THE FORESTRY KAIMIN 1915-1931 * * * MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY Repellant Vests “Black Bear” Pants Light Weight Guaranteed Rainproof Cruiser Stag Single Weight “ RA IN T1TE” VEST as pictured (with or without sleeves) Guaranteed Rainproof (Double front, back and $3.00 sleeves) Single Weight $6.00 PANTS $2.95 Repellant Pants to m atc h FIELD HATS (double front and back) $6.00 $4.25 “BONE DRY” “FORESTERyy “JEFFERSON” Scout Logger Hand Made Shoes Reliable Shoes “FORESTER” hand made shoes are made in all heights from 6" to 18" tops. We will send catalogue and prices on request. 6" Granger (Forester Make)..$ 8.95 8" Granger (Forester Make) ..$10.95 8" Forester (Regular Heel)....$14.75 8" Forester (Spring Heel) $14.75 8” Forester (Stitchdown) $15.75 10" Forester (High Heel) $15.75 8" Jefferson Logger .....................$ 9 .5 0 10" Jefferson Logger .....................$ 1 0 .5 0 8 " Bone Dry (Lace to Toe)....$10.95 CALKING, $1.00 HOBBING, 50c Mail Your Orders— We Pay Postage MISSOULA, MONT.—LEWISTON, IDAHO Mall Your Orders for “Bergmann” and “Currin” Loggers to Lewiston, Idaho, Store THE FORESTRY KAIMIN 1931 Published Annually by THE FORESTRY CLUB of THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA at Missoula, Montana EUGENE WM. FOBES ...................Editor Edwin J. Woolf oik............ Asst. Editor Kenneth Beechel................... Bus. Mgr. Walter Pool Stories Howard Coon.............Asst. Bus. Mgr. Bill Chapin Art Stanford Larson.......Circulation Mgr. Evans Plawes Directories Alfred Spaulding ........................Sports CONTENTS History of the Montana Forest School............................................................... 7 National Forestry Companies ................. i) The Conifers of the World .............................................................................. 11 Ode to a Deer (Poem) ..................................................... 16 End of the Season (Poem) ..................................................................................... 16 Survey of June 11th Claim ..................................................................................... 17 Lend a Hand (Poem) ................................................................................................ 18 Los Angeles County Forestry Department..................................................... 19 A Smokechaser’s Lament (Poem)......................................................................... 22 The Montana Bison Range ................................................................................. 23 To the Forestry Student of Today................................................. 28 Tractor Logging ............................................................................................................ 30 Mules (Poem) .............................................................................................................. 31 Help! ......................................................................... 32 Termites ...................................................................................................... 33 Range Lands and Boulder Dam ........................................................................... 35 The Forest Nursery ........... 36 Theme Without a Name .......................................................................... 38 Can Mill Waste Be Eliminated? ......................................................................... 40 Salt and Its Use on the Range ............................................................................. 42 The Editor’s Page ...................... 44 The Montana Druids ................................................................................................. 45 Forestry Club ............................................................................................................... 46 Seniors ......................................... 49 A Lookout’s Philosophy (Poem)........................................................................... 50 Snap Shots ..................................................................................................................... 52 The Fall Hike ............................................................................................................... 53 “Come and Get ’er” (Poem) ................................................................................... 53 The 1931 Tractor School ........................................................................................ 34 The Kirkwood Memorial Grove............. 55 Forest School Rifle Club ........................................................................ 56 Athletics ......................................................................................................................... 57 Batching ................................................................ 58 To the Forestry Building (Poem) ................................................................... 59 The Foresters’ Ball .............................................................. 61 To Our Advertisers .................................................................................................... 62 Sights We Seldom See ............................................................................................. 64 God’s Temples (Poem) ......... 66 Foresters (Poem) ..................................................................... 74 Alumni Directory ........................................................................................................ 86 Student Directory ..................................... :................................................................. 93 W. F. GUNTERMANN The Upper Rattlesnake D E A N A. L. STONE To Dean A. L. Stone, in appreciation of the sincerity, kindness and cooperation which he has given to us, we, the members of the For­ estry Club of the State University of Montana, respectfully dedicate this volume. The Staff h HU m a m Spaulding Pool Coon Woolfolk Hawes Beechel Fobes Larson Chapin 1931 THE FORESTRY KAIMIN 7 HISTORY OF THE MONTANA FOREST SCHOOL liy Joe Woolfolk, ’32 Western Montana, where is located the School of Forestry, offers an ideal field for the study of the problems of the forester and the commercial producer of lumber. This has undoubtedly been a contributing factor in the success of the school. Several men received degrees in Forestry and Botany, after completing a required four year course, before the organization of a separate Forest School. Soon after the beginning of organized forestry in this region the Forest Service realized the need for further instruction for the men who were connected with it. Consequently, in 1910 the Forest Service asked permission of the State University of Mon­ tana to hold a training school for forest rangers on the campus of the University of Montana. This permission was granted, and two small rooms under the clock tower of Main Hall were ob­ tained in which to give instruction. The instructors consisted of special lecturers furnished by the Forest Service and the Depart­ ment of Botany. At this time, instruction was given for only a three months period each winter which began in January. The object of the courses offered was to increase the technical knowl­ edge of the rangers and to prepare them better for Forest Service work. The following year saw the return of over half of the 1910 class in addition to some new students. These men realized the advantages they were being given and were willing to pay their own expenses for such training if instructors were provided. The Ranger School continued in this manner through the winter of 1912. In 1913 the Montana Legislature created on the University of Montana campus what has become now one of the best Forest Schools in the country. This was the only school other than the School of Law that was chartered by a special act of legislature. The new school offered a four-year course in logging engineering, forest management, and silviculture. During this same winter T. C. Spaulding was among the lecturers that were sent to the school by the Forest Service. The first Forestry club was organized in the winter of 1914-15, w ith a membership of 20. The club met on the first and third Wednesdays of every month, usually at the home of one of the instructors. The objects for which the club was organized were to establish an understanding among the students of the Forestry School, to bring about discussion on subjects of interest to forestry students, and to promote organized activity among those enrolled in the forest school. At this time the building which is now the Associated Stu­ dent Store was constructed and the School of Forestry was moved into it. There were at this time three regular full time instructors in the school: a civil engineer of high technical train­ THE FORESTRY KA1MIN 1931 ing, Professor J. H. Bonner; a botanist, Dr. J. E. Kirkwood; and a silviculturist, Professor Dorr Skeels, who later became Dean of the school and acted as such until 1923. All of these men were highly educated and widely known in the profession. During the winter of the next year, T. C. Spaulding, our present Dean, became a Professor of Forestry in the school. Mr. Spaulding had graduated from the University of Montana in 1906, and had subsequently received his Master’s degree from the University of Michigan. He had been Supervisor of the Lewis and Clark forest from 1912 to 1915 and Supervisor of the St. Joe forest the years preceding. Soon after Mr. Spaulding’s appointment, Professors Farmer and Fenska were added to the faculty list. About this