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Mr. Charles L. Pack, President of the American Forestry Associa- 

 tion and head of the National War Garden Commission of the United 

 States, has had the degree of Doctor of Laws conferred upon him by 

 Trinity College, Toronto, Canada. 



According to a leaflet issued by the U. S. Department of Commerce, 

 the daily production of paper in the United States is 15,000 tons. 21.4 

 per cent of which is made from waste paper, books, magazines, etc., of 

 which 380,000 tons are imported. 



Six of the sixteen members of the Montana Civilian Rifle Team, 

 which competed in the National Association matches at Camp Perry, 

 Ohio, were U. S. Forest Service employees. A very creditable showing 

 was made by the team. 



C. A. Dahlgren, until recently on the Coeur d'Alene National Forest. 

 has been transferred to the Denver office, where he will take over the 

 duties of lumberman. He fills the place left vacant by the resignation 

 •of E. B. Tanner. 



It is said that over fifty kinds of bark are now used for the manu- 

 facture of paper, besides banana skins, bean stalks, pea vines, cocoanut 

 fiber, clover and hay straw, fresh-water weeds, seaweeds, and over 150 

 kinds of grasses. 



Prof. Samuel N. Spring, of Cornell, sailed for France late in October 

 as a Y. M. C. A. secretary. He has been granted a leave of absence 

 from the university for the year 1919. 



Forest Examiner R. D. Carver, formerly in charge of entry surveys 

 in the district ofiice at Ogden, has been transferred to the Cache Na- 

 tional Forest as deputy supervisor. 



Forest Examiner L. F. Watts, formerly in charge of the Pocatello 

 Nursery, has been transferred to the Boise National Forest as deputy 

 supervisor. 



Frederick H. Millen was appointed December i as assistant forester 

 of New Jersey after two years' service on the stafif of the State For- 

 ester of Texas. 



