In support cf this 'theory, I find my time so 

 into "by district ranker work, thet I find it very hard to do 

 other clnseee of work that with e district such as I have, is 

 expected of ma, I find that I have to leave rasny things half 

 oleted and it ofton happens that the first pprt of the work 

 is for nothing before I arc able tc take up the subject again, 

 3y district ranger rork, I mean ths rasking cut of report s,~tho 

 overseeing of large timber sales, securing affidavits on claim 



trespass cas*s, the office part of fire fighting etc. I 

 beliovo that in the large districts there is en9Ugh of this 

 : to tt. ':o the larger 'part of one mane time end still let 

 him have the chanco to direct and control his district. 



I wish to first take up fire fighting, using the 

 Icrtre district rnd supposlnr it to be the consolidated Truckeo 

 end Sierraville unit, with which I an raost familiar. 



The ("istrict ranger should bo stationed at Truckoe 

 rlth phone connections rith each rf his assistants end .guards. 

 Durinr the fire Season oithor he Or a guard should alloys be' 

 on the phone and each evening receive a report from each man, 

 as to v:here he rill be the following day. .Then a fire is 

 reported the district ranker will organize end send out fire 

 fi-hters an<? the rangor discovering the fire orn, after 

 renortin-r, go to it with the assurance thrt help vd.ll be cent 

 to him vith food and relief ascurea, the battle is more than 

 half r-on. The district rrnger will have the time and 

 opportunity to orrrsnize fire fi^htors in dvery town and mill 

 and vill soon 'oiow the nan to be depended uion. '.*here there 

 are snail one or tro render districts, there is a feeling, 

 not ^itho'.it rrood reason, that in case of a fire on en 

 adjoinin~ district, they should not leave thoir own district 

 unless the necessity for so doinr becomes vory -If rin,g and 

 urgent. In a Irrge district this would be obviated, for the 

 reeson that en assistr.nt conrninicatos rith the district 

 ranker and if on discovering a fire at sone distrnco he 

 loaves his o'istriot, measures rill be tr'ien to ">eet f.ny 

 extremity thet may rrise durinr his absence. 



In other words tho district ranger would have 



amplo tine to wganico his force vrlth a viev; to ccncert of 



action at all tiroes vith an attendant saving of expendi- 

 tures. 



The Ami_stRn;t Ran^erg District; 



In this new district there would be a section of 

 country rrnzcd by sheep and cattle alone, find in rhich little 

 or no vx>rk of any other kind is conducted. (Jndor present 

 conditions three different districts tako In a portion of 

 this territory, with the result that throo different c'istrict 



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