The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-13
FOREST SERVICE
OFFICERS NAMED
New Field Organization VIII
Greatly Facilitate Use of
the Forests
District Headquarters on Coast
Established in San Fran
cisco and Portland


WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-The new
field Organization of the forest
service viii greatly facilitate the
use of the national forests by the
people 1t viii mean that the national
forest business which formerly was
transacted in Washington will be han
died by officers on or near the ground
Each national forest district will be
in charge of district forester. The
work at district headquarters will be
distributed among four offices-opera-
ton, grazing, suviculture and products,
each equipped with men of special
training for the work of their office.
DIVISION OF LABOR
The Office of operation viii be
charged with responsibility for the
protection OF national forests, the
building Of roads. trails, and other
permanent improvements. the organ
ization of the force, and 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, forest planting and
studies. and cooperation with private
owners in the district The office OF
grazing will supervise grazing bust
ness, except for the actual fixing of
allowances, periods and rates, and will
make studies looking to the improve
ment of the forage crop. The office OF
products will make, both Independently
and in cooperation with private own
ers, studies leading to a more profit
able use of timber and to their pre-
servative treatment.
From the district foresters down the
personnel of the district offices is made
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pacity. for their thorough training, and
for their experience in the west.
The personnel of district offices is
as follows:
CALIFORNIA DISTRICT OFFICE
District 5. including California and south
|, western Nevada, with headquarters at San
Francisco:
F. E. oImsted. district forester; coort Dubois.
r. L. Fromme, chief. office of operation; Roy
Headley, assistant chief; E. @. Walos. chief
engineer; W. G. hospital and E. E. Leslie, en-
gineers: B. franklin. chief. section Of occupancy
W. f. Gardner. claims clerk; Miss E. L. Mac
Fate, settlement clerk; B. p Berger, uses clerk;
Miss q. NJ. Rae, 81. ]. Well and G. Wiley sc-
counts clerks; A L. DAHL chief, section Of main
tenance; Mrs. v. NJ Balm, file clerk; Miss Mary
Mcdonald, assistant file clerk; Miss Martha Sex
ton, mail clerk; R. E. L. BOrgfeldt, j. g. Shu-
mate, Miss E. L. de Valin, Miss Daisy f.
J. a. Hatton. chief. Office Of grazing; NJ B.
Elliott, assistant chief; Miss Lula E. Haukness,
clerk.
Smith, assistant chief; Miss Carrie T. Montrose'
computing clerk.
G. NJ. Romans, chief office Of silviculture;
T. ID. woodbury., assistant chief; T. K Cooper,
chief. section Of siivics; J. r. Foster. assistant;
G. w. Peavy, chief. section OF planting; T. a
officer; p T. Harris. Swift Berry, Louis Mar
COLIN, Carl A Kupfer. " Wuln. G. T. Gessert
W. b. budding, forest assistants; $; NJ Cross.
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G. OH l. Duncan O and 4. G. Hard. expert miners
The following have been assigned TO the steno-
graphic work In this district IL e. Asn ar MTs
Webster Cora Slicer, Claudine McCllnton
Keen, NJ E. sherman. Marie Smith, Violet Md
WELL L. NJ. Jarvis. Annie X. Gardner Minnie b.
Aarons Bertha NJ. Brown, Ella NJ. Hildreth
OFFICERS AT PORTLAND
District 9. including Washington oregon;
a small portion of northern CslLIornis anu
Alaska. with headquarters at Portland
(. t. Allen. district forester; g. E. Cecil as
S's e. b. FIoTy. chief office of operation; G. j.
Buck assistant chief; W. E. Herring, chief en-
gineer; W. H. Benton and E. H. Darling, en-
gineers: w f Staley. chief. section OF Occu-
nancy: d. F. McGowan claims clerk; T. NJ
NORMAN settlement clerk; Frank A. Law Jr
Florence d. strause. c. c. Drummer, Miss Lucy
l. Brader Miss Augusta W Russell. accounts
clerks; Shirley Buck. chief, section OF mainten-
ance: Miss E. ]. Bernhardt file clerk; Mrs A.
r Milford assistant file clerk; Mrs L. e.
RiddelI mail clerk: o. E. Haring, r. H. Robert
son. G. Hilton. Miss L. ". Cottreli, craftsmen;
Howard X OBrien. chief office Of grazing; T.
P. Mckenzie assistant chief; Mrs. NJ L. Joynt,
clerk. 4,
oak1eaf assistant chief; Miss Erma F. Bell.
F. p. Ames. chief. office of slyculture; c. $.
Judd assistant chief: t. 7. Munger, chief.
section of siivics; J. F. Kummel, chief. section
of planting; c. III. Pierce. law officer; y. =
Trowbrdge assistant law officer; n. F. McDun,
Dorr Skeels Max Rothkugel. p. s Buhl. o.. P
NJ Goss, Il. r. Starr, forest assistants william
N Andrews and ]. +. Hughes. lumbermen: g. L.
Farrar and A l.. Thayer land examiners: w.
Mcbride and L. O. Erickson. assistant land ex-
aminers: J. G.. Giddings and Fl. S. higgins, ex-
pert miners.
The following have been assigned to the steno-
graphic work in this district: Misses Pearl Shra-
der Anna Madsen. Dora Reese. Agnes McNair,
Elizabeth Garth Beulah Westlake, Louise Hell
mick K l.. Reed Clara Confer, Agnes v Scan
nell Ida Estees Mrs. NJ. +. Rule, Florence
Wilson Mrs. J. r. Anderson.
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