berry, and alkali water with thirst, un- 

 til it began to hurt his constitution. Lov- 

 ing extremes, he went to Saskatchewan, 

 and in this case his theory worked. He 

 is hale and hearty, and when Leavitt 

 came along and wanted a man who 

 knew, he got Blumer who combines 

 rare qualities and never gets tired nor 

 takes things for granted. So Blumer 

 has been making a lot of studies for 

 the Canadian Conservation Commission 

 in the Canadian Rockies. 



Chenay, '10, just dropped in to inter- 

 rupt this scribble. He looks fine; has 

 been working with a few of the very 

 best Pacific coast loggers. Just comes 

 from the crack camp where five yarders 

 put in over 600 M. ft. in one day! And 

 one machine beat 200 M. ft. in one day ! 

 Some logging! Sh ! What is the secret? 

 It's just hitching on and pulling like 

 ! Does it need a four or six-year 

 course? A big machine, big timber 

 and lots of sand and push. Some cal- 

 culus? Oh, just a little of those loga- 

 rithms that you can spit out fast while 

 you ride or run as chaser. In fact, 

 chaser seems Chenay's forte. Chenay 

 has been abroad. He says Russia is the 

 logger's paradise cheap stumpage, small 

 timber, easy logging, big prices, unlim- 

 ited market. But he adds : "You need 

 to oil up lively on the whole government 

 from top down, to do any business at 

 all !" In Chili, and other parts of South 

 America he did not find much to interest 

 a lumberman. He says there are too 

 many Huertas and other barber and 

 butcher statesmen who need the money. 

 "And then," he says, "What is the use 

 of a few Monkeytail (Araucaria) and 

 other non-merchantable stuff? We can 

 beat it in Michigan even to-day." 



Duppert, '10, who left the swivel chair 

 and academic gavel last spring and went 

 into business for himself (and others), 

 seemed entirely lost not a word, and 



no one seemed to know of his where- 

 abouts. Well, he bobbed up; had been 

 in Davenport, Iowa, doing a good busi- 

 ness in tree nursery work, planting, etc. 

 He says it is all in the hustle, and the 

 American public loves a hustler, so 

 things came easy. But as the great 

 German poet, Schiller, says: "Denn mitt 

 des gesechickes machen ist kein ewiger 

 bund zu flechten" ; or in good United 

 States : "You cannot bet on a combina- 

 tion with a middle link." So he is re- 

 viving the working plan and regulating 

 strictly on Hundeshagen, and with a 

 shorter rotation. 



Clyde Leavitt, '04, has been "doing 

 things," and is making real progress in 

 the matter of forestry in Canada, espe- 

 cially in fire protection. It is earnest, 

 intelligent direction, real cooperation, 

 spiced with a little of that good brand 

 of law enforcement which is character- 

 istic of Canadian work. 



Maris, '10, sends in the following: 

 "This is to inform you that Harry Boyd 

 Maris, Jr., would like to become mem- 

 ber, honorary, probationary or any other 

 kind of way, of the Michigan Forestry 

 School Alumni," and he adds: "Nine 

 pounds and no fish scales ; born Septem- 

 ber 20." Congratulations of the Club to 

 Mrs. and Mr. Maris. 



Knapp, '12, is "in the Islands," holds 

 forth at Los Banos, teaches Ranger 

 school, likes Matthews, (as a matter of 

 course), enjoys the climate, thinks that 

 there is a lot of real forestry work 

 which he likes to have a hand in, and is 

 glad that he can do a lot of field work 

 besides teaching. No wonder think of 

 teaching in a palm shanty with the ther- 

 mometer at 100 deg. F! At any rate, 

 the report is that, hot or not hot, Knapp 

 has no one Knapping. 



Evans, '10, has been right in brush 

 ever since leaving school. He loves the 

 woods, and the work. His forte lies in 



