SERVICE NOTES FOR JULY. 



These notes contain instructions and necessary information to forest 

 officers, and will therefore be carefully read and kept on file for 

 reference. 



FORESTER. 



Cooperation with Smithsonian Institution 



The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution has requested the 

 Forest Service to cooperate in bringing to the attention of the Institu- 

 tion discoveries of interesting and valuable objects on National Forests, 

 since it is desirable that the Government have the opportunity of ob- 

 taining such objects for its collection. The materials most desired are 

 fine mineral specimens, examples of silicified wood, invertebrate and 

 vertebrate fossils, meteorites of both iron and stony varieties. Meteor- 

 ites are of particular interest and their occurrence should be reported 

 promptly whenever practicable. Of the vertebrate fossils, skulls and 

 teeth are of greater importance than mere fragments of bones of the 

 trunk. Samples of specimens should be forwarded under official frank 

 to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C M and the supervisor 

 should make report to the Forester and transmit it through the dis- 

 trict office. The frank should bear the name and address of the sender. 

 Forest officers will keep in mind the request of the Secretary and co- 

 operate, as far as is practicable, without interfering with Forest Service 

 work. From Forest Service Notes for May, 1910. 



ACCOUNTS. 

 Shipment of household goods 



On appeal from the Auditor for the State and Other Departments the 

 Acting Secretary of Agriculture has recently ruled that employees of the 

 Department of Agriculture transferred from one official station to an- 

 other, for permanent duty, are not authorized to transport their house- 

 hold goods, by express, at Government cost. 



LAW. 



OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR. 



Law Cases in District 1 



United States v. Bonners Ferry Lumber Co. : Timber trespass, civil, 

 Pend Oreille National ' Forest. Case closed upon payment of $325, 

 value of timber cut. 



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