COMMENT. 



The desire and need for exchange of thought and opinion and 

 thereby co-operation is growing apace with the increase in pro- 

 fessional work that comes to the practicing foresters. This nec- 

 essarily concerns often more local interests which only indirectly 

 may have a bearing on problems in other localities or districts. 

 Nevertheless we believe that a few minutes spent in reading the 

 reports of transactions of Supervisors meetings will often throw 

 light on our own problems unlooked for and repay the effort. 

 The Quarterly has, therefore, gladly undertaken to publish 

 these proceedings and wishes to extend its thanks to those who 

 kindly have undertaken the labor of preparing the reports. This 

 exemplifies the spirit of co-operation which our budding — almost 

 flowering — profession needs. 



In this connection we should also make reference to another 

 expression of the desire for inter-communication, namely, the 

 publication of strictly local journals. 



There comes to our desk from time to time, apparently as near 

 as possible monthly. The Deerlodge Ranger, which is a means of 

 keeping the force of the Deerlodge National Forest, some 38 

 persons, informed of local happenings, social as well as official, 

 also technical notes, fostering thereby the feeling of community. 



The contents are typewritten, some 6 to 8 pages, multiplied, 

 in a simple brown printed cover. From a statement in the head- 

 ing we find that this journal was originated by Mr. C. C. Hall 

 in 1909, it is, therefore, in its third year. Mainly to give an idea 

 of how useful the occasional notes can be, we print on page 505 

 an extract from the Ranger of May, 191 1. 



This reference to a monthly publication makes us think of the 

 time when the Quarte^rly must become a monthly journal. It 

 will be observed that, without any attempt on the part of the 

 editor — and indeed to the financial loss of the publisher — the 

 quarterly issues are growing in size (and we hope in quality) 

 until now two issues contain as many pages as the whole volume 



