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thorough inspection of every portion of the tract, at short intervals, while 

 lumbering is going on, enforcing the rules thoroughly in all places. 



He should have entire control of the log scalers and tree markers. Any 

 division of authority in enforcing the carrying out of the rules should be care- 

 fully avoided. The decision of the inspector should be final on all questions 

 connected with the lumbering. He should decide the particular localities where 

 dams should be erected for the purpose of driving logs, the height to which they 

 should be built, etc., the height to which water should be raised for the purpose 

 of flooding the streams and at what time in the spring they should be left open 

 for the purpose of protecting standing timber from being flooded and killed. He 

 should locate the places where timber should be cut for the purpose of construct- 

 ing such dams, oversee the marking, selection and scaling of timber for such 

 purposes, etc. 



The location of branch railroad tracks, all cutting of roads, the location of 

 camps, and the selection of material which should be used in their construction 

 should all be placed entirely in his charge, as it is only by so doing that the 

 lumbermen can be held in proper control. He should have full control of the 

 lopping of tops, in order to have it done in a thorough and satisfactory manner. 



The inspector should be upheld by the officials over him in seeing that the 

 work is properly done. In order that the work may be of a satisfactory char- 

 acter to the people of the State, it is absolutely necessary that the man in 

 charge of guarding their interests in the forest should have the authority to stop 

 lumbering operations at once on any portion of the tract or tracts under his 

 supervision, when, in his judgment, it has become necessary to do so. The very 

 fact that the purchasers of the stumpage know that the inspector has this power, 

 which can immediately be put into operation when necessary, will cause them to 

 be more careful to observe the rules, and to perform their work in such a manner 

 that they will not be compelled to stop their lumbering operations. 



If the inspector is incapable of filling the position to which he is appointed, 

 he should be removed and a more capable man appointed in his place, but it 

 should always be borne in mind that the interests of the people of the State and 

 the interests of the lumbermen are diametrically opposite, and that there will be 

 unavoidable friction between the inspector and the contractor and lumbermen, 

 and undoubtedly complaints from the lumbermen against the rulings of the 

 inspector will be made. Therefore, if he does his duty, no political influence 

 should' be allowed to counteract his judgment as to what would be best for the 

 forest. 



