The daily sentinel., 1908-11-30
ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY OF
LIST OF OFFICIALS
The Men Who Are To Have Charge
of the Forests in This District
Are Named by the Gov
ernmput.

Washington. Nov 3O.-Ihe
names of the BE- forcstcrs,
clerks, and 'stenograpiiers who
are to make up the personnel OF
the United states Forest Service
headquarters of the six districts
into which the National Forests
have been divided have just been
announced. The district forest
ers' offices, located in Denver,
Colo, Ogden, Utah, Missoula.
Mont, Albuquerque, y. Mex,
san Francisco, Cal, and Port
land. Oregon, Will open on
December 4.
The new field organization of the
Forest Service will greatly facilitate
the use of the National Forests by
the people II will mean that the
national forest business which for
merly was transacted in Washington
will be handled by Officers on or near
the ground. The establishment of
the district head quarters is the cul-
mination of plan towards which the
Forest Service has been working
steadily, since il took charge of the
national forests.
Each national forest district will
be in charge of a district forester.
The work at district headquarters
will be distributed among four Of
fices, Operation. Grazing. Silvicul-
ture, and Products. each equipped
with men of special training for the
work of their office
The offices of operation will be
charged with responsibility for the
protection of national forests, for the
building of roads. trails. and other
permanent improvements upon them.
for the organization of the force on
national forests, and with the super
vision OF all business relating to the
special use of national forest re-
sources. The office of silviculture
will have supervision of the free use
and sale of timber from national for
ests, forest planting upon them, and
will conduct forest studies on national
forests as well as in cooperation with
private owners in the district. The
office of grazing will supervise graz
ing business in the district. except
for the actual fixing of allowances,
periods. and rates. and will make
studies looking to the improvement of
the forage crop on natioanl forests.
The office of products will make both
independently and in cooperation
with private owners, studies leading
10 more profitable use of timber on
and off national forests within the
district and to their preseryative
treatment
The following are the officers for
the district including Colorado, south
ern Wyoming, South Dakota, north
western Minnesota. Nebraska, west
ern Kansas. and southeastern Utah.
Headquarters, Denver, Colo, Smith
Riley, district forester, p G. Reding
ton. assistant district forester.
,hinT nffisl nf
operaiion; c. j. Stahl. assistant chief;
II. II. Mesnard, chief engineer: Nile
Hughel. engineer; Fred Lees, chief
section of occupancy; G.. f, Follen.
claims clerk: Mrs. Anna l.. Riordan,
settlement clerk: G.. w Holland, uses
clerk: w. r. Fuchs. fiscal agent; f,
c. Thompson. w. A. Mckenzie. Miss
Alva Won der Linde and w. C. stump,
accounts clerks; j. w. Dilly chief.
section of maintenance; Miss Ger
trude l.. Kimmel, file clerk Mrs.
Rosa c. Pennebaker, assistant flie
clerk. Miss Nettie NJ. Kimmel, mail
clerk: c. b. Gosorn. c. b. Noyes, l. |.
Taylor. and Mrs. Stella w. Munce,
craftsmen.
j. w Nelson. chief. office of graz
ing: Il n. Kavanaugh, assistant
chief. Miss Anna u. Koschwit2 clerk
C. l.. Hin. chief. office OF products
q. II, Ogier. assistant chief w. l.
stockton. computing clerk.
A. X. Chittenden, chief office OF
Silviculturo; S. L. Moore, assistant
chief c. G, Bates. chief. section oi
silvics: w. u. Edmonston, assistant
l.. c. Miller, chief, section of plant
ing. C. S. Arnold. law officer; j. NJ
Gates. assistant law officer; j. Bent
ley. Ir. r. w Allen. G.. p, Bard, K
G. Pearce. II. b. Holroyd, A. l., Helm
II. Lyons. and J A. Silsbeer fores