put the break on the joy of living, and 

 Lewis thinks "locators" "the limit." 

 Fortunately Conover is with Lewis, and 

 between the two they keep up a cheer- 

 ful appearance in spite of the soaking. 

 Wet brush, rain above, and wet moss 

 underfoot are among the attractions in 

 this line. Regular maps, eight inches 

 to a mile, fifty foot contour. But all 

 this gets no thanks, only more kicks ; so 

 Lewis is hoping for improvement money 

 to make some little "showing that 

 counts." "I am enjoying my work and 

 believe in our religion as much as ever." 



Birch ('13) "Just had a letter from 

 Lyons, and he expressed his desire for 

 a good long talk with the old man. It 

 strikes us all the same way. When we 

 get into the works we begin to wish we 

 had worked just a little harder. I 

 thought I knew all about forest types 

 but during the last two weeks I have of- 

 ten been puzzled as to what constitutes 

 a type." It is the old, old story, Birch. 

 Fire line one hundred and ten miles 

 long, to separate brush from timber, and 

 this needs mapping and locating. Birch 

 is fortunate to work with Reddington, 

 and he appreciates the privilege. Pub- 

 licity work, articles, speeches, and what 

 not. Just the thing for Birch. Five 

 thousand for insect control, just as a 

 mixer with survey and fire line work. 



Evans ('10) on the Trinity, is right 

 into the surveying business and holds 

 the record for volume-cost-accuracy 

 combination as expressed in a commen- 

 dation letter by Woodbury. Congratu- 

 lations of the Club, Evans! Evans also 

 is hard in the insect control and feels 

 the need of more Entomology. Accord- 

 ingly he suggests a change in the course, 

 , the essentials of which are, "Get busy 

 and learn insects and stick to it until 

 you know." The only way, Evans! 



Hopson ('12) sailed through, but miss- 

 ed us. He was on his way to the Adi- 

 rondacks where he takes charge of a 



large private forest. Just the man for 

 the job and the job for the man. Con- 

 gratulations ! 



Strothman ('10) is at Quincy, Cali- 

 fornia, helping at the Feather River Ex- 

 periment Station ; greenhouse ; seed 

 tests; with thermostat and alarm bells 

 and various other improvements, "good 

 for the works and hard on a tired, sleepy 

 man." Up about thirty-five hundred 

 feet in a fine climate, with occasional 

 railway connections when there is no 

 slide or washout. Quite a change from 

 the California to the Plumas, he says; 

 get some real reproduction, besides 

 brush. Reconnaissance on snowshoes is 

 excellent, but needs a hydroplane attach- 

 ment. Thinks the Plumas has a good 

 working plan that works ; and praises es- 

 pecially the protection plans. 



Bedford ('10) on the Klamath lost 

 Muck as a result of too much good 

 training. Muck goes to the Tulalip. So 

 Bedford needed another man and Crane 

 went out to try his hand in the big sales 

 which Bedford is having under way. A 

 little card says : "Miss Jane Carter Bed- 

 ford, nine pounds, March 23rd." Con- 

 gratulations ! 



Sackett ('06-) with Forest Products 

 Company in New Orleans, is doing 

 things. But it all runs to money, "turp" 

 and acid, etc. And Sackett feels that it 

 is only the distillery that counts. It 

 needs many minds, etc. A little card in- 

 troduces H. Samuel Sackett, Jr., April 

 7th, weight (?), (a whopper). Congratu- 

 lations of the Club to Mrs. and Mr. 

 Sackett ! 



Hastings, ('10) just drops a card to 

 show that he is in the land of the liv- 

 ing. Hastings has been steadily in the 

 brush, and has made good. 



G. R. Green ('11) Professor at Penn 

 State, and is doing fine work. But he is 

 too busy to write letters, and has to let 

 it go at a "Best wishes from Mr. and 



