Show CHANGES WILL COME things do change just the other day an old ex forest ranger said strange aint it to think of sending forest rangers by airplane to fight a forest tire fire back in our day a ranger got 60 per month and was expected to keep two horses and pay tor for their teed feed if any when a ranger went to a fire he slung a canteen and bean can call over the aft of ills his thinly horse and put out to sample tho the smoke thirty or forty miles was a n reasonable galloping die distance tance with a chance of finding a puddle of water next day for himself and horse take three million acres of these hills and canyons and divide it among five men a drought and a hostile lot 0 of local folks who care it if there never was no forest reserves or timber made it a sure hard job what the old ex ranger tell us was that the government of the united states appropriated the whole sum of per annum to carry on oil the work and demand service it has taken a good many years for the effete east to realize what the old gang did for their country without help or pay for horse feed it Is well that congress has come alive at last ast and Is willing to pay for service |