, 1908-10-07
OFFICERS OF
THE DISTRICT
FOREST SERVICE BEING siMPLI
FLED AND MADE EFFICIENT
FOR ADMINISTRATION.
Districts Created and District OFFICER.
Assigned, Latter Being Men Espec-
tally Trained for the Duties
Sketch Of the Heads Of the Differ
emit Districts.

The district ~foresters who will be In
charge Of the six field districts of the
forest service, beginning January l,
1908. have been selected by United
States Forester Clifford Pinchot. They
are as follows; District l., w. b. Greel.
ey, Missoula, Montana; District 2,
Smith Riley, Denver, Colorado; Dis
trict 3, A. c. Ringland, Albuquerque,
New Mexico; District 5. F. E. Almsted,
San Francisco, California; District 6,
E. T. Allen. Portland Oregon.
1t was the original intention to To-
cate h headquarters Of District A at
Salt Lake. The change to ogden was
made on account of advantages as re-
CARDS convenience and economy of liy-
ing afforded by that city.
Familiar With Forest Work.
All the district foresters are men of
technical training and tried practical
ability in forest matters. Most of them
have been members of the forest SER
vice for several years. They have
risen In the service through success
sive promotions, They are familiar
with national forest work, with the
west, and with the western people. Re.
Gently they have been dealing in their
daily work. with the technical and bust.
ness problems over which they will
have larger n more responsible sup.
erv1sion under the new assignments.
Educated to Business.
Mr. Greeley was burn in New York
in 1879 and in-1S9O moved to Califor.
MIA, which is still his legal residence,
He is a graduate of the University of
California, and of the Yale forest
school, receiving the degree Of Mas
ter OF Forestry from the latter, In 1904
After working with the United States
Geological survey he entered the for
est service through civil service ex.
animation July /, 1904. His last posi-
ton was that of Supervisor of the Sc
quota national forest, California.
Wal Forest Assistant.
Mr.. Riley was born in Maryland in
1878. He received his education In
the Shedwood Friends school In Mont.
gomery county, and in the public
schools of the District of Columbia.
He entered the forest service as a
student assistant in May, 1900, and has
since held successfully the positions OF
forest assistant, forest inspector forest
supervisor, and associate chief of the
,ffice Of forest management.
Chief Of Reserve Boundaries.
MIR. Rinsland was born in New York
In 1882. After graduating from the
Montclair High school he became a
student assistant in the forest service
in 1900. File has since held the posi-.
tons OF assistant forest expert, forest
assistant chief OF the Office of reserve
boundaries. chief of the section Of set
Element, chief of the Office of lands,
and assistant forester.
Michigan Man.
Mr.. Leavitt is a native of Michigan
where he was born in 1879. He enter.
ed the forest service as a student as.
sttant in 1903. and has since passed
through the grades of forest assistant,
assistant chief of the office of organ
i~zation, and chief of the office OF or.
g~anization.
In Germany and india.
Mr.. Olmsted was born in Hartford,
Connecticut. He was graduated from
Yale university in 1894. After fol .ow.
Ing engineering and Typographical
work, he spent the year 1928 In the
Harvard Graduate school OF forestry
and continued the study of forestry
In Germany and India in 1898 and 1899.
He was appointed agent in the forest
service in 1900. Since then he has
held the positions of forest assistant.
chief inspector for the service, ano
chief inspector for district S.
Game Up from Ranger.
Mr.. Allen entered government ser.
vice as a ranger under the genera land
office in 1898, the first year that the
reserves as they were then called
were under administration. In 1899 he
entered the forest service as a student
assistant and became a field assistant
through civil service examination in
1900. In 1901 he was transferred to
the department of the interior to be
come special inspector of timber sales
and trespass controversies in the
B ack Hills, South Dakota. In 1903 he
was transferred back to the forest
service when, in 1905, the forests were
placed under the administration of the
forest service, he became assistant
chief of the section of reserve bound
aries. In July Of the same year he &C
cepted the position of state forester of
California. He returned to the forest
service in July, 1906, as district in
spector, afterwards called chief in
spector, for Oregon, Washington and
Alaska.