Ho should cerry out tho work outlined for him 

 regardleoa of whether any one else on tho district worko^cr 

 not. Tho fact that the district ranger may spend hours oach 

 day poliohing the top of his desk with his boot ho els, or 

 that some other member of the Service breakfasts at 9:30, 

 should in no way influence him toward following their 

 example, for don't for n minute thin!: thct they are getting 

 away vith it because the Service is a little slot? in 

 rotting around to them. It ror.y appear to you that they 

 ere ajottin-* clong about as woll or a little better than 

 you are, but the Supervisor Joiors hovr things are going 

 and your of forts will not bo overlooked in the end. Tho 



rincipal is to do '-hat you are requested to do, and to do 

 it according to instructions. The Supervisor may not be 

 satisfied rith the showing of a flistrict rcnger, but vhat is 

 ho going to do abut it? A rli&trict must have some ono in 

 chr.rge and ur.loss there ere ether men who havo biijwn si^-ns of 

 life, ho hr.8 no alternative but to let things stand as they 

 are. 



I have not attempted to say anything in regard 

 to the many different classes af work that comes up on a 

 ranger district, for the reason that a set of excellent 

 re -ulntions are bein^ prepared and sent out as fast as pos- 

 sible to the non in the field, but v.'hat I am trying to get 

 at is this; - that the regulrtions are useless without 

 someone to carry thorn out* 



BA3BITT: I am by no means satisfied, rith the 

 nount of nark that v:e of the Sierraville District have 

 been r.ble to accomplish durin-r the past season, although 

 I bolievo we have done all that re could do vrtch our proeont 

 arrangement. I ara advancing the folloving program In the 

 "belief that it allcws a better field for scientific 

 mrna gome nt, r^hich I think the Forest Service will adopt in 

 the near future and which I should like to see initiated by 

 the Tr.hoe l-'orest. 



I bolieve thrt thot pnrt of the Forest lying Last 

 of the mountains, the Truokee end Merraville districts, 

 should be consolidated, as they form, taken together, a 

 nrturcl unit; the Sierra City and Lornieville Districts 

 should form a second such unit: the country r round Kevcda 

 City, I believe, frlls into other such natural Districts. 

 I believe thst each of these Irrger divisions shoxild have 

 one district render, his aesistcnts, fira-gup-rde rnd 

 sealers; tho ascistmts opoh to have a district of his orn, 

 Icid ott in accordance ith the class of work he is to 

 perform, ES near as is found practical rnd of such size thet 

 he cm Rctuf.lly cover it and <*o all of the work that he is 

 expected to perform; tho fire guards to aot as patrolmen cr 

 lookouts and of course- the scr-lers to v?ork on the vrrious 

 sslos. 



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