BA33ITT: Ono point in favor of this system is that 

 thoro ic so much District Rangor work that one man ought to 

 do it and it would take probably all his time during the 

 fire season to handle the administrative part of his district, 

 As it is now the offioe vrork just breaks into this other work 

 v.-horoas if ho had a larger district the office or adninis- 

 trativo pr.rt of the rork v/ould take all his time. 



BIGELOT7: I think in a district like that there 

 should alvtoys be some one that can bo gotten on the 'phone. 

 V/hon a fire is discovered it is reported almost always to 

 the Supervisor and a lookout point in that district might 

 notify us of a fire, V7e always want to keep in touch rlth 

 a man ell the time and ray idee is that v.tien the district 

 rancor goes -into the field he can call in a guard so that 

 some one vdll al\vays be on the 'phone, I think it is very 

 necessary that some one in the district is always in touch 

 with the district by 'phone,. 



?: Speaking of the size of districts, I 



believe that local conditions govern that entirely. I heve 

 had sone experience in district management myself and in 

 large districts unless the expenses are paid, a ranger vould 

 be in the hole at the end of 1he month. Then too there is 

 a chance of too much back-tracking as brought out by Mr. 

 Babbitt. It is my opinion that the smaller the district wo 

 have the more efficient we will be and the more will be 

 accompli shed. 



WHITTUM: I agree with Mr. Kolley that if the 

 districts were smaller a district ranger could bettor 

 attend to business and have less expense. 



HEADLEY: Probably some of you knov/ that some of 

 the Forests in the district are not managed the same as here. 

 On some Forests there are Just as many men as there ere 

 districts. 



PRATT: Soiontlfio management can never be a 

 fact until \ve are ready for it. This Forest is pretty well 

 covered with telephone lines and wo have got a lot of good 

 ranger stations. Y/hat might apply on the Eldorado may not 

 apply hero. If we put up with the work of new men we 

 must train them. We want to pick out men that we can train 

 along the proper linos so they can impart knowledge to men 

 under them. How much easier it is for the man on the 

 ground to issue instructions to a subordinate. He can take 

 the matter up in detail which we in the offioe cannot do. 



3ALLAHER: I understand that the system that is 

 used in having each ranger a separate unit is mainly on the 



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