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Show FOREST EXPANSION The U. S. Civil Service Commission Commis-sion announces an open competitive 'examination for Forest Ranger to be held October 27. The examination will be held at Cedar City. Application blanks for admission to this examination may be secured from the Civil Service commission at Washington, D. C, from the Forest For-est Supervisors or from the District Forrester, Ogden, Utah. Persons desiring to take this examination ex-amination are urged to submit their applications as soon as possible. This examination is open to all able-bodied citizens of the United States between the ages of 21 and 40 years. Applicants must have at least a common school education. Practical experience in compass surveying, mining, lumbering and livestock business bus-iness is desirable. In making appointments preference prefer-ence is given to residents of states where the examination is taken. By Act of Congress preference Is also given to honorably discharged soldiers, sol-diers, sailors and marines, who should attach a copy of certified cer-tified copy of their honorable discharge dis-charge to their application. Th,1s copy will be returned after being inspected in-spected by the commission. The age limit is also waived in the case of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors sai-lors and marines. Appointments are made at the initial in-itial salary of $1100 per annum. After Af-ter one month of satisfactory service the appointee may be certified to receive re-ceive the increased compensation of $240 per annum granted by Congress Con-gress for this fiscal year. However, tho continuation of this increased compensation after June 30, 1920, is dependent upon further action of Congress. Rangers are required to furnish their own saddle horses. Two horses make the average number required. However, in most cases the Government Govern-ment furnishes living quarters and nil forage for the necessary horses is furnished by the Government. a |