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Return jbo Denver 



There was lots of clean-up work to do after the 

 armistice disposal of residual stocks of lumber 

 and equipment, so Kiefer and I did not return to the 

 United States until August, 1919- There I found my 

 old job awaiting me in Denver as Chief of the Office 

 of Silviculture. 



Fred Morrell, then Chief of Operation in Denver, 

 and I, adopted a plan whereby he would act for me 

 when I was on field trips, and vice versa, Thus I 

 got a lot of experience in the field of financial 

 management, personnel and engineering, so when 

 Morrill was made district forester at Missoula, 

 Montana, District Forester Allen Peck transferred 

 me to Operation as chief of that office and M. V. 

 Thompson took my place in charge of silviculture. 



District Forester Pacific Northwest Region 

 (District Six) 



In the summer of 1924, while on a field trip, 

 I got a hurry-up call to see Greeley, then Chief 

 Forester, in Denver. Greeley told me he wanted me 



