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eastern Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, 

 Michigan and Minnesota, under Smith Riley as District 

 Forester. 



Denver Assignment 



Here I had various inspection assignments, 

 including an examination of lands in South Dakota for 

 addition to the Black Hills National Forest. Before 

 long, however, I was ^iven the job of deputy forest 

 supervisor of the Pike National Forest, at that 

 time the most important national forest in District Two, 

 and when Supervisor Fitzgerald had to take extended 

 leave to recuperate from tuberculosis, I was made 

 Acting Supervisor and ran the show for several 

 months. 



The only real headache connected with the Pike 

 job was the Forest Homestead act of June 11, 1906. 

 We had a whole host of &quot;June 11&quot; applications for small 

 pockets of meadow land in the timber areas, none of 

 which was really large enough to make a farm on from 

 which a decent living could be made, nor was the soil 

 and climate suitable for o.ny crop but grass. Never 

 theless we were constantly pressed to open such areas 



