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cattle to the number of 23 head in places where pasturage may safely 

 be permitted. Every forest officer nsing pnbUc land in this way shonld 

 be required to reside upon the land allotted to him. 



In no case sbonld a for^t officer be allowed to be pecuniarily inter- 

 ested, in his own i)erson or through another, in any matter connected 

 with the reserves, or with any one of them. 



COST. 



Jtmmal satarg liH. 



1 chief forester Si: 000 



1 forest inspector i. .500 



7 forester rangers, at Sl.H'i each 12.600 



20 forest guards, at $720 each 14.400 



100 fire watchers, at ?-50 each --. o. C>00 



60 fire watchers, at -fi-i each - - 1.500 



1 clerk 1,200 



1 clerk 1,000 



4 clerks, at -J720 each 2. >>^;i 



Total 544.080 



iliiceUaneoui expenses. 



Traveling expenses and allowances $10,000 



Trails, bridges, and cabins 3,000 



Fire fond .-. 5,00i:< 



Contingent fund 7, -I'i'O 



Total K,920 



Grand total 70. iXK) 



COMMUISICATIONS AND FIBE.S. 



The construction of trails, bridges, and cabin? for .shelter in different 

 parts of the reserve should be one of the first dutie.s assigned to the 

 forest guards during the season when fires are not dangerous. Xo 

 other expenditure ean add so much to the safety of the reserves as that 

 for means of rapid and easy conwiunication. To gain an hour in reach- 

 ing the scene of a fire may save hundreds or even thousands of dollars 

 in damage done and labor expended. Cabins will be required, because 

 to visit the large area under his charge will require days, or sometimes 

 weeks, of travel on the part of each ranger or forest guard, and rough 

 shelter should be provided at scattered points to make such trips as 

 easy as possible. Every available means should be employed to encour- 

 age the forest officers to travel widely and constantly through their 

 charges, and to provide shelters for the night is one of the best and least 

 exiiensive steps to that end. 



Forest iires, while they are to be dreaded only in certain months of 

 any year, prevail to very different degrees in difiierent years. It would 

 be most advisable, therefore, for that portion of the appropriation de- 

 voted to the fire ftand, and to the contingent fund as well, to be contin- 

 uous, so that a season free from expensive fires may leave a balance at 

 the disposal of the forest service for use in succeeding and less favorable 

 years; and to this end the requisite clauses in the appropriation biH 

 should be verycareftillydrawn. Thefirefund itself isintended topermit 

 the employment of men, not already members of the forest service, to 

 meet emergencies caused by the prevalence of fires beyond the control 

 of the regular force. To put out even a slow-burning fire in the dense 



