ions of others. He writes us : 

 "Horses in this country are sub- 

 ject to going crazy in a rather 

 uncomfortable manner at times 

 when you want them (especially 

 those from Jackson's Hole coun- 

 try, which borders the Forest). 

 I can say though this, that I have 

 truly a gentleman's horse in every 

 respect." -The old saying, "Fine 

 feathers do not make fine birds," 

 does not prove out, at least that 

 has been "Saxs" experience since 

 he put his $60 saddle on his $15 

 spike tail horse. This saddle serves 

 several purposes. It not only 

 keeps up the spirit of the beast, 

 but serves as a center of attrac- 

 tion for his one good eye. With 

 his worthy steed, Sax is now bus- 

 ily engaged looking after June 

 llth's and 14 sawmills. 



Mathews writes us the following "I 

 have been transferred from the 

 wilderness and am now on my 

 way to Manila to take a hand in 

 the Bureau's exhibit at the Carni- 

 val and officiate at a few illus- 

 trated lectures.. After that per- 

 formance is over I am due to 

 retire from actual administration 

 work and am to take charge of 

 the Government Forest School 

 which has just been established, 

 with the idea of training native 

 rangers and sub-foresters. T am 

 glad to say that T have never 

 regretted for a moment my decis- 

 ion to come out here, and just at 

 present things Ipok better than 

 ever. The change of habitat has 

 not staggered me at all and if a 

 man takes the proper care of him- 

 self he should be able to keep as 

 good health here as elsewhere. 

 Stout has relieved me in the work 

 on the Island of Negros." 



Reynolds Is active on the Malheur, 

 3 acres per sheep and 15 acres per 

 cow is the present Yr in his baily- 

 wick, with coyotes as a side issue, 

 making the hunter the biggest man 

 on the job, so that he bought an 

 auto. He hopes even to coax the 

 coyotes into domestication and 

 patent the process. 



Preston Issues the "Blackfooter," a 

 journal of domestic habits, with a 

 sideline for babies and fire patrol. 



Love joy Still takes the cake, crumb 

 and crust. His new device of an 

 automatic lookout tower is a thing 

 of beauty and every Super, better 

 get his plans and specifications and 

 save timber and worry. In keep- 

 ing with his silent habit, Lovejoy 

 has only 250 miles of 'phone line 

 and keeps a ranger who can offset 

 lightning with Cheyenne phrase- 

 ology, resistance all figured in 

 ohms. Lovejoy's manual is in the 

 press ; get in for a copy of the 

 first issue. 



Cronk Is still on the Siuslaw, loves 

 June llth's for excitement, says 

 that Brewer's Spruce has quit, and 

 that Larch is simply not Larch in 

 his beati But they plant, so there 

 is hope. 



Farquhar Is trying the nursery 

 business whether as preparation or 

 for regular habit, not stated. He 

 promises a visit to Michigan to 

 see if our sand can be planted up. 



Morris Is still on the job at Wal- 

 lace and thinks teaching would 

 suit if the college were not co-edu- 

 cational. In the meantime "the 

 brush and Wallace for me." 



Janes Writes that he has com- 

 pleted a collection of data for a 

 volume table of shortleaf pine on 

 the Arkansas National Forest. 

 For this table 3000 trees were 

 accuratelv and completely meas- 

 ured. This volume table will soon 

 be published. 



Pierce Sent us a collection of 

 reports which very nicely summed 

 up the situation as to the diffi- 

 culties and results obtainable in 

 artificial reproduction in District 

 2. The senior class here takes 

 opportunity in thanking Pierce for 

 his forethought in sending on the 

 "dope." 



Duppert Has accepted an instruc- 

 torship in the department of for- 

 estry in the University of Neb- 

 raska, to fill the place made 

 vacant by appointment of Prof. 

 Sponsler as acting head of the 

 department since the death of 

 Prof. Phillips. His present ap- 

 pointment is temporary, during a 

 furlough of three months. 



Leavitt Will be transferred over to 

 help in the work of organizing 

 the Appalachian Forest Reserves. 



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