Cost vs. Value 



C'jnsiderable discussion took place at- the 

 Supervisors' Meeting regarding the value of the Porost 

 publication, and e vote tekon on the matter showed that 

 the majority of Supervisors In the District nere not in 

 favor cf there, but rere in favor of a Diotriot Pablicatlon, 

 oince most of the dissenting opinions, however, were fron 

 Forests vrhero no news letters are issued, the vote did not 

 carry the v.-eir-ht it should '"ith the S.iyorvisors issuing 

 publications, Tho chief objection made by the dissenters 

 vras that bho publication cost more than it was worth to the 

 men in the field, 



A definite opinion from each ?j.-r;. t officer on 

 this Forest rrould be p.pprecle.ted. Pleese inform the S~-- 

 itorlal otcff on receipt of this number whether you would 

 be \rilling to contribute 25^ per quarter to defray the ex- 

 pense of issuing the publication rr.ther than see it dropped* 

 As for stenciling and mimeographing, ur clerks have of- 

 fered to do this work out of hours if they find it inter- 

 feres too much rith their routine T7ork, 



The 3ocrd of Hditore have found that the work 

 they do in -rotting out The Tahoe forms en interesting and 

 pleasant variety TO their duties, 



Selection of Planting Areas. 



It is interesting to note the progress that 

 planting and seeding has made on this District . Indiffer- 

 ence on the subject has been suporceded by active interest* 

 >*'o feol very proud, in fret, of our successful experiment 

 in establishing the 3ic: Trees by seeding at Roc> Creek, 34 

 riles northwest f the Last Chajice rrove, a member of TThich 

 is sho^-Ti on the cover of this issue, 



The District Office has Just informed us thet 

 re -ill be reouired to plant this year 7,000 Bi Troe, 

 f , woO Sup*ir Pine, anc 15,000 Yelloir ?ine seedlings, end sou 

 65 pounds of Su^ar Pine, 25 pounds of Yollow Pine, end 20 

 pounds of Jeffrey Pine scoc 1 . ./e heve been rriven ample 

 notice and now it is up to every Ranker to b% on the look- 

 out in his District for favorable sites. .."hen yon find 

 one you thini: is adapted to r.ny of these species, let us 

 '.mow abcmt it r.t the office. This should lead to the 

 celoctioo cf some excellent areas. 



