L. A. 3j. rrott, connected with the office of L: rut, 

 and S 1ft 3jrry of the office of 3llvical,.aro, ::ill vieit 

 this Forcot -ihc c-Jmin^ eunner. 



3. 7/. T.-.ylor, now Porott Aiftiiii tait on the 3 

 National ?orost in Utah has been assirmed to this Porot-t and 

 vrlll report for duty on April 16. He has had oonsidorrblo 

 erperieaoe and comes v;oll recommended. 



Miss Gertrude Jjnmerlch arrived llaroh 1 from Los 

 Angeles to fill the position of stene^raphor rnd typewriter 

 in this office. Mrs. LaT.ue , who has been caritbly doing 

 this ror!c, res obliged to Tivo it u^) on account of her 

 household duties. 



A. 3. Ivey was laid up for two weeks or more with 

 la rprlppe and lumbago. He has celebrated his recovery by 

 L-3 the muse, his efforts appearing in this issue. 



Deputy Supervisor Pratt end family returned January 

 16 from a visit rith relatives in Illinois and Kansas. Pratt 

 opines that he prefers forest fires to 25 e7roos bolow zero 

 wocther. 



V. C. IToddin wcs inoa?roltated for a^out ten days 

 the -rirct pert of IVnruary ^-Ith the muraps. A letter from 

 "Bill" iclleher in the Sfnta 3c.rberc hospital shortly after 

 his departure informed us thrt he was hcving a "s^oll" time 

 there v.'ith one of the nurses. 



J. H. Horrego and Even Joy were recently trans- 

 ferred to the Statutory Roll. >/. 1. Merrill was promoted 

 to the position left vacant through J. Z Sivortson's de- 

 parture and his former position transferred to the Plumes 



Porost Assistant 3rllaher loft on I^eroh 1 for a 

 year's study of forestry conditions in other countries. 

 Vihile on this Porest ho ma^e some valuable original inves- 

 tigations, his studies on "growth" bein? oepeoially food. 

 The editors of the Trhoe look forrnrd to contributions from 

 him on his impression of forest mcjaa(romont abroad. 



Word has been received thct ";. C. Woodburn who 

 was in chcr<?e of the Iruol:eo District Icet soacon. will not 

 return. Ho has boon onrrc^od recently by the Strte Forester 

 in collecting (".rta fur the ctund of timber on State lends. 

 Assistant P.in.-ror Doccon rlco ctates thrt ho doeo not orpect 



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