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W. Hoyt Weber has been re-appointed chief fire warden and administra- 

 tive officer of the West Virginia Cooperative Fire Association for the 

 ensuing year. 



Temple H. Tweedy has been in Norfolk, Va., and Jacksonville, Fla., 

 inspecting lumber to be used, after creosoting, for paving blocks, and 

 also inspecting the creosoting of ties, for use by the city of New York. 



Fred W. Besley, State Forester of Maryland, has been appointed a 

 collaborator in the office of State Corporation in the Forest Service. 



Karl E. Pfeiflfer, who received the degree of Master in Forestry from 

 Cornell in June, has joined the staff of the State Forester of Maryland. 



J. Girvin Peters' address is Edgewood, Bethesda, Md. 



A son, William Johnston, was born on April 6 to Mr. and Mrs. William 

 R. Barbour. 



Bruce Johnson Downey was married on May 10, at Nashvile, N. C, 

 to Miss Mabel Davis Coley. 



Mr. F. H. Newell, for twenty-six years with the U. S. Reclamation 

 Service, from 1902 to 1907 as Chief Engineer and from that time until 

 1914 as Director, has accepted the position of head of the Civil Engineer- 

 ing Department of the University of Illinois. 



3. Central Uriited States 



A son, John Miller McMurray, was born on June 4 to Mr. and Mrs. 

 Murray McMurray of Webster City, Iowa. 



The forest school at the University of Nebraska has been discontinued. 



A daughter, Katherine Aylwin, was born on March 4 to Mr. and Mrs. 

 William Winter, of Indianapolis. 



A daughter, Marguerite Dunlap, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen V. 

 Klem, on March 6 at East Lansing, Mich. 



4. Northern Rockies 



Emanuel Fritz has been appointed Forest Assistant in the United States 

 Forest Service with headquarters at Missoula, Mont. 



John H. Hatton, formerly in charge of grazing in District 5 (San 

 Francisco) is now in charge of that office in District 2 (Denver). Hatton 

 was in Denver on detail last summer. 



