other mpu in the United States. It is his own State and 

 he has always shown an active interest in it. He has hunted 

 over it and worked over it and knows the condition better 

 than any other forester. He was graduated from the Forest 

 School of the University of Minnesota and then through field 

 work in all parts of the United States worked his way up to 

 Assistant Forester' of the United States. His work there 

 fitted him well for his new work here for he was in charge 

 of the division of management in the United States service, 

 the division which manages and protects the vast areas of 

 the National Forests. 



Mr. Cox's first official act was the appointment as his 

 assistant of Mr. Dillon P. Tierney. 



Mr. Tierney was graduated from the Forest School of 

 the University of Minnesota in 1906. During his course he 

 did considerable work for the State in the north woods. 

 The year after graduation he worked for the Weyerhaeuser 

 Companies at Cloquet. The next year was spent at the Yale 

 Forest School, where he received the degree of M. F. The 

 following year was divided between seme private work in 

 Alabama and United States Forest Service work in Mon- 

 tana. He was then appointed an instructor in the Minne- 

 sota College of Forestry and put in charge of the* Cloquet 

 Forest Experiment Station. This wide experience and thor- 

 ough training makes him an invaluable assistant. The new 

 law made the Forestry Commissioner, General C. C. Andrews, 

 Secretary of the Forestry Board, and relieved him of the 

 arduous and thankless duties of State Fire Warden. 



As we said before, Minnesota now has a State Forest 

 Service to be proud of: good men, a good law, and a good 

 organization. Only one thing more is necessary: backing 

 and co-operation from the corporations and people of the 

 State. Don't let us throttle down this splendid machine by 

 antagonism and lack of support. We have fooled away our 

 forest wealth long enough; now let. us make a supreme effort 

 under these most favorable conditions to make up for the 

 neglect of the past and to push ahead with the new order 

 of things. 



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