434 Forestry Quarterly 



9. Unclassified 



Mr. H. M. Curran, Chief Forester of Argentine, is in charge of the 

 lumber exhibit of that country at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San 

 Francisco. He will probably spend two years in the United States, 

 gathering information of conditions of the lumber business here and the 

 probable efifect on the timber supply of South and Central America. 



H. S. Betts has been appointed Chief of the office of Industrial Re- 

 search of the Forest Service and reported in Washington early in May. 

 He takes the place of O. T. Swan, who recently resigned. Betts has 

 been connected with the Forest Service Laboratory at Madison, Wis. 



Will C. Barnes, hitherto inspector of grazing in the Washington office 

 of the Forest Service has been promoted to the position of Assistant 

 Forester. 



Edward A. Sherman, hitherto Forest Inspector (late District Forester) 

 has been promoted to Assistant Forester in charge of the Branch of 

 Lands of the Forest Service. 



