camps of whi<5h there woro a number in 19C7. Camping at Billy 

 Brcwn Meadcw and gcng fron camp tc oanp, marking timber, 

 scaling an* making cutting reports, at the sane time ho stud- 

 ied tho problems of shako cutting frcn a scientific standpoint. 

 Late each Saturday afternoon ho usually showed up at the head- 

 quarters office at Ellis Uoadow, bringing his sheaf of reports 

 and eager fcr itail and for a few hours of companionship with 

 his fellow workers. Tc tho Service men who worked with him 

 and tc the shako makers his presence was always welcome. 



The April issue of the Proceedings of the Society of Amer 

 ican Poresters, fror. which the fact of his death is learned, 

 states that after leaving the Sierra he went to the BlaoX Hills 

 i;aticnal Pcrest, later to Wagon Wheel Gap Experiment Station, 

 and in 1912 resigned from the Service to take up work with the 

 Massachusetts State Forester in which position he remained un- 

 til his life ended. Hot yet 31, an able and enthusiastic mem- 

 ber of his profession, his death narks a loss to Forestry in 

 Ar.crioa. 



Vol. 13, Uo,2 of the Forestry ^uajctorly contains an article 

 by Professor Rcth on "The l T onnal Forest and the Actual Forest" 

 that is especially recommended to the men of the Sierra . Hot 

 every teacher of forestry can put the case as clearly as Hr. 

 Roth does. 



It was on the Stanislaus national Forest that a sxigar pine 

 was out, in trespass, which scaled 18,933 board feet, and fcr 

 which the Government has recently recovered ;99.4O in settle- 

 ment at the rate of 5.25 per H ft. 3.M. 



A much advertised story is the one by Eamlin Garland en- 

 titled "The Forest Ranger and the Woman" which Is appearing in 

 serial form beginning in the July 24 number of Collier 1 s Week- 

 ly. 



In a recent number of Ro or cat ion (May 1915) Forester 

 Graves has a splendid article entitled "The National Forests 

 and Wild Game' 1 . 



The ITat 1 cnal Wo oI-Qr owor for April has a first-class 

 article by Ijr.Jardlne on tho "Possibility of producing more 

 and better sheep by improvement In handling on tho range". 



It will be romenbcred that last year American Forestry" 

 -inted an article en tho worl: of a Supervisor on a national 

 crest, written by I4r .Redington. At the some time, Mr.Redington 



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