i'se of TtUpiiont Lints in Fiijht' '"i /'"'• 



73 



it leaps ii|i ami seizes ui)t)U tin- di-y 

 t\vi»rs aixl tlit- j)itcli-la<li'ii t'oliaj^jf; 

 the tree hursts into a i)illai- of llaiiu'. 

 ami tilt- ilestriR-tiou of tiic {j;i-o\\tli of 

 centurifs hcfriiis. Any of these events 

 may happen any day during the loii'^ 

 dr()ii«rht of summer. AVlien they An 

 oeciir the ranger needs help, aii<l 

 needs it i|uiekly, to save the lieritage 

 he has hn-n set to guard. 



if he has a telephone the call for 

 help will he in at head-rpiarters witli- 

 in an hour, and in another the ranger 

 will he at the tire planning his hattle 

 and doing all he can to cheek the 

 tiames. At head-«|uarters the organ- 

 ization that has Ix-en perfected for 

 just sutdi emergencies is set to work ; 

 hy telephone the nearest rangei*s are 

 sent to his aid; fi-om the lists that 

 have Iteen i)repared and kept on file 

 of the availahle men and liorscs tluit 

 can he liired at tin- nearest settle- 

 ment, crews and su|tply ti-ains are 

 organized within a few hours and 

 sent in. if additional help is needed. 



With no telephone in his district 

 I lie ranger must ride to the nearest 

 settlement, where he gathers s\ich 

 help and supplies as possihic. with 

 tiie least loss of time, and returns to 

 the fire after sending a messenger on 

 to head-<|uarters with the news. But 

 in the meantime hours have heen lost 

 that may mean tluMisauds to the na- 

 tion. I'luive seen T.OOO.OOO feet of 

 timber burn in one aftcrtioon he- 

 cause ;i privately owned telephone 

 line ou the luitional forest was out of 

 repair in just such an emergency as 

 has l)een described. Several hour's 

 were lost in getting a njesseiufcr out 

 to the nearest ranger and the news 

 to head-quarters; a erew was organ- 

 ized and sent in without h)ss of time. 

 but arrived four hours after the tir»^ 

 had broken out of control of the 

 ranger and the few men he had gath- 

 ered. In this sliort time it swept the 

 whole mountainside clean. The sii- 

 pervisor bought that telephone lin*« 

 before another sea.son opened. 



iConrluiieii on Pni/r '*iy 



COMMISSION APPOINTS 

 FORESTER. 



The ( 'oiiimi.s.sioM of ( ouHcrvutioii 

 has recently added to its statT an ex- 

 perienced foivst eugiuei'r in the per- 

 son of .Mr. Clyde Leavitt. H.A.. M.S. 

 l'\ .Ml-. Ii»'avitt has had much experi- 

 ence with the I'nited States K..-.-*t 

 Service, with which he was com. 

 from .July. 1I>()4. until he resigned lo 

 take up his duties with the CoinniiH- 

 sion of (on.servation on April l.'j 

 last. .Mr. Leavitt commen<'ed hi.s for- 

 estrv studies at Cornell University. 

 under Di'. Fernow. hut cornph-f.-d hiM 

 work at the I'niversity of .Miciiigan. 

 from which he graduated with the de- 

 gree of .M.S.K. in 1!>U4, having pre- 

 viously, in 11*01. obtained the degree 

 of H.A. from the same university. 

 In H>04 he received the appointment 

 of forest assistant in the Forest Ser- 

 vice, in 11MJ7 was appointed ' " uit 



Chief of the Ufticu of Drg "U 



(and later Chief », in DeeemlnT was 

 appointed District Forester in charge 

 of the second district, with h«'ud- 

 "luarters at Ogden. Utah, in .March. 

 1!H0. became .\.ssistant Fon'ster in 

 the Hraneh of Operations, with head- 

 <iuartei-s at \Vashinirt<»n. DC . anil in 

 .\pril, UMl. was appointed Fi»resl 

 Inspector aiul a.ssigned to work under 

 .Mr. W. L Hall in connection with 



the purchase of land inidcr the Weekn 

 Law. which position he held luitd Ins 

 recent change. 



Mr. J. .M. Swiiui.-. recently app^iut- 

 <-i\ Assistant Kntomologist f'"- I'. ••'' 

 InsetMs in conn«'ction with tli' 

 Kxperimental Farm. Ottawa. >•» 

 spending s«'Veral weeks in the Hidn»g 

 .Mountains (with i . . ' u .rf. rj, ai 

 Dauphin. Man. i ei ly of 



the ins*"*'! life of ihe r- 

 eially the bark lH»ren< I' 

 of which he has uimI. ;» - 



In thr tremtmcnt of ng off.' •ppU 



• atioiui of wo. ha^'' 



"•ultn in thr • - "f 



Br»n"h. 



