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OPERATION. 



FRED W. MORRELL, Chief. 

 C. J. STAHL, Assistant Chief. 



Organization, Chief and Assistant Chief of Operation. 



Engineering, R. E. MESNARD. 



Occupancy, FRED LEES. 



Accounts, E. A. MELZAR, District Fiscal Agent. 



Maintenance, F. P-. ACER. 



SILVICULTURE. 



A. K. CHITTENDEN, Chief. 

 S. L. MOORE, Assistant Chief. 



Timber Sales, R. W. ALLEN, Acting. 



South Dakota 



Supervision of logging and fire, protection, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Louis 

 KNOWLES, Dead wood. 



Supervision of logging, Rosebud Indian Reservation ROBERT EMERY, Rosebud. 

 Wyoming 



Special timber work on the Sundance National Forest G. P. BARD, Sundance.. 



Planting, L. C. MILLER. 

 Silvics, C. G. BATES. 



PROJECT'S. 



Nebraska- 



Nebraska National Forest Planting experiments to determine the value of seed- 

 lings of various species, ages, and quality, the value of nurse trees, and of methods 

 of planting C. G. BATES, Halsey. 

 South Dakota- 



Black Hills National Forest Sowing experiments to determine the history of 

 seedlings in brush land, aspen stands, open areas, and areas on which brush has 

 been scattered. Establishment of permanent sample plots in yellow pine forest 

 C. G. BATES, Halsey, Nebr. 



GRAZING. 



J. W. NELSON, Chief. 



E. N. KAVANAGH, Assistant Chief. 



PRODUCTS. 



C. L. HILL, Chief. 



H. B. HOLROYD, Assistant Chief. 



Colorado- 



Preservative treatment of railway cross-ties, in cooperation with the Colorado Mid- 

 land Railway Company D. L. CARMODY, Norrie. 



Preservative treatment of telephone poles, in cooperation with the Central Colo- 

 rado Power Company D. L. CARMODY, Norrie. 



Tests on mine timbers of various Rocky Mountain species, in cooperation with the 

 University of Colorado and the Northern Coal and Coke Company A. L. HEIM, 

 Boulder. 



Tests on Western yellow pine and Colorado Douglas fir cross-ties, in cooperation 

 with the University 'of Colorado and the Colorado and Northwestern Railway Com- 

 pany A. L. HEIM, Boulder. 



Tests on trestle timbers, in cooperation with the University of Colorado and the 

 Denver City Tramway Company A. L. HEIM, Boulder. 

 South Dakota 



Supervision of operation of treating plant, in cooperation with the Homestake 

 Mining Company HARRY MILLS MASON, Jr., Lead City. 

 General Studies 



Wood-using industries and markets for forest products H. B. HOLROYD, Denver, 

 Colo. 



