handling this class of stuff and he has 

 six years of experience, right in the 

 brush, to back up what he says. And 

 this sort of status counts, and is going 

 to count for more, right along. Smart 

 speeches and reports alone are not suffi- 

 cient ; knowledge and real reliable 

 knowledge is what is wanted. Stretch 

 says : "Don't get too scary about fire ; 

 a little rubbish on the ground does no 

 harm, and the money spent in extra 

 brush disposal will hire more patrol." 

 Good doctrine, Stretch, but go easy, or 

 else some people will take it to mean 

 that fire traps are wholesome to the for- 

 est. Stretch believes in good work, and 

 the Bow is the better for it now. As 

 Clark says, the "guess and miss" meth- 

 ods have helped little, have cost much, 

 and have hurt more. Stick to your plans ; 

 know what you have and where it is, so 

 that you can go back and verify. 



Mosher, 'n, tells us that he has "step- 

 ped out of the active game for awhile," 

 and gone into other work. Hope it is 

 not long ; the forest needs Mosher and 

 he cannot live without the brush. Just 

 now at 279 South Street, Houghton, 

 Michigan. 



(Editor's Note: Since this was writ- 

 ten we have received word that Mosher 

 is now a District Assistant at Missoula, 

 Montana.) 



Lyons, 'n, at Placerville, California, 

 on the Eldorado, has been a very busy 

 man, but he says that he has not forgot- 

 ten Michigan He has had a try at 

 "Webbs" in winter cruising, and his fin- 

 al conclusion seems to be that "Webbs" 

 and Skis are the machinations of the 

 evil one and intended solely to get a 

 tall man turned upside down in about 

 20 feet of snow, wondering how and 

 when the pack is going to let go, and 

 where the instrument went. But he soon 

 mastered the affair, and recommends it 

 for guard practice in summer He did 



ranger work up in the Tahoe district 

 and agrees with Mark Twain that this is 

 a real God's country. Special use ; fire 

 prevention ; talks to the resorters and 

 campers were much in his line last sum- 

 mer, and he likes the practical more than 

 the mere "scientific !" In any case we 

 know that Lyons is just the man for the 

 place, and that if it comes to dealing 

 with the people there are no men in 

 the service who can lay it over Lyons. 

 Lyons believes in the Eldorado ; "she 

 hasn't cut her teeth yet," and we here 

 believe that the Eldorado is lucky in 

 having Lyons, even if he is no states' 

 rights and "turn-them-over" kind of Bull 

 Moose. 



Winegar, '10, with the C. P. Ry, at 

 Montreal, has been doing some excellent 

 work during the past three years. In 

 fact, not a little of the progress that 

 has been made by this company is di- 

 rectly due to Winegar's sense, energy, 

 and tact, coupled with a keen interest 

 and loyalty in the cause in which he 

 works. Winegar is the kind of forester 

 who ought to strike out for himself and 

 run his own woods before long. 



Metcalf, '12, went out into district six 

 and got tired waiting; accepted a place 

 with C. P. R. and did like Caesar, sim- 

 ply saw and won. He has been with 

 Winegar in the Eastern end of the works 

 and has done a variety of things, the 

 most exhilerating being the assessment 

 of damage in burns along the railways. 

 Metcalf has not forgotten his nice ways, 

 his music and his humor. He still picks 

 the strings and picks over the magazines 

 for stuff for campfire use. His last is 

 a definition of a tree which has it over 

 Sudworth by a mile. But he says that 

 a definition is of little use when timber 

 is such that you stop with admiration 

 at a clump of Jack Pine, and regard with 

 awe a twelve-inch Spruce. 



Baker, '12, is at St. Michel des Sain- 



