bettor ho does. I remember 

 when I first started as a Supervisor r few sortie of en- 

 couragement in B letter from i'.r. i.. T. Allen, who v;as then 

 an inspector, did more towards raa";in~ a Supervisor out 

 of me thin all the Use looses and Circular Letters I studied. 



vontually our telephone system on this Forest 

 will be completed and then each District Rrnger will be in 

 direct touch '.vlth the Assistrnts and Guards under him end 

 rlc.o ith the Uofldcurrters nt Hevrda City. This is the cnse 

 now in so-no of our Districts, './hen this telephone service 

 is completed re c?n direct our ascistents each dry. }>oh days 

 ': should bo figured out ahead rnd telephone instructions 

 on to each of tho nien under you. Toll oach of them where 

 the- or.n crtch you by telephone at a /rivon ti"jo and find out 

 whore you cm telephone to them. You never 'mow rhnt tho dcy 

 '/ill brin^ forth and you should plr.n ahead for emergencies. 



Let us start rinrht ^'It'i tho be jinr.ing of the now 

 rr. First brin^ our office v;ork up to o cystem, keep 

 our Jiles in order, mr'ce orses -'or our forms end Vve a 

 >lrco L'or everything end keop evory'-hin-; in Its pi' co end 

 cave timo in looking for letters end forms. Too? c premise 

 cfrd or a colcnfar eystom anr 1 kooo it u;t to elate. : /hon you 

 nrlce a srle .Mit ('o^m tho dato of Ito cloelnt BO thrt 7ou 

 ill not overlook It rnd rocolve c. lottor fro:a tho Sxi^or- 

 visor's office thr-t you hrvo forgotten to ro^ort. ',/lien you 

 arc roruontod to raa';e a report or rjiawer r letter before a 

 ccrttin dcto, put do*n tho c'eto on your orlendar or in your 

 .tronlse cord box so thct you r/ill not forgot to r.nsv.'or the 

 iottor or rac're the report on the plvon fate. 



Keep your desks clean end your bes":ots froo from 

 crtalofja rnd advortiseraonts. Only keeping in it. unanswered 

 letters end lot these be as fen as possible. Answer letters 

 promptly, especially from tieors of i;ho forest 



VThen the field season commences have your olrn& 

 laid out ahead end keep them ahead, ur.ther information every 

 day you ere in the field. In the mor:-iin v.'hen you strrt out 

 thin!; vr hr.t you can c'o thr.t c'p,y to keep ahead of the rpne, rhat 

 clrim you crn look ovor, ^hct trail route needs lookin<- up, 

 v^het rrnTO needs loo'zint into, whet section corners alon- the 

 route you are njoin^ have not boon found, whet plrntin-> area 

 you have not looked et lately, who you can interview on the 

 route to acquire some information thrt is lacking in come case, 

 and what trail or road needs a si^n, YJhat telephone line you 

 will follow, arid consider If it would not be well for you to 

 fte'<:e alon^ your pliers. In fact make an interesting study of 

 each days work and at the end of the de.y Just stop Mftfl think 

 hat you have left undone enr 1 what you have acoorapliohod 

 towards keeping ahead of the game. I>ch deys work will become 

 more interesting and as you plan, now ideas rill come to you. 



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