The days and an hour or mere each evening were spent 

 tobogganing, skiing, snow-shteing and snowballing. The 

 toboggan slide was about 15CC feet lone and furnished great 

 sport for all the guests. There was some pretty good skiing 

 done - and some not so good 7 -but the snow-balling was every- 

 body^ fun. Tlje crowd was also greatly interested In the 

 motion pictures taken of all the snow sports. Each evening 

 there was music, dancing, singing, story telling and card 

 playing at the Lodge. 



After three days of these sports, the guests returned 

 to Casoada and took train for Presno, all so well pleased 

 with the outing that It seems probable this will become a 

 regular annual proposition. 



The Way It Is Done. 



Chester E. Jordan 



This year the District Porester, as you Lnow, had an 

 analysis made of rangers* diaries, to "'nd out Just how the 

 time of the men is spent, and to deduce from that the mot- 

 her of men needed to carry on the work pioposed for the coo- 

 ing fiscal year. This first stop was carried further by ap- 

 plying imioh the same idea to the Supervisors 1 annual estim- 

 ates. He called the Supervisors Into his office, In small 

 groups, each armed with his diary analysis and his estim- 

 ate of needed Improvements as worked up in careful consult- 

 ation with his district rangers. 



This preparation of an annual estimate for a Hational 

 Forest Is one of the most important factors In Forest man- 

 agement, largely because each separate phase of the work 

 has to be considered before a Supervisor is at all certain 

 of the proper force of men and the amount of Improvement 

 work necessary for the proper administration of his Porest 

 It is the first step in that "budget system" of expending 

 public moneys which is so much In the public mind these days. 



The estimates brought In by each Supervisor of a group 

 were gone over one by on, each iten being considered from 

 every possible angle. As the different supervisors meet 

 different conditions In handling worl: of the sarr.o class, here 

 was room for much discussion and exchange of ideas. Sone 



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