Personal It ens 



Ranger Taylor is a grandfather. "Eow what do you know 

 about that!" Time waa when a ranker noetinc looked like a 

 gathering of hlfc'h-echccl alumni except that the rangers were 

 immensely nore serious than school "boys. The current criticism 

 of the force was because of its youth, and. one manager of a 

 lumber company is said to have said to one of the older in- 

 spect ora: "Thank the lord for a man at last; I'm tired of deal- 

 ing with boys." This first Sierra grandchild -4s named Bar- 

 bara Hoskins and saw the light of day October 5, 1916. 



Thfl Sight Hock Station also boasts a new baby, Alethea 

 Maurine Clark, bora Septeraber 2, 1916; and Marian Evelyn Boothe 

 whose mother is a telephone operator at the Oa^Aurst Service 

 switchboard and whose father, Creston Boothe, devotes every 

 summer to keeping fires from starting In th$ Jdlarci region, 

 arrived on Au^-ust 30, 1916. 



So the foothills of the Sierra have three more children 

 Growing up who will know "TThy is a National Porest". 



The Supervisor, Deputy and Ohjpf Clerk cf the Sierra, to- 

 gether with III .Shinn and Mrs. Jordan went to Presno en 

 the night of October 27 to hear Gilford Plv.chofc speak. All 

 five of then were in the Service while Hi .pinch o't was Porester, 

 and welcomed this opportunity to see their former chief. After 

 t'.e political meeting - which soerae' 7 . to the Impatient five 

 merely incidental there was an hour of "good old talk" over 

 old times and new -times in the Service, and all walke to the 

 train with !i:.?inchct and hie Secretary. Queer how silent the 

 walk back to the hotel was. 



Clerk Leslie is about to leave the Sierra. n lf ye have 

 tears * Only we are all mighty glad tha't tlr.Ieslie has a 

 chance at a much increased salary tc return to the work for which 

 he was especially trained. He will be en^a^ed on road engineer- 

 Inc In District 3, where ra-.ReCington, formerly Supervisor of 

 the Sierra, is now District Torester. 



Ilr.Refiington, called to San Francisco from Albuquerque, on 

 official business, took a few days off, en route, to visit his 

 eld Forest. Heedless to say, Horthfcrk was more than glad to 

 see hir- a^aln, and only gloved that there were so few possible 

 raeals in seven days to which they coxild Invite him. He took in 

 the Ahwahnee "air on Oc'tober 8, wl'th Supervisor Benedict and 



