Sand Hills, felt that he needed a 

 change to replenish his istore of opti- 

 mism and enthusiasm. So he went to 

 Pennsylvania where trees grow and 

 where some are now grown (besides 

 other good things), for he says, to 

 wait for Jack Pine on the dismal side 

 of a dismal sand hill on the Dismal 

 River is "some wait" that would try 

 a saint. And saintism is not his 

 forte. You did well, Pierce, and the 

 longer your vacation, the better for 

 your spirits. 



Peter Keplinger is at Wagon-wheel 

 Gap, Colorado and happy in the work 

 of experimentation. Forest influ- 

 ences and the study of forest at high 

 altitude are both vital to Colorado. 

 So best of luck, Keplinger. 



J. W. Stephen, '07, and McCarthy, 

 '11, are both at Syracuise at the N. Y. 

 State Forest School. "Ninety fresh- 

 men and more coming, 'besides spe- 

 cials and Boy Scouts," such is the 

 report. Good speed; we need all the 

 forest education we can get, and we 

 need it as much out of the woods as in 

 the woods themselveis. 



R. C. St. Claire, the honor man of 

 1912, is out at Libby, Mont. The place 

 is small, it's best feature, they claim, 

 the fact that there is lots of land 

 around and also that the road leads 

 straight to Kalispel. However, this 

 may be, St. Claire is getting very 

 chesty, and little its the wonder. The 

 thanks and congratulations of the 

 Club, the whole school, and all that 

 goes with it. Michigan is proud of 

 St. Claire. 



Kotok, '11, is still on the Shasta, 

 and happy in his work. He has a 

 mania for Broncoes, will buy noth- 

 ing but piebald and glass-eyed stock 

 with the hook nose. "It took isome 

 hard knocks, but it is the real life 

 for me," he says as he clinks the big- 

 rowled California spurs and fondles 

 the ibig Spanish bit with a self-braid- 

 ed horsehair stall. Stick to it Ko- 

 tok; it beats the "50 varieties" you 

 uised to tell about. 



Mulford is expanding at Cornell. 

 He is building the $100,000 Forestry 

 Building; he has Bentley and also 

 Spring to help him. Spring is one of 

 the few men quite thoroughly versed 

 in artificial re-stocking. The good 

 will and greetings of the Club go out 



to Cornell and our old friend. 



C. I... Hill struck it rich on the Si- 

 erra and his last message is: "North- 

 fork and the Big Range for me." He 

 is in the midist of things; valuation 

 survey of an 800 million sale; work- 

 ing plan on the approved basis; and 

 sample marking on the sale area with 

 all the big guns (lights) present. 

 Fine chance, and the Club rejoices in 

 Hill's success. 



H. G. Bravo is up at L'Antse, Mich., 

 in the midst of big lumbering opera- 

 tions. He is getting every kind of 

 work from swamping to engineering, 

 is feeling fine and loves the job and 

 the woods. 



Cronk, '12, was in British Colum- 

 bia all tsummer, is now at Portland, 

 and about to dive into some new 

 work elsewhere. Cronk is so thor- 

 oughly at home in the woodis that he 

 can't help landing on his feet any- 

 how, anywhere, and any time. 



Chas. Kollman is at Coppervale, 

 Calif., on the Lassen holding down 

 his ranger job, and getting into a va- 

 riety of experiences including guard- 

 ing his Ranger badges against sou- 

 venir "Willies." Don't take it to seri- 

 ously, Kollman; even Willies grow in- 

 to men and even into Presidents. 



Merril Winegar, left '08, is with 

 the C. P. Ry. with new headquarters 

 at Montreal and duties in the East. 

 Congratulations of the Club, and we 

 are anxious to see you at the Old 

 Stand, for a renewal of acquaintance 

 at least. 



J. L. Cobbs, '09, has returned to the 

 land of the Longleaf Pine. Pining 

 too long is not good for the heart, 

 and the Club approves the move, and 

 sends best wiishes for this and other 

 changes in Mr. Cobbs' affairs and ca- 

 reer. 



J. R. Dickson, '08, is now at Bra- 

 zeau Headquarters, via Bickerdike, 

 Alberta, Canada. He is right in it 

 from fire fighting, line blazing, to lit- 

 erature. His "Present Status of Gov- 

 ernment Forest Management in Can- 

 ada" is right and right to the point. 

 Patience, Dickson, your (service is 

 only about five years old, and natur- 

 ally has yet the "wabbles." After a 

 while it will run and things straighten 

 out. But that means that somebody 



