not while that nobby Station looks as 

 it does on the card. Don't blame them 

 a -bit. 



A postcard with a Japanese stamp, 

 Chinese print, and a few lines of ex- 

 planatory stuff in fifteen different lan- 

 guages, tells us that friend Knapp 

 has struck terra firma, is being haul- 

 ed "rick-shaw" style and is fast for- 

 getting the corncob. For a penny he 

 would "start sumpin' " in Yokohoma, 

 but he is still headed for the Philip- 

 pines to help Matthews and Stout. 



"He'llo, Walsh," says Kraebel in his 

 explanatory remarks; "had to trot out 

 the tenth issue of the Forester just to 

 let one of the Yale fellows see that a 

 real up-to-date College publication 

 was an old stunt at (Michigan. Make 

 my own skis out of Red Fir and 

 it teaches a thing or two." Right you 

 are, Kraebel, it is by doing something 

 that real knowledge is acquired; and 

 we gain what is worth far more; the 

 ability to do. Stem analysis, trail 

 building, cone gathering, rodent poi- 

 soning, etc., are among the little 

 points of diversion, tout for real fun 

 and enjoyment, Kraebel climbs the 

 hil'ls and sees the sunset glow on Mt. 

 Ranier, Adams, and St. Helens. No 

 wonder the boys don't care to come 

 back. 



"Bob" Weitknecht writes in from 

 Randfe, Wash., and tells, of areunion in 

 which Weber was chairman and chief 

 dispenser (he ate the most, that 

 means.) The boys made up a special 

 crew at the sawmill at 'Mill City, Ore., 

 but the call, no of "the wild," but of 

 the Service brought them toack into 

 the mountains and scattered the 



clan. 



Morris, '09, on the Coeur d'Alene, 

 goes wild over the news of the For- 

 esters' Dance, a^nd says 'he is prac- 

 ticing the "Cayuse ,S'wing" and the 

 "Rattlesnake .Sidestep." He claims 

 that the easiest place to try is in com- 

 ing off a forty-foot snowdrift, even to 

 the thrill. Planting and Reconnais- 

 sance for a steady job, and a few fires 

 and timber sales as extras. Morris 

 seems quite happy. Incidentally, he 

 says some nice things about Ribot 

 Valiton's work in 1912. 



C. M. Barnes, '12, 1018 S. 5th Ave., 

 Bozeman, Mont., is all the editor gets 

 in this case. Such bashfulness leads 

 to light editions, boys. 



Jennings, '12, teaches but does not 

 write. 



Janes, '07, at (Harrison, Ark., writes 

 firom the Arkansas National iForest. He 

 has been in this part of District 3 for 

 some time; he prepared volume ta- 

 bles for the Shortleaf Pine, and also 

 for Oak used in cooperage, which are 

 used in Service Sales. 'Evidently the 

 Ozarks and the Arkansas agree with 

 Janes. 



Gardner wrote from .Libby, Mont., 

 but has since disappeared. He says 

 the Forester is real news to the fel- 

 low in the brush, and that no one 

 cares to miss it. 



Clifford, '06, is at his home in 

 Woodford, Maine, where he is taking 

 a vacation. 



Muzzall is still out in Surrey, Cali- 

 fornia, "getting rusty" as he says, by 

 being out in the brush. Hardly that; 

 it is merely getting weary of the 

 "scribble." 



