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conducted two lecture courses at the Michigan Agricultural 
College. He expects to continue his work there for another year. 
He is a member of the Roman Catholic church. 
Julius A. Larsen 
Business address, Priest River Experiment Station, Priest River, Idaho 
United States Forest Service, Washington, D. C. 
Julius Ansgar Larsen was born December 13, 1877, in Drammen, Nor- 
way, the son of Gustav W. Larsen, a sea captain, and Gorine (Hausen) 
Larsen (deceased). His ancestors on both sides of the family were 
seafaring men. He has one brother: Johannes Larsen, and three sisters: 
Sophie Christine Larsen, Othilie Gustava Larsen and Hermine Katherine 
Larsen. 
He was prepared at East Maine Conference Seminary. Previous to 
this he had spent four years at sea and four years in different manu- 
facturing concerns, among them the Winchester Repeating Arms Com- 
pay. In 1908 he graduated from Yale College, where he received an 
oration appointment and was a member of the Scandinavian Club. 
He was married March 4, 1911, in Kalispell, Mont., to Miss Jenny 
Barghild Spieckermann of Christiania, Norway, daughter of Frederick 
and Hanna Spieckermann. They have one daughter, Margaret Elaine 
Larsen, born January 30, I9I3. 
Larsen is forest assistant in the United States Forest Service 
with headquarters at Priest River, Idaho. He was in charge of 
_lumber reconnaissance, mapping, planting and studies on the 
Blackfoot National Forest, Kalispell, Mont., until April, 1913, 
when he was transferred to the Priest River Experiment Station. 
He entered the Service July 1, 1910. 
He is a member of the Congregational church. 
He has written: Forests and Soils of Caldwell Parish, Louisi- 
ana, For. Quart., VIII, No. 4, 1911. 
Raymond E. Marsh 
Business address, Tres Piedras, N. Mex. 
Home address, Westport, N. H. 
Raymond Eugene Marsh was born January 27, 1885, in Swanzey, N. H., 
the son of Walter Eugene Marsh and Jessie Henrietta (Tottingham) 
Marsh. His paternal grandfather, James Marsh, was descended from 




