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JOURNAI, OF FORESTRY 



2. Central United States 



H. D. Tiemann is the author of a book, "The Kihi-Drying of Lumber," pub- 

 lished by J. B. Uppincott Co., Philadelphia. 



E. G. Cheyney had a roving commission from the government this summer in 

 a study of the white pine blister rust in New England. 



3. Northern Rockies 



E. C. Rogers has taken a leave of absence in the Forest Service to enable him 

 to attend the Graduate Department of Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Rogers 

 has for_ some years been engaged in research work in planting and at the 

 University he will devote most of his time to studies in plant physiology. 



D. R. Brewster is now at the Presidio Training Camp. His work in manage- 

 ment studies will probably be discontinued, at least until next summer. 



District Forester F. A. Silcox was called to Washington early in August to 

 help out with National Defense work. He has received a commission as a cap- 

 tain in the 20th Engineers (Forest"). Since then he has been transferred to the 

 Department of Labor, to act as its representative in labor matters connected with 

 getting out spruce for airplanes and other timbers for ship construction. 



R. R. Fenska, who left Wyman's School of the Woods on September 10 to 

 accept a position on the faculty of the University of Montana Forest School at 

 Missoula, will, in addition to scaling, cruising, and lumbering, offer courses in 

 utilization. 



4. Southwest, Including Mexico, Central and South America 



Gordon T. Backus, Forest Examiner, has been transferred from the Coco- 

 nino National Forest to the Santa Fe National Forest. 



The death of Forest Ranger Charles E. Simpson, formerly on the Carson 

 National Forest, occurred "somewhere in France." He was one of the first to 

 volunteer for duty with the loth Engineers (Forest). According to the dis- 

 patches, he died of cerebro-spinal meningitis, either on shipboard or very soon 

 after the regiment reached the Allied territory. Mr. Simpson's home was in 

 Williamsport, Pa. He was a graduate of Pennsylvania State College and has 

 received a technical training in forestry. He was employed in a temporary 

 capacity for three months in the summer of 1015, at the Feather River Experiment 

 Station in California, and from September i, 1916, to July 12, 1917, served as a 

 forest ranger on the Carson Forest, being assigned to timber sale work. His 

 record was one of accomplishment and indicated a most promising future for 

 him in his chosen field of work. His loss will be keenly felt, but we must at the 

 same time all take a conscious pride in the fact that his life was, in the truest 

 and finest sense, literally given to his country in the time of her need. 



5. Hawaii, the Philippines, and the Orient 



Arthur F. Fischer, as dean of the forest school at Los Banos, P. L, recently 

 graduated a class of 21 native rangers, and as director of forestry welcomed 

 them into the forest service of the Islands. 



