The Mena weekly star., 1909-12-09
FORESTRY OFFICE
 TO HOT SPRINGS
Supervisor Record Announces That Change of Headquarters Will Take Place January l-Arranging
 a Lecture Tour.

| huIueu WcuHcSudy eFculuS lIOm months detail to the District For ester's office at Albuquerque New Mexico. Mrs. Record aut the twins did not accompany hiu home but will visit in Kansa City and Oklahoma City befor, returning.
 II am back few weeks earlie than 1 expected" said Mir. kecorC this morning, "but l am glad tt get back to my work. My triI has been exceedingly pleasan and 1 am sure has brought oul work in much closer touch witt the district office.
 IA number of changes wll soon be made which will prove o interest. One is the change It headquarters from Mena to Hot Springs, which will occur as soor as possible after January first One of the principal reasons fol making the change is the saving in rent by the use of the FederaI building there. It will also bring the headquarters nearer Little Rock, where .he Land Office and the Chief of Field Division are located. shall go to Hot Springs the last vt the week to make some final arrangements and will plan to move my family there right after Christmas.
 "The office force will be ma- terially increased about the first of the year. 1 have secured the services of new clerk to assist MT. Martin, who will be pro- noted to head clerk. Arrange ments have also beer made to pro- vide a claims clerk, who will make speciality of handling the reports on homesteads and mining entries. The man chosen is MT. Tolbert, a graduate of the law school at Cornell university, and who for some time has made a speciality of the land laws and regulations.
 "The object of the cent changes is to place just as much of the administrative work In thr field as possible. A great m,ny of the things which have in lhr past been handled at Washington or in the District Fore, 5 fife at Albuquerque, will in th h- future be transacted in the supervisors office. This will mean more prompt action upon all local mat ters and by men who arc in car- stant touch with local coI. di 'ons.
 "The Forest Service las been trying to conserve the natural re- sources of the country wtsh Jast as little annoyance and inconveu- fence to the people as possible. Whenever a regulation IS found to cause dissatisfaction or work hardship, attempt IS made to cor rect it as soon as the trouble can be ascertained. A good example of this can be found in the graz ing regulations, which have been twice amended to meet the condi- tions prevailing in Arkansas. I his action was taken upon the showing and recommendations made by myself and Supervisor Fitton of the Ozark, and were not due to the action of any congress- men or politicians. l think the people are coming 10 realize that we are doing our best to give them a square deal and when things do not go 10 suit them they should make an appeal direct to us instead of trying to set in motion the slow and cum brous machinery higher up.
 "The principal reason for my early return is to complete ar rang ements for lecture tour by representatives of the United States Bureaus of Plant and An imal Industries. The services of several experts have been secured and some time after the first of January they will start on tour of the Arkansas and Ozark For ests, giying lectures and demon- strations at the prominent towns and settlements. Just as soon as I can do so, I will make full an- nouncement of the names of the lecturers, the places where and the times when the meetings will be held, and the principal topics to be discussed. 1 consider this tour ono of the most impor ant things we have yet undertaken, for 1t will bring to the farmers door the latest information and the most improved methods in agriculture, stock raising and fruit growing. And the best ot 1t, the men will know exactly what they are talking about tor they have made extensive study of the exact conditions pi evailing here."