Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-11-29
REoReANlzE FORESTRY SERVICE.
Preparations Completed to Establish
Administrative Headquarters.

Preparations Completed to Establish
Administrative Headquarters.
Washington, ID. c., Nov. 2S.-All-
preparations have been completed to
establish, within a few days. the six
administrative headquarters in the
West and Northwest, which means a
complete reorganization of the forestry
service OF the government Hereto
fore all administrative business. all
scientific and other Investigations, and
in fact, all matters connected with
the forestry service was transacted at
the headquarters in this city. The rap
id and enormous development of the
service made il necessary TO devise
some plan for distributing the work
of the department and, at the same
lime, bring IL in closer direct touch
with the territory under its care and
supervision.
After considerable study and con
sideration of the problem II was de
cided, to establish in the West, six
districts with separate headquarters
and to give to each staff OF clerical
experts under the direction and sup
ervision of a district forester, resid-
ing within his respective district II
was decided to establish the districts
and headquarters;
First district-lncluding the states
of Montana. northeastern Washing
ton, northern Idaho. northern Wyom-
ing and northwestern South Dakota;
headquarters at Missoula, Mont, w. b.
Greeley, district forester.
Second MISUNDERSTANDING the states
Of Colorado, southern Wyoming, South
Dakota. northwestern Minnesota. Ne
braska. western Kansas and south.
eastern Utah; headquarters at Den
yer, Col, Smith Riley, district forest
| er.
Third Notwithstanding the States
Of Arizona, Arkansas, New Mexico and
Oklahoma, headquarters at Albuquer-
que. n. NJ, A. G. Ringland, district
| forester.
Fourth district-Including the states
of Utah. southern Idaho. western Wy
oming, eastern Nevada and north
western Arizona; headquarters at Og
| len, Utah, Claude. Leayitt, district
| forester.
Fifth Including the states
Of California and southwestern Neya.
da; headquarters at San Francisco
Cal, f. +. Olmsted, district forester
Sixth district Including the states
Of Washington, Oregon, small part
Of northern California and Alaska;
headquarters at Portland, Ore, Il. 7
| Allen. district forester
| Under these officers and at theil
several headquarters will be transact
ed hereafter the greater part of the
routine administrative business con
nected with the several districts which
has heretofore been attended 10 II
Washington. At the head of each OF
flee there will be experts in charge
IF various lines OF work. A chief o
grazing will have charge of range
matters. A chief of products will han
die the preservatiVe treatment OF tim
Der, the strength tests and study o
market conditions. A chief of lands
will look after such matters as lanI
examinations. The office of lands
deals with questions involving the va
lhdity of claims asserted under thu
public land laws, applications for spe
| cial use of the resources of the ma
tional forests, changes in boundarie
of forests and the examination of land
A., lappled for under the act Of June II
900 for agricultural settlement.
! There will also be in each distric
a chief of silviculture, who viii hav
. charge of timber sales, planting AM
, silvical experiments, and chief o
operation. The latter Will supervis
the personnel of the forests; the pei
, manent Improvement work, throug
: 4 oh hn
, Of the district, including receipts, dis
Ibursements and bookkeeping, Whlc
I will be directly supervised by an e,
! lpert accountant, and the routine bus
: ness of the district
2 In each of the lines of work tn
2 MANAGEMENT will be in the hands c
: a man who is a specialist and VIII
[ HAS had thorough experience both l
4 the West and in Washington. The e.
e Adjustment of these field districts WI
{ bring the sirvice into more imm'
/ liate touch with the public. II
[ merely the completion of the NOV
!, lment, started some time ago, to nav
d the forests administered as far
possible by men actually on IN
ground. The change will not affe'
: the investigation work of the servic
S which will center as hitherto, in Was
: ington.
e Nearly four hundred forester
e clerks, stenographers and other ell
d nloyes will start from here early me-
d | week for the respective headquarte
e TO which they will be attached. l
y most of them the change means
It advancement and an increase in the
S salaries. The latter was necessm
6 owing to the greater cost of Lying
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