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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



vegetal growths of the ocean which it closely resembles, 

 the chances of being observed in its natural habitat are 

 quite remote under any conditions, and it thus frequently 

 esca|>es its enemies, should it have any that prey upon il 

 Most fishes, however, offer no such remarkable pecu- 

 liarities; they are just plain fishes, like the common 



American Yellow Perch. This is a very handsome in 

 habitant of fresh-water ponds, lakes and streams, being 

 extremely abundant in some sections. It is considered to 

 be entirely typical of the true bony fishes in all particu- 

 lars, with respect to its structure, and its skeleton has 

 long been used as the type for the osseous fishes. 



WOMEN HELP TO FIGHT FOREST FIRES 



THREE Arizona women have re- 

 ceived the official thanks of the 

 Forest Service, in the form of a let- 

 ter from the Acting Forester, for 



men were needed on the fire line, 

 officials of the Forest Service say 

 that Mrs. Schoenberg, who is the 

 wife of Forest Ranger O. P. 

 Schoenberg, took over the work of 

 securing labor, handling the tele- 

 phone exchange, and thus keeping 



that her excellent judgment and 

 initiative were of material assist- 

 ance in extinguishing the fire. 



The Misses Erickson, daughters 

 of a Forest Ranger, took an active 

 part in the fire fighting. They or- 

 ganized and set to work one crew 

 of men and aided in securing 

 others. On one occasion, by 

 tually fighting fire all night, they 



MISS LILLIAN ERICKSON. 



services rendered in fighting for- 

 est fires. They are Mrs. O. P. 

 Schoenberg, of Portal, Arizona, and 

 the Misses Lillian and Hildegarde 

 Erickson, of Cochise, Arizona, who 

 last June and July assisted forest 

 rangers in suppressing serious fires 

 which burned over about 24,000 

 acres in the Chiricahua division of 

 the Coronado National Forest, in 

 Arizona. 



At a time when all the available 



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MRS O. P. SCHOENBERG. 



the various crews in touch with each 

 other, and running the commissary 

 for the large force of laborers em- 

 ployed on the fire. She also ar- 

 ranged for the disposition of the 

 men at the different fire-fighting 

 crews and fed the newcomers on 

 their way to the fire. It is stated 



MISS HILDEGARDE ERICKSON. 



relieved a crew which was urgently 

 needed at another fire. In addition 

 they carried food and water to the 

 men on the fire line, who otherwise 

 would not have had anything to 

 cat. 



'C'LOQUENT testimony as to the value of proper care 

 ^ for trees in city parks is afforded by the statement 

 of Park Commissioner Cunliff, of St. Louis, as to the de- 

 crease in tree mortality in Forest Park, in that city. For- 

 est Park contains approximately 50,000 trees. The num- 

 ber of trees dying during the last twelve months was only 

 453. During a similar period four years ago the number 

 of deaths was 1200. Last year it was 600. The lower 

 death rate of the trees is attributed to improved methods 

 of care and repairs applied during recent years. The 

 trees removed will this fall be replaced by planting 10,000 

 saplings. 



JOHN GORDON DORRANCE, first assistant forester 

 of the Maryland State Board of Forestry, has en- 

 tered the Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps of the United 

 States Army, with a commission as second lieutenant. 

 He is the first man to represent the forest engineers and 

 professional foresters of Maryland in the forest regiments 

 organized by the War Department. As a part of his 

 training Mr. Dorrance studied in the Black Forest of 

 Germany and at the University of Hesse-Darmstadt and 

 Heidelberg. He holds the degrees of bachelor of for- 

 estry and forest engineer from Biltmore College of For- 

 estry. 



