SERVICE NOTES FOR NOVEMBER, 1906. 



The Forester returned on October 11 from a trip of inspection thru Idaho, Mon- 

 tana, and Wyoming. 



Capt. James B. Adams returned on October 22 from the West, where he presided 

 at the supervisors' meetings at Glenwood Springs, Colo.; Provo, Utah; Flagstaff, 

 Ariz. ; Portland, Oreg., and Northfork, Cal. The Forester presided at the meeting at 

 Boise, Idaho. In addition to the supervisors and rangers in charge, who represented 

 practically all the reserves, technical men attended these meetings. At Provo were 

 Inspectors Clark, Redington, and Benedict and Mr. Potter, Chief of the Office of 

 Grazing; at Portland, Mr. Price, Associate Forester, Assistant Forester Olmsted, 

 Inspectors Allen and Du Bois, and Mr. Sterling, Chief of the Office of Forest Exten- 

 sion; at Northfork, Inspectors Du Bois and Greeley; at Flagstaff, Inspectors L. C. 

 Miller and J. S. Holmes; and at Glenwood Springs, Inspectors S. N. Spring and W. T. 

 Cox. 



GENERAL INSPECTION. 



Assistant Forester Olmsted returned on September 20 from a trip thru the Alaska 

 reserves, the particular purpose of his visit being the investigation of the complaints 

 against the forest reserves. He found that most of the complaints were based on 

 misunderstanding of the objects of the reserves, but, since conditions in Alaska differ 

 from those in the Western States, special regulations are apparently necessary. 



Mr. Olmsted reports that the difficulties of administration in Alaska are great, since 

 there are no roads, bu*t few trails, and a very sparse population. All travel is by 

 boat. 



LAW. 



The investigation of alleged mining claims in the Plumas Forest Reserve, Cal., 

 which was begun in the month of August under the joint control of the Departments 

 of the Interior and of Agriculture, will be discontinued until snow disappears in 

 the spring. Geologists L. G. Gillett, W. L. Walker, and J. A. Dorsey will make 

 similar investigations during November in the Prescott Forest Reserve, Ariz. 



The following right-of-way cases from the Department of the Interior 

 returned to that Department between October 1 and 15, with the statement that 

 the Forest Service has no objection to the granting of the easement for which appli- 

 cation was made: 



Rocky Mountain Railway Company, railroad, Medicine Bow Forest Reserve. 



Mountain Supply and Ditch Company, irrigation ditch, Medicine Bow Forest 

 Reserve. 



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