Diary, 1919 January 1-May 22

File — Box: 3, Volume: 6

Identifier: II

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Woodbury continued his routine work in the Richfield office, which included interviewing new rangers, preparing reports and the budget, and working on special cases. He also delt with problems concerning Forest Service property. In April, the Forest Service moved into the new Federal Building in Richfield. Woodbury helped with the move by planning for the utilization of space, packing and taking inventories. Throughout May, Woodbury worked in the field to construct a telephone line to the Belknap Ranger Station.

3 January. "Was vaccinated for the 'flu' with the pneumotype vaccine furnished forest officers by the war department."
4 January. Supervisor Raphael suspended Ranger Bowers and asked Woodbury "to go to Belknap with Bowers in the morning to take over the property."
21 January. Woodbury and Raphael inspect the Belknap Ranger station and discover that someone had removed property from the station. "In the fresh snow we saw the tracks of the auto where it had been driven into Belknap R. S...Tracks from there were plainly visible...Investigation of the tracks showed that someone had caught a dogy calf and put it in the auto and had been in the potato pit and sorted over all of the potatoes and taken the good ones..."
6 March. "Raphael came up a while with the plan of the federal building and we discussed a rearrangement of plan of assignment of rooms and disposition of furniture."
14 April. "Began regular work in the federal building today."

Dates

1919 January 1-May 22

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