J. W. Cook (10.10). And to think 

 of Cook proposing and actually get- 

 ting married. Say, he didn't bite his 

 lip that time, did he? No, sir, he 

 made a recitation and no stammer in 

 it and it worked. He is at Salmon 

 ro\v. making good and making plars. 

 Well, the best of luck to you Cook, 

 the well wishes of every Michigan 

 forester. Better make a belated 

 wedding tour and shake hands with 

 the boys at room 407, new engineer- 

 ing building. 



L. R. Smith, one of the charter 

 members long disappeared and for- 

 gotten, suddenly bobs up at Collins, 

 Miss. He is civil engineer and boss 

 at the Okatoma Saw Mill Company's 

 works and says he has never aband- 

 oned his first love and means to come 

 1 ack before he is sued for desertion. 

 Good plan, Smith, for Smith is a 

 good name in forestry. 



At last Hastings writes a note and 

 we learn that he has been doing the 

 usual stunt "sawing wood and say- 

 ing nothing." But he made good and 

 likes his work and lost the shivers 

 that creep down one's back when 

 first stepping into those monumental 

 sacred groves of the giants of cen- 

 turies of the far north west. Greet- 

 ings from the Club, Hastings. 



Kvans, '10, has been helping on the 

 Trinity and has done some fine work 

 on reconnaisance. He says a super- 

 visor's meet at the Golden Gate is an 

 enjoyable affair and he could wish 

 there were more of it. 



De Forrest, who was here in 1908- 

 '09, feels "peeved," and he has a right 

 to. THE FORKSTKR has entirely mis- 

 sed him and only through good Evans 

 did the editors re-discover de For- 

 rest. Now get busy de Forrest and 

 tell us how to mend the trouble and 

 we arc ready with apologies; it was 

 simply a case of not seeing the forest 

 on account of the trees. 



Boerker, '11, is right in clover. He 

 says the Lassen is it. And to prove 

 it he sends a copy of the "Lassen 

 Magazine," one of the neatest and 

 best gotten up papers published on 



any forest. It is a joy to see the 

 results of good schooling crop out 

 at all corners, from cover to cover, 

 and even on the outside, where a 

 beautiful photo of the great peak 

 adorns the book. The right stuff 

 from the right men. Boerker says 

 the super meet at Frisco was quite 

 a Michigan reunion, which was a mat- 

 ter of course, and also the fact that 

 Stowell Smith, '05, got the lumber- 

 men to see the "light of day" in the 

 fire protection question. Good luck, 

 Boerker, and thanks. 



Lyons, Morrison, Mosher of 'ir, 

 and Cook and Duppert of 10, all 

 married sirce last issue of the FOR- 

 KKSTKR. Congratulations of the club 

 are in order, and the best of wishes 

 from all Michigan foresters for these 

 brave home-builders of the moun- 

 tain's. 



Incidentally, Lyons says that this 

 talk of "single blessedness" is worse 

 than, an Se on sandbarrens without 

 the Yr ; that it is a fake, and no man 

 should ever believe in it. 



Also merely "enpassant," the birdie 

 says that Ransom no longer fusses 

 and that he went and "bought the 

 dishes." "Fess up," Ransom; it is 

 good for the soul. 



Farquhar, '09, is at Priest River, 

 has gathered seed by the hundred, 

 bristles with statistics on planting 

 rind seeding and thoroughly enjoys 

 being into it, in spite of the fact that 

 this reforestation work is rather up- 

 hill. Stick to it, Farquhar. "They'll 

 grow while you sleep," and the world 

 blesses the man who produces. 



J. W. Payne, 'u, is working in the 

 Kast. He enjoys the spruce woods; 

 likes to figure out trespass and take 

 a little spin home now and then, 

 visiting Pettis and the boys at Al- 

 bany on the way. 



W. W. White of the Bitterroot 

 paid us a visit, and it was a most en- 

 joyable affair. ]f any man doubts 

 about forestry being practiced in the 

 service, let him get in touch with 

 White and he will be convinced of 

 the opposite. The improvement work, 



