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A PRACTICAL FIREPLACE. 



quently heard stated, it is difficult to 

 handle a stream of less than lo inches 

 to any advantage. This difficulty has 

 led to "rotation." For instance, one 

 ranchman will irrigate one da}^ with lo 

 inches (where lo inches is all he is en- 

 titled to ), using lo inches from his neigh- 

 bor, and the next day his neighbor will 

 do the same thing, and thus even the 

 amount. In other words, the rotation 

 plan, which is generall}^ conceded to be 

 the most economical, is gradually being 

 adopted more as a matter of conveni- 

 ence than for economy's sake." 



Notes About 

 Forest Reserve 

 Officers, 



Miles P. Lsenberg, of 

 Hood River, Oregon, 

 has been appointed su- 

 pervisor of the northern 

 half of the Cascade Reserve in Oregon. 

 S. B. Ormsby, superintendent of the 

 forest reserves of Oregon, has left the 

 service. Mr. Ormsby was appointed 

 in 1898, and was one of the first for- 

 est reserve officers to enter the service. 



Mr. Grenville Allen has been ap- 

 pointed supervisor of the Mount Rainier 

 Forest Reserve in Washington. Mr. 

 Allen is a long-time resident of Wash- 

 ington, a graduate of Yale (engineer- 

 ing), and son of Professor Allen, the 

 distinguished chemist. Mr. Allen en- 

 tered the service la,st spring as a ranger 

 of Class I (assistant and supervisor), 

 and was promoted at the request of 

 Superintendent D. B. Sheller. 



S. W. Blakesley, supervisor of the 

 Yellowstone Reserve, in Wyoming, has 

 resigned. His place has been taken by 

 W. H. Pearce, of Big Pine}'. 



Captain Seth Bullock, supervisor of 

 the Black Hills Forest Reserve, is mak- 

 ing every effort to fight the bark beetle 

 pest, which has spread steadily for over 

 ten years, and has now reached a point 

 where it threatens the entire Black Hills 

 forest. In a circular to owners of pat- 

 ented lands, claims, etc., Mr. Bullock 

 clearly sets forth the necessity of fight- 

 ing this common enemy, gives direc- 

 tions, and offers assistance in distin- 



