The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07

Washington, -. I. OCT Tine
district foresters who will b. in
charge Of the six field districts OF
the forest service, beginning January
!. 1905 have been selected by United
States Forester clifford Pinchot. They
are as follow District No ] w. 3. |
Greeley. Mlssoula, Mont. District
so 2. smith Riley. DENY r.. Colo;
District no 3. \. G. Ringland. Albu.
qucrquc. New Mexico, District 40. 4.
clyde Lcayitt. ogden Utah. District
30 9. +. IT, Olmstcad. san Francisco;
california; District 80. &. +. r. Allen. |
Portland, Oregon
u was the original intention to
loca., the headquarters Of District
at salt Lake The change To ogden
was made ON account Of advantages
as regards convenience and economy
of living afforded by that city.
An the District fore ters are men
Of technical training and tried prac.
tical ability In forest matters. Most
Of them have been members Of the
Forest Service for several years
/ They have risen IN the services
through successive promotions. The,
are familiar with national forest work
with the west and the western peo-
/ pie Recently they have been dealing
in ;heir daily work with the techni.
cal and bu mess problems over which
they will have larger and more res.
/ ponsiblc supervision under the new
/ assignments.
I Mr. Greeley was born I'm New York
/ in 1879 and in 1890 moved 10 Cali.
fonia, which is still his legal resi-.
dence. Ill is graduate OF the Uni.
versity OF California, and OF the Yale
Forest School. receiving the degree
Of Master OF Forestry from the latter
In 1904. After working with the U.
$. Geological survey he entered the
forest service through civil service
examination July ], 1904. His las,
position was that Of supervisor OF
the Sequoia National Forest. Cali.
iornia
Mr.. Riley was born In Maryland I'm
1873. He received his education in
the Sherwood Friends School in
Montgomery county, and i'm the pub
lie schools in the District of Colum-
bia. lie entered the forest service
as a student as istant in MAY. 1905
and has since held succ ssively th-
| positions OF forest assistant. fores.
inspector, forest supervisor and as o
ciatc chief of the office of forest
management.
Mr.. Ringand was born In New York
In 1882. After graduating from the
Montclair high school he became q
student assistant In the Forest Ser
vice IN 1900. lie has since held the
position of assistant forest expert
fore assistant, chief of the office o
reserve boundaries. chief of the SEQ
tion Of settlement, chief of the office
of lands, and assistant forester.
Mr.. Leayi't is a native OF Michigan
whore he was born in 1879 lie enter
ed the forest service as a student n
sisant in 1903, and has since passed
through the grades OF forest assis
ant, assistant chief of the office OF
organization and chief OF the office
of organization.
Mr.. Olmstead was born in Hart
! ford, Connecticut. lie was graduated
from Yale university in 1894. After
following engineering and topograph.
ical work, he spent the year lS97.9s
In the Harvard Graduate school OF
Forestry and continued the study OF
fore try in Germany and India in
1895 and 1899 He was appointed
agent in the forest service in 1900.
Since then he has held the positions
of forest assistant chief of the div
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