Editorial 



The Journal has had occasion to comment with some 

 severity on the action of certain former officials of the state of 

 Missouri relative to the official geological investigations of that 

 state. It is therefore with the greatest pleasure that it now 

 makes note of the recent appointment of a new Board of 

 Managers of the Bureau of Geology and Mines, by Governor 

 A. M. Dockery. The following gentlemen have been elected 

 officers of the Board : President, Professor E. M. Shepard, 

 Springfield, Mo.; Vice President, Dr. E. B. Craighead ; Secre- 

 tary, Colonel H. H. Gregg, Joplin, Mo.; Dr. W. S. Allee, Olean, 

 Mo. The headquarters of the survey have been removed to the 

 School of Mines at Rolla, under orders from the legislature. A 

 state geologist will soon be appointed. 



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