The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-12

Forest Chiefs Of District No.
- lll Meet IN, Missolla I
= This Month. -

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= msstins Of tie Is forest super.
sisors q district No. Of the forest
,l s.:rylss yin b held In Missoula be-
ginning January 20, and lasting for a
week. Some, Of the most important
things which arc to be discussed at
this meeting are the sale Of timber,
the development Of new Industries and
the use Of by-products from the saw
mills now established, in the. region,
the best methods Of marketing lumber
TO insure the greatest amount Of eco
nornic prosperity TO, both. the. producer
and user, tire protection or the forests.
the building Of telephone lines. trails
and roads to make the forests more ac-
csssible, to protect them from fire, and
to use them for recreetion, the eco
nomic relation of the mountain ranges
to the lower valleys and agriculture
land for grazing purposes. improved
methods Of handling stock on the
range in order to prevent depletion
and to insure reproduction Of the most
o. valuable forage plants. the organiza-
tion s. Of stock associations to secure
local self government in the use Of
community ranges. the organization Of
research work to determine facts f6f
the best handling Of all lines Of service
activities sincluding grazing. timber
fire protection and the like.
Sales Lucrative.
The sale Of timber. which Is handled
by the silviculturc department, is prob
ably the best revenue bringer for the
government from the national forests
The forests Of district No. rank high
in the sale of timber, due to the large
number of sawmills in the territory in
cluded In the district. and all the prob
lems that have faced the different SUI
pervisors will be thoroughly discussed
and gone over.
In the building Of trails and roads
throughout the forests the service has
done an inestimable amount Of good
to the surrounding country, and though
this work will from the present time
be mostly in the hands of the office Of
public roads, there is yet much to be
done by the forestry men in this line
Of work. and at this meeting plans will
be laid for the best possible method to
bring the highway work 10 quick COM
pletion.
Due to the large number Of cattle
and sheep that Craze in the national
forests the service Is very much inter-
e.ted in methods of handling stock on
tho range and in the insuring of suf-
ficfent forage. The work OF the live
stock association is also of much in
tsrsst TO the forest supervisors.
Meeting Valuable.
The meetings swill be held in recoe>
nition OF the necessity for bringing the
members Of the organization together
for the discussion of their common
problems. Such meetings not only
serve to inspire esprit du corps. and
IL furnish the basis for mutually
sympathetic understanding of each
others problems. but also make it
poasible to secure uniformity of policy
and to develop improved methods.
Since this meeting is the first one to
be held in three years. 1t will be full
Of interest to all the men. 1t is ex-@
pected that it will wind up with din,
nerr at which there will be something
Of the ''gridiron" effect--a take -off on
little foibles and characteristics of the
various men and things which devcl-
oped at the meeting.
From Many Fields.
The supervisors who win be present
a this meeting are heads of the sep
;,r;ite units in district No. 1. which
embraces the state Of Montana and
idaho north OF. Salmon river covering
some % million acres.
Each supervisor has charge of a unit
OF organization of approximately one
million acres. He corresponds in the
forest service organization to that Of
the district superintendent of rail-
road He is the executive head Of the
unit--the forest, and handles all lines
Of work, including timber sales. fire
protection. grazing. special uses. water
power. examination and classification
Of lands and all of the other things
which the service does and supervises
The meeting will be held under the
auspices Of the district office Of dis
trict No. i, which has its headquar-
tcrs at Missoula. .-=- =-