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office of lands is securing data for the acquisition of privately owned 

 lands within or adjacent to the boundaries of the Forest. This work 

 will be started within the next few months. 



The Sioux National Forest, in southeastern Montana and north- 

 western South Dakota, was covered during the spring and early sum- 

 mer by a timber survey, having for its purpose the collection of data 

 upon which to base a detailed intensive working plan. The demand for 

 timber on the Sioux probably exceeds the supply, and the necessity of 

 placing the cut of the Forest on a basis of sustained yield has been felt 

 for some time. The local demand for fence posts and poles, house 

 logs, fuel, and sawtimber is so insistent that practically every kind of 

 conservative cutting known to forestry can be used to advantage in the 

 different stands. The timber survey crew worked under the direction 

 of F. J. Klobucher, and the compilation of the data and the preparation 

 of the plan is being handled by W. L. Baldwin. 



The fire situation became seriously acute in District i during the last 

 two weeks in July, when large fires were reported from Coeur d'Alene, 

 Pend Oreille, Cabinet, Kootenai, and Flathead Forests. Supplies and 

 men for the overhead organization were rushed from the district office 

 to strategic points, and all lines of activity have been temporarily sub- 

 ordinated to the needs of the fire organization. Employment and sup- 

 ply headquarters have been established in Spokane, Great Falls, Butte, 

 and Kalispell, and preparations have been made to fill requisitions for 

 men and equipment on short notice. Over the larger part of the dis- 

 trict the precipitation during June, July, and August was negligible, and 

 the situation is serious. 



The lumber interests of New England have organized a sawmill con- 

 tingent of ten companies, which recently sailed for Great Britain to aid 

 in getting out timber for the Allied armies. The contingent, number- 

 ing 355 picked men, was recruited and equipped by the lumbermen at 

 an expense of $140,000. The English Government furnished transpor- 

 tation and will pay the wages of the men. D. P. Brown, of La Tuque, 

 Quebec, of the Berlin Mills Company, is manager and E. H. Hirst, 

 State Forester of New Hampshire, is assistant manager of the con- 

 tingent. Each of the ten companies is in charge of a practical portable 

 sawmill man from New England. Before sailing the men signed up 

 with the British consul for one year's service, one of the conditions of 



