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White Mountains, spent the latter part of January and first of February 

 in an inspection of the Arkansas Forest. During that time he devoted 

 several days with Francis Kiefer, Supervisor of the Ozark Forest, in 

 conferring with the Governor of Arkansas in Little Rock concerning 

 forestry matters pertaining to the State. 



H. O. Stabler, formerly Forest Supervisor in charge of the Columbia 

 National Forest, Portland, Ore., and Assistant District Forester since 

 January 1, 1914, in charge of Operation in District 7, has been Acting 

 Supervisor of the Arkansas National Forest at Hot Springs, Ark., since 

 November 1, 1914, and will remain at that post pending a permanent 

 selection to fill that vacancy. 



Robert S. Wallace, Forest Examiner, was temporarily assigned to the 

 Arkansas National Forest, from the Ozark National Forest, where he 

 has been since July, 1912, to make a special scaling study of cut-over 

 Shortleaf pine timber sale areas. 



Charles J. Heller, Forest Examiner, was permanently transferred to 

 the Ozark National Forest at Harrison, Ark., from the Arkansas National 

 Forest on October 15, 1914. His time has largely been devoted to 

 problems in the administration of White oak timber sales, with special 

 reference to the determination of a uniform method of scaling hardwood 

 purchased by various classes of tight cooperage manufacturers. 



Surveys are now being made by E. L. Merrill, temporarily assigned 

 from surveys in acquisition in the Appalachian and White Mountains 

 and formerly highway engineer with the Washington State Highway 

 Department on the Ozark National Forest. A project that will require 

 several years to complete, under the Forest Service Ten Per Cent Fund, 

 is comtemplated in cooperation with the State and Counties to extend 

 across the Boston Mountains that form the main portion of the Ozark 

 National Forest and now constitute a barrier to improved highway travel 

 between the south and northwest portions of the State. 



Douglas Rodman, who until recently has been with the C. A. Smith 

 Timber Company, Marshfield, Ore., is now located in Louisville, Ky. : 

 address, 167 Crescent Avenue. 



Louis S. Murphy, who is in the Forest Service, with headquarters at 

 Washington, was recently married to Miss Elizabeth Cox, of that city. 



Seward H. Marsh was married on September 23 to Miss Mary D. 

 Woodward, of Harrisonburg, Va., where Marsh is in charge of the 

 Shenandoah area for the Forest Service. Marsh's assistant, W. R. 

 Barbour, was married on June 11, 1914, to Miss Annie M. Johnston, of 

 Chapel Hill, N. C. 



