Show EXAM examination MATION FOR FOREST RANGERS wm will bo be hold held tn in richfield monday october 25 in order to fill vacancies in the ranger force of the forest service the V U S civil service commission announces announced an open competitive examination for forest ranger on october 25 the examination will v ill be held in utah at cedar city ephraim kanab logan loean moab Ni oal ogden provo richfield salt lake city vernal and Wid widstoe sioe persons desiring to take the examination ma may y secure application from 1312 from the civil service commission Com Commis misson slon washington ashington lV D C from the forest supervisor at any of the lie examination places above men toned or from the district forester ogden the commission urges that applicants secure this form immediately dia tely the work of the forest ranger is largely outdoors out doors in mountainous forested regions and the forest service is particularly anxious to secure men who liko like mountain work are arc willing to endure hardship if necessary and can take care of themselves and their saddle horses in remote regions applicants must be able bodied and are required to pass a medical examination and must be between the ages of twenty one and forty years persons entitled to preference because of military or naval service are released from ago age requirements quire ments rangers must bo be capable of performing such manual labor as fighting forest tires fires and building cabins trails and telephone lines they must have at least a common school education and know the rudiments of compass surveying timber scaling and estimating la land ld laws and the livestock industry A good fund of common sense and some experience in kindred lines of work such as engineering or lumbering will materially help applicants applicants who reside in the state where they take the examina ion uon arc given preference prefer enco in appointment over tion non residents no particular period 0 of citizenship is required but it must bo be bona fide as shown by the statements in tile the application for examination preference is also given by let act of congress to honorably discharged soh soldiers liers sailors and marines who should attach to their applications their original discharge or a 1 photostat copy or certified copy thereof or their official record of service which will be returned after inspection by the Commis commission sibil her appointees receive the initial py pey of 0 1220 per year and those whose services are satisfactory may bo be allowed after the first mouth month the temporary increase of 20 per month granted by congress the continuance of this increase beyond june 30 1920 however is contingent upon further action by congress in most cases quarters are provided by the government rangers are required to furnish saddle horses two being behig the usual requirement but forage for necessary horses is furnished by the government |