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Pacific Division : Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and California north of 

 Tehachapi D. C. HENNY, 307 Tilford Building, Portland, Oreg. 



Northern Division : Montana, North Dakota, and Yellowstone drainage in 

 Wyoming H. N. SAVAGE, Huntley, Mont. 



Central Division: Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, 

 and North Platte drainage in Wyoming I. W. McCoNNEix, Montrose, Colo. 



Idaho Division : Idaho and Snake River drainage in Wyoming D. W. Ross, 

 Boise, Idaho. 



Commercial Power Plants Corporations. Hereafter all applications by cor- 

 porations for special-use permits for commercial power plants must be accom- 

 panied by duly certified copies of the companies' articles of incorporation, 

 unless such evidence of incorporation has already been filed with the Forester. 

 Such copies must be forwarded by the supervisor to the Forester with the 

 applications. 



Special-Use Permits Act of Jane 11, 1906. Supervisors should not record 

 special-use cases as closed when they receive notice that the land involved has 

 been listed. The listing of the land with the Secretary of the Interior as agri- 

 cultural, with the recommendation that it be opened to entry, does not change 

 the legal status of the land nor aifect any special-use permit covering the land. 

 When the land becomes open to entry, however, any special-use permit covering 

 the land terminates. Therefore, supervisors should record special-use cases 

 as closed, and notify the Forester immediately after the land involved becomes 

 open to entry. 



A plan for notifying supervisors of the dates upon which lands will become 

 open to entry under the act of June 11, 1906, is under consideration and will 

 be put into effect when the Department of the, Interior secures additional 

 funds for advertising and resumes the opening of lands to entry under the act. 



Record of Diversion of Water 



Whenever a diversion of water for use in the administration of a National 

 Forest has been actually made, the record required by the instructions, page 40, 

 Use Book, should be promptly submitted. 



The statement should be accompanied by a plat on a tracing-linen map sheet 

 (Form 220). This plat should show the situation, course, and distance of the 

 stream from which the diversion of the water is made, the method of the 

 diversion, and the amount of water taken, in cubic feet per second, instead of 

 miner's inches, as stated in the form of report 271. The soil formation of the 

 land upon which it is to be used should also be given, as the amount of water 

 necessary depends upon the character of the soil, loose, open soil requiring more 

 than a close one. 



Future needs should be anticipated, and notes should be made of all cases 

 in which diversion of water may later be required for administrative purposes, 

 with a view to incorporating them in a future report. 



OFFICE OF ORGANIZATION. 



Floor Covering 1 



In many supervisors' offices the floor covering best adapted to local condi- 

 tions has not been used. A well-laid floor of wood kept in good condition by 

 painting or oiling needs no covering. Linoleum is best adapted to worn and 

 uneven floors or those made of inferior lumber. In order to prevent the lino- 

 leum from wearing unevenly, the floor should be planed and covered with paper 



