Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-28
NEW FOREST SERVICE
Bureau Divides the Field Work Into
Six Districts.
NEW OFFICES OPEN DECEMBER /
Located in Denver, Ogden, Missoula,
Frisco, Portland and Albuquerque.
DUTIES OF OFFICIALS IN DETAIL
Force Consists of 337 stenographers,
Clerks and Foresters.
OFFICERS FOR SECOND DISTRICT
smith Riley Has Charge of Colorado,
NebrRska and Parts of WyOming,
Minnesota, south Dakota,
Kansas and Utah.
Force Consists of 337 stenographers
Clerks and Foresters.
OFFICERS FOR SECOND DIsTRIc'


names Of tile s77 foresters, clerks and
stenographers who are to make up the
personnel Of the United States forest serv-
ice headquarters OF the six districts into
which the national forests have been di-
vidcd have just been announced. The dis
trict foresters' offices, located in Denver.
Colo Ogden. Utah. Mssoula. Mont; Al
buuueraue. n. M: San Francisco, Cal, and
Portland ore, will open on December I.
The new field organization of the forest
service will greatly facilitate the use of
the national forests by the people. 1t will
mean that the national forest business
which formerly was transacted in WASH
ington will be handled by officers on or
near the ground. The establishment Of the
district headquarters is the elimination of
a plan towards which the forest service
has been working steadily since 1t 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 offices-operation, grazing. sill
viculture and products--each equipped with
men OF special training forN the work OF
their office.
Duties in Detail.
The office OF operation will be charged
with responsibility for the protection of
national forests. for the building of roads,
trails and other permanent improve
ments upon them: for the organization Of
the force on national forests and with
the supervision OF all business relating to
the special use of national forest resources.
The office of silviculture will have super
vision of the free use and sale of timber
them. and will conduct forest studies on
national forests. well as in cooperation
with private owners in the district. The
office of grazing will supervise grazing
business in the district. except for the ac-
tDsl fixing OF allowances, periods and
rates and will make studies looking to the
Improvement OF the forage crop on national
forests The office OF products will make
both Independently and in cooperation
4ith private owners, studies leading TO a
more profitable Use OF timber on and off
national forests within the district, and to
their preservative treatment.
From the district foresters down the per-
sonnel of this district officers is made up
Of men picked for their proved capacity.
FOR their thorough training and for their
experience in the west. Most Of them are
men who not only have worked in the west
after they entered the service but who
lived In the west before they took up the
government forest work. Many Of them
are men who formerly were employed on
the national forests and have been pro-
NOTED 70 larger responsibilities as a result
Of their high efficiency.
second District omcers.
The personnel of the officers Of the dis
trict No. 2. composing Colorado. southern
Minnesota, Nebraska, western Kansas and
southeastern Utah. with headquarters at
Denver, is as follows:
Smith Riley. district forester; p. G. Red
ington, assistant district forester.
Fred W. MSrreIl' :, chief office 9f opera
slneer; Fred Lees, chief section q oeeu.
Anna J. RIordan, settlement clerk; @. w
Holland. uses clerk; w. r. Fuchs, flsca
Mss Ava Won der Lnde and ". 9
seetion OF maintenance; Miss Gertrude L
baker. assistant fiie clerk; Miss Nettie NJ
1limmel. mall clerk; c. b, Gosorn, G. =
Moves. ]; ]; Tayioe and Mrs. Stella w
]. w. Nelson. chief Of office of grazing
y. n. Kayanaugh, assistant chief; MIS-
Anna p, Koschwitz, clerk.
c. l., Hill, chief, office of products; G
r. oEier. assistant chief; w. L stockton
computing clerk.
A. X. Chlttenden. chief. office Of silvl
culturei s. l. Moore, assistant chief; c. q
Bates chief section of slVics w. d. Ed
mondston, assistant; l. c. Miller, chief
section OF planting; G.. s. Arnold, law of
ticer; ]. Nj. Gates, assistant law officer
Bentley, jr.; r; w; Allen, @. p. Bard
Y. @. Pierce, II. b. Hoiroyd. A. l.. Heinl
n. Lyons and j. A. Silsbee forest assist
Rnts: w r.. Davey and II. 8. Bushnell
land examiners: c. H. Gustafson. II. Greg
pry. William barley and T. w Blatt, as
sistant land examiners: George r. GregE
w. r. McKinnon and ]. s. Baird, lumber
men; r. A. Curry and F. sherwin, jr.. ex
pert miners.
Mss NJ A. Bell, computing clerk.
n S. Wolsey. chief, office OF silvicul
ture; A. b. Rechnagel. assistant chief: W
r. Mattoon, chief, section OF silVies; G, A
Pearson. assistant; A: S, Peck. chief, sec
ton OF planting; II. B. Jamison. law off
eer; 7. r. Eldrldge, ]. II, Allison. r. 1
Rogers s. O.. Smith and d. n. Rodgers
forest, assistants: ID. w. Adams and A. l
Wynne lumbermeni j. V. Hubbard an
Lee A Harris, lano examiners; y. II. Coz
lett jr, H. Greene. G. II. kellogg an
Morton X. MCCLELLAN. assistant land "a
Rminers; s. l.. Gillian and II. n. johnson
expert miners.
The following have been assigned to th
Btenosraphio work In this district Claudiu
J. Nels, Luther steward. James T. Marhel
Mrs. b. s. Asquith, Miss Florence DSro,
shire, Miss Mary Miller. Miss NJ z. Bake
Miss lille A. Cheshire, Miss M A. Shei
ellis