Ostrander of Portland Oregon. Con- 

 gratulations ! 



Morrill (12) is reported married. 

 (His modesty would not let him do the 

 reporting personally.) Best wishes 

 Morrill ! 



One of the most interesting Winter 

 Conferences came December 18 and 19, 

 when Professor Peavy ('04) dropped in 

 from Oregon on his tour of inspection 

 of forest schools. The matter of "Log- 

 ging Engineer" was the center-figure, 

 and Professor Peavy unfolded his pre- 

 liminary plan for an adequate course of 

 study, preparing men for this work. It 

 is clear that Peavy knows the field, has 

 grasped the possibilities, and appreciates 

 all the difficulties, and it is certain that if 

 the course for Logging Engineers suc- 

 ceeds anywhere, it will be at Corvallis, 

 Oregon. Best of luck to the enterprise ! 



Grossman ('12) paid us a pleasant 

 visit in January. He came in from the 

 Coeur d'Alene, and has ideas on modern 

 reconnaissance. He finds that even in 

 the so-called modern reconnaissance by 

 40 acres, the matter of inspection, check 

 and use of all data is not easy, but in 

 most cases impossible under present con- 

 ditions. Clear case that the necessity 

 (not merely the importance) of subdivis- 

 ion on the ground is gradually "soak- 

 ing in." 



Dwindle ('12) dropped in. He is de- 

 lighted with things generally; as hardy 

 as ever; says Lindsay ('12) is getting 

 fat, (he himself is no shadow) ; and be- 

 lieves in thorough work or nothing at 

 all. "They got me into one job where 

 I had only half enough time to do it 

 right, and the blame keeps "tagging" 

 me ever since. Had enough of this." 



Noy ('12) came in from Mishawaka, 

 Indiana, where he is doing a lot of pri- 

 vate work in shade tree and shrub 

 business. He is in love with Davy's 

 Surgery, and says it is the quietest way 

 of killing most anything. 



Gutches ('09) was in the other day 

 from Ottawa, and on his way to Prince 

 Albert, Province Alberta, this side of 

 Peary's Pole. He came in chiefly to 



tell us that he is strictly non-political, 

 never pulls a string (except the latch 

 string) ; and also he came to explain his 

 report on the damage from rabbits. He 

 says the seven year locust and that 

 cameleon rabbit (it changes color like 

 a secretary of a diplomatic corps) work 

 together, the rabbit working to a dia- 

 meter limit, (he had this 12 inches but 

 backed down when Lovejoy got em- 

 phatic. The locust gets the leaves if 

 there are not too many rabbits, otherwise 

 it has to thrive strictly on "aroma." 

 "When plenty, they sit around the plan- 

 tation and wait till you go to lunch, and 

 then they lunch." They are no respec- 

 tors of species, but Jack Pine and Aspen 

 are regular diet. A sort of Tse-tse fly 

 gets into their works and reduces the 

 surplus; hence the seven year periodic- 

 ity. "Market for everything; the Duko- 

 brows use cordwood to two inches" and 

 prefer "night work." "But we are get- 

 ting this changed and are getting things 

 cut and scaled in the daytime. Cosmic 

 difficulties here, and some debate "when 

 is night not night in Alberta?" 



Cobbs ('09) at last reported from 

 Birmingham, Alabama, where he is 

 working with the Kaul Lumber Com- 

 pany. "He calls for his pipe, etc." Not 

 much he is asking for Schlich and 

 other volumes on silviculture, mensura- 

 tion, and management. He says that the 

 clean cut is the go, and reproduction "is 

 from the side," (the Virginia side in 

 this case). He is convinced that he will 

 have plenty of time to become profi- 

 cient in all the lore of the school room 

 long before the new crop needs atten- 

 tion. Better get into the legislature and 

 make them put back $5.00 an acre for 

 planting, Cobbs. 



Mathews ('09) is still in the "Islands" 

 running the Forestry School, reporting 

 on the relation between methods of log- 

 ging and reproduction, and doing odd 

 jobs generally. He is planning a visit 

 to the fatherland, and when he comes 

 the Club will make a holiday. Things 

 have taken some changes in the "Is- 

 lands ;" the Democrats are going in with 



