The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-01
ALASKAN FORESTS IN NEW DISTRICT
 BEGINNING TODAY
Flory Heads New Forest Serv- ice District -Headquart-
 CTS Tn This City.

| Instead of being tackled on as aa adjunct to the Portland district, the National Forests of Alaska today by executive order issued @January l. this year, became a separate entity designated officially as District No. IS, of the Forest Service Charles 1T. Flory, hitherto supervisor of Ma tional Forests in Alaska is advanced Ito district forester in charge of this visor by c. T. Gardner, who is now in the Ketchikan office.
 "The establishment of q separate district composed of the National Forests of Alaska is indicative Of the determination of the Department of Agriculture and the Forest Serv i-e to bring about real development of both the timber and water power resources in Alaska" said MT Flory .oday commenting on the change. The department is in earnest and, while in the past it has shown its sincerity, it's work in the future will be even more intensive and de- termined"
 Headquarters In Juneau
 The permanent headquarters of the district will be in Juneau, as was announced some time ago. Temper. arily. MT. Flory's offices will remain in Ketchikan until arrangements have been completed for their re moval here. Offices comprising in all six rooms have been secured In the Goldstein Building and include the rooms formerly occupied by Gen eral Manager George T. Jackson of the Alaska Gastineau Mining Com, pany.
 MT Flory and most of his office assistants will remain in Ketchikan several weeks longer, arriving in Ju neau September 1. M. o. Merritt, assistant district forester, who is beng transferred from the Portland office of the service, will arrive here early next week with his family and will be followed, within a few days by Wellman Hofbrook, land classifi. cation agent. others connected with Mr., Flory's offices. who will arrive September I are Louis King, fiscal agent; B. F. Heintzleman, logging engineer; j. P. Williams and Robert Teller, forest examiners and timber cruisers; Harold Smith, forest rang CT; Mrs. Marian Thompson, head clerk; a stenographer draftsman and an additional engineer to be added to the force
 Keep ketchikan Office
 The supervisors office will be maintained at ketchikan. according to MT. Flory. In addition to Super visor Gardner, in that office will be R. R. Kline, in charge of trail con struction, and two clerks. For the present, at least, the fleet headquar- ters of the service will remain at ketchikan. The district has at this time 10 power boats, including the Tahn and the Hiawatha, a 9Sfoot cruiser which will hardly be placed boat of the cruiser type now on the Florida Coast will be brought aroInd to the Pacific Coast and Alaskan watui5 this fall. The fleet is under the direction of Port Engineer Lyle Blodgett Captain Bernie Aiken is in to these boats there are five ranger vessels and a tender. The date of their removal to this port is as yet undetermined, said MT. Flory.
 Important to- Alaska
 ''Tne establishment of the new dis said Mir Flory. Matters arising here will be dealt with on the ground instead of being referred to the Portland office. We get more men for the various activities of the serv- Ice and money to carry out these activities. The department has been liberal with us. For the fiscal year befinning today we have been al lowed $110,Q0O for timber estimates. surveys of swater power sites, land classification, expenses for running cur boats and office current ex- penses. In addition we have some $23,000 for trail construction in the National Forests of Alaska in addi- tion to the regular road fund for the Bureau of Public Roads" Two trails are now in process of construction in the Salmon River district, one at Kassan and one has just been com pleted at Rake, he said Others will be constructed during the year to water power sites where investiga tjoRs will be made.
 MT. Flory will romain here until some time next week. when he plans to return to Ketehikan, where he will meet Associate Forester E. A. Sherman. Mir. Sherman is expected to leave Seattle July for visit of six weeks in Alaska. stopping first at Ketchikan, then coming here for 10 days or two weeks. Arrangements for housing district headquarters have been made very satisfactorily said Mir Flory, adding 'ifs am able to se- cure a residence for myself before cave for Ketchikan. all the objects ,f my present visit to Juneau will lave been accomplished"