sity of Nebraska, dividing his time 

 between the classroom and tending 

 the boy. 



Baker, '12, works down in Quebec 

 with the Laurentide Paper Company, 

 where it takes 45 logs to make a thou- 

 sand feet, and where logging is real 

 engineering. The great job there is 

 how to store all the crew away in a 

 one-room hovel (18x20) and have 

 enough room left for the team. Bak- 

 er says he is learning, and when he 

 gets enough experience he is going 

 to New York and tell the Street Car 

 Company something on economy of 

 space. Don't forget the bill, Baker; 

 timber men are used to fees. 



Wetmore, '08, is in Mexico (pre- 

 sumably) and if so he can use all his 

 athletics to dodge Huerta and his 

 peaceful methods. This rebillion bus- 

 iness is a shame; Wetmore was suc- 

 cessful to a great degree, and was 

 getting under way cicely. Besides his 

 own work with rubber and export 

 logs, he was in the employ of a Land 

 Company, and was also helping a 

 Railway acquire a right of way for 

 some very important lines. 



Dorr Skeels, '06, for a long time 

 Supervisor on the Kootenai Forest in 

 Montana, always did make a specialty 

 of logging problems. He has been 

 lecturing in the Ranger course given 

 at the University of Montana for sev- 

 eral winters, and has lately become 

 so valuable to the Service that he has 

 been detailed outside his District to 

 examine and assess stumpage on pro- 

 posed sales. In this work he has 



much to say concerning the contract 

 requirements as they affect the log- 

 ger. In the past this work has been 

 done almost entirely by men with 

 practical lumbering experience but 

 no technical training. The "school 

 man" again takes the place of the 

 "old-timer." It is interesting to watch 

 the degree of specialization in for- 

 estry which is being developed. We 

 understand that Skeels' new title is 

 "Logging Engineer." 



Frothingham, '06, spent the sum- 

 mer in Wisconsin securing data for a 

 new Service Bulletin on hardwoods. 

 He was unfortunate enough to develop 

 appendicitis while in camp, but reach- 

 ed a hospital within a few hours and 

 recovered rapidly from his operation. 

 He is now in Washington compiling his 

 (summer's figures for the new publi- 

 cation. 



Goode, '11, has been with the Chest- 

 nut Blight work in Pennsylvania, but 

 lately lias gone into surveying and 

 cruising in Nova Scotia. He says the 

 timber is fine, but the muskeg and 

 brules dilute the average. 



Seward Smith, '10, who has charge 

 of planting in District 2, is planning 

 to restock the Oscoda County sands 

 in Michigan as well as the sand hills 

 of Nebraska and Kansas. The aero- 

 plane method has 'been suggested as 

 a plausible way. 



There are many others who should 

 be reported here, but the inkwell is 

 running dry. So here goes: best re- 

 gard and all good luck to the men 

 !n the field from the bunch at home. 



R. 



