The Forest Service Telephone 



(Post Alongside the Telephone) 



This telephone is connected with the Forest Service system. Connection with this system is not a 

 privilege granted free, but is extended in return for very definite assistance by the user. The Forest 

 Service asks that you observe faithfully the Six Rules, and that you influence your neighbors to do likewise. 



1 Be sure your match is out before you throw it away. 



2 Knock out your pipe nshes or throw your cigar or cigarette stump where there is nothing 

 to catch fire. 



3 Don't build a eamp fire any larger than is absolutely necessary. Never leave it, even for 

 a short time, without putting it OUT with water or dirt. 



4 Don't build a camp fire against a tree or a log. Build a small one where you can scrape 

 away the needles, leaves or grass from all sides of it. 



5 Don't build bonfires. The wind may come up at any time and start a fire you cannot control. 



6 If you discover a fire, put it out if possible; if you can't, get word to the nearest U. S. 

 Forest Ranger or State Fire Warden just as quickly as you possibly can. 



The fact that this telephone is in your home must be accepted by everyone as evidence that you are 

 a part of the general organization for protecting the Forest from fire. 



During the season of 1911 I received a great deal of help from all of you, and I hope to have your 

 continued co-operation this year. This season promises to be particularly dangerous and I do not want to 

 neglect any opportunities for better protection. 



In addition to your assistance in fire protection, 1 want to repeat what 1 have previously sent to you 

 ri-nitrding the use of the telephone. You can see how important a telephone is to us, and strict compli- 

 ance with these rules is necessarj : 



The use of all Service telephone lines and instruments will be free to the public until the free 

 use becomes burdensome to the Forest officers, or interferes with the efficiency of the system 

 for Service use. 



The excessive use of the instruments is not only detrimental to the prompt transaction of 

 Service business but seriously impairs the efficiency of the instruments. Therefore, it should 

 be avoided. 



The lines are built primarily for the transaction of official business, and it is imperative that 

 this purpose shall not be defeated by excessive private use. 



The following regulations must be observed in the use of this telephone, otherwise the effi- 

 ciency of the Government telephone system will be impaired and this telephone will be sub- 

 ject to removal. 



1 When the receiver is taken down, immediately ask over the line, "Is the line busy?" and 

 hang up the receiver at once if the line is busy, unless in case of emergency. 



2 No one has the privilege to the use of the line unless he replies when he hears the question 

 "Is the line busy?" 



3 Do not use this telephone longer than five minutes for visiting during office hours. 



4 The batteries weaken rapidly while the receiver is off the hook. 



5 Common courtesy, as well as the efficiency of the service, demands that receivers must not 

 be taken down and left down when other parties are talking. This clause MUST be ob- 

 served; we cannot talk unless the line is entirely clear. 



W. A. HUESTIS, 



Forest Supervisor. 



