Arnold R

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Arnold R. “Barney”
United States
Department of Agriculture

Standing Diaries,
Forest Service
Intermountain Region

DECEMBER 2011 1926 - 1962
Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 3
1926 ................................................................................................................................................ 6
1927 .............................................................................................................................................. 23
1928 .............................................................................................................................................. 45
1929 .............................................................................................................................................. 52
1930 .............................................................................................................................................. 55
1931 .............................................................................................................................................. 70
1932 .............................................................................................................................................. 88
1934 ............................................................................................................................................ 116
1935 ............................................................................................................................................ 122
1936 ............................................................................................................................................ 133
1937 ............................................................................................................................................ 158
1938 ............................................................................................................................................ 170
1939 ............................................................................................................................................ 180
1940 ............................................................................................................................................ 193
1941 ............................................................................................................................................ 194
1942 ............................................................................................................................................ 206
1943 ............................................................................................................................................ 213
1944 ............................................................................................................................................ 222
1945 ............................................................................................................................................ 233
1946 ............................................................................................................................................ 243
1947 ............................................................................................................................................ 253
1948 ............................................................................................................................................ 256
1949 ............................................................................................................................................ 261
1950 ............................................................................................................................................ 270
1951 ............................................................................................................................................ 279
1952 ............................................................................................................................................ 287
1953 ............................................................................................................................................ 300
1954 ............................................................................................................................................ 308
1955 ............................................................................................................................................ 317
1956 ............................................................................................................................................ 327
1957 ............................................................................................................................................ 335
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1958 ............................................................................................................................................ 345
1959 ............................................................................................................................................ 356
1960 ............................................................................................................................................ 364
1961 ............................................................................................................................................ 371
1962 ............................................................................................................................................ 378

Cover Photo: Arnold R. “Barney” Standing at enclosure west of Mud Flat, Cache National Forest, 1928.
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Introduction

Gail Carbiener is a volunteer who has devoted thousands of hours to Forest Service history. He
participated in several Passport-in-Time (PIT) projects to catalog the Region 4 History Collection in
Ogden, Utah. As part of that work, Gail transcribed the Arnold R. Standing Diaries (Accession Group No.
R4-1680-1992-0105). The diaries consist of bound books and loose pages. Most of the 6¼" by 3½” books
are designated US Department of Agriculture Form 289 and have yellow pages with a ¼” blue grid.

Transcription Procedures
1. The spelling, punctuation, and capitalization of the diaries have been left intact. Misspelled
words remain but corrected words are added in brackets.

2. Other variations that have been preserved include the occasional double word (such as “the
the”), crossed out words, and variant word forms such as “to day,” “every thing,” and “after
noon.”

3. Illegible parts of the diary are indicated with brackets and/or underscored blanks (_____).

4. The transcriber inserted at strategic locations newspaper articles that refer or add detail to
Standing’s diary entry. The articles come from the Utah Digital Newspapers, a web page
supported by the University of Utah. Also, images of certain objects, plants, and places were
added.

5. Standing traveled extensively throughout Regions 4 and 6 and recorded the places and names of
most everyone he meets. The proper spelling of these names has been challenging.
Confirmation of the spelling could be verified in the future with more research.

Biography
Known as “Barney,” Arnold Rudolph Standing was born June 30, 1900 in Brigham City, Utah. On
November 7, 1923, he married Josephine Lindquist Standing (b. April 17, 1902 in Logan, Utah, d. April
12, 1993 in Idaho Falls, Idaho). This marriage produced four children, three living as of March 2007.

Standing began work on May 18, 1918 on a Caribou National Forest improvement crew. He graduated
from high school and returned the following summer as a guard. After attending Montana State
University and Utah State University, he was appointed ranger on the Cache National Forest on April 1,
1923 and then as a junior range examiner on the Uinta National Forest beginning June 1, 1924. He
remained on the Uinta for 12 years during which, in 1929, he received his degree in botany from Utah
State.

Standing was the Dixie Forest Supervisor for nine months from 1936 until 1937. He then served three
years as Region 4’s deputy assistant regional forester for personnel management. From 1940 to 1951,
he held the same position in Region 6. Standing returned to Region 4 in 1951 as chief of information and
education for three years. Standing capped his career with a second appointment as Region 4’s head of
personnel management from March 1954 until his retirement on March 29, 1963.

The July 1963 issue of Region 4’s Old Timers News reported, “During his early years in the Service,
Barney pioneered range management studies on volume palatability rating and vegetational readiness.
He was the author or coauthor of several publications such as Senate Document No. 199, The Western
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Range, The Range Plant Handbook, and Region 4 Standard Plant Names.” A Region 6 newsletter
(Timber-Lines, vol. XX, June 1971, p. 76-77) provided an obituary that provides additional context for
Standing’s diaries:

Barney’s intense interest in resource management was exhibited in many ways. He
published a high school text on multiple-use forestry entitled “Forest and Range
Resources” in 1930. His next project was the publication of “Region 4 Standard Plant
Names.”

Barney did a monumental job of setting up Utah’s five CCC camps in 1933. He was in
charge of the complete task of hiring supervisory personnel, supplying material, locating
and building of the camps.

His prolific energy produced the “Range Plant Handbook,” as co-author, during the
winter of 1934-35. The next winter, Barney served as one of the authors of Senate
Document 199 “The Western Range.”

The winter of 1936-37 was spent as a Forest Service representative lecturing and
initiating a recruiting system in forestry schools in the South, East and Midwestern
States. Following the tour, Barney organized the first Division of Personnel
Management in R-4 with the help of Reed Jensen. The same year he established the
Pine Tree Club.

Barney’s next major project was the development of the first personnel management
manual during a detail to the Chief’s Office. He also conducted many training camps in
the basic principles of Human Relations in Supervision. Barney was also active in many
civic organizations.

Standing had an interest in history and contributed to the preservation of Forest Service heritage by
conducting oral history interviews. Additionally, he was hired as a consultant to review the Wasatch
National Forest’s historical records and make recommendation about their management. Barney
Standing died on October 28, 1967 in Ogden, Utah.

Standing Diaries, Region 4 History Collection

Accession No. Description
R4-1680-1992-0105-01 Arnold R. Standing Diary, June-Oct 1926
R4-1680-1992-0105-02 Arnold R. Standing Diary, Oct 1926 - March 1927
R4-1680-1992-0105-03 Arnold R. Standing Diary, May-September 1927
R4-1680-1992-0105-04 Arnold R. Standing Diary, September-October 1927
R4-1680-1992-0105-05 Arnold R. Standing Diary, May 1928
R4-1680-1992-0105-06 Arnold R. Standing Diary, August 1928
R4-1680-1992-0105-07 Arnold R. Standing Diary, September 1929
R4-1680-1992-0105-08 Arnold R. Standing Diary, May-August 1930
R4-1680-1992-0105-09 Arnold R. Standing Diary, August 1930
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Accession No. Description
R4-1680-1992-0105-10 Arnold R. Standing Diary, September-October 1930
R4-1680-1992-0105-11 Arnold R. Standing Diary, February-October 1931
R4-1680-1992-0105-12 Arnold R. Standing Diary, July-November 1931
R4-1680-1992-0105-13 Arnold R. Standing Diary, August-October 1931
R4-1680-1992-0105-14 Arnold R. Standing Diary, March-June 1932
R4-1680-1992-0105-15 Arnold R. Standing Diary, June-July 1932
R4-1680-1992-0105-16 Arnold R. Standing Diary, August-September 1932
R4-1680-1992-0105-17 Arnold R. Standing Diary, October-November 1932
R4-1680-1992-0105-18 Arnold R. Standing Diary, July-August 1934
R4-1680-1992-0105-19 Arnold R. Standing Diary, May-July 1935
R4-1680-1992-0105-20 Arnold R. Standing Diary, September 1-2, 1935
R4-1680-1992-0105-21 Arnold R. Standing Diary, March-June 1936
R4-1680-1992-0105-22 Arnold R. Standing Diary, June-September 1936
R4-1680-1992-0105-23 Arnold R. Standing Diary, September-October 1936
R4-1680-1992-0105-24 Arnold R. Standing Diary, January-July 1937
R4-1680-1992-0105-25 Arnold R. Standing Diary, August 1937 – August 1938
R4-1680-1992-0105-26 Arnold R. Standing Diary, August 1938 – January 1939
R4-1680-1992-0105-27 Arnold R. Standing Diary, June-August 1939
R4-1680-1992-0105-28 Arnold R. Standing Diary, August-September 1939
R4-1680-1992-0105-29 Arnold R. Standing Diary, c.1940
R4-1680-1992-0105-30 Arnold R. Standing Diary, March-September 1941
R4-1680-1992-0105-31 Arnold R. Standing Diary, May-September 1942
R4-1680-1992-0105-32 Arnold R. Standing Diary, September 1942 – August 1944
R4-1680-1992-0105-33 Arnold R. Standing Diary, September 1944 – August 1946
R4-1680-1992-0105-34 Arnold R. Standing Diary, September 1946 – June 1950
R4-1680-1992-0105-35 Arnold R. Standing Diary, July-October 1950
R4-1680-1992-0105-36 Arnold R. Standing Diary, May 1951 – March 1952
R4-1680-1992-0105-37 Arnold R. Standing Diary, March 1952 – July 1953
R4-1680-1992-0105-38 Arnold R. Standing Diary, August 1953 – November 1954
R4-1680-1992-0105-39 Arnold R. Standing Diary, January 1955 – June 1957
R4-1680-1992-0105-40 Arnold R. Standing Diary, July 1957 – June 1959
R4-1680-1992-0105-41 Arnold R. Standing Diary, July 6, 1959 – December 1962

Gail Carbiener, Passport In Time Volunteer
and
Richa Wilson, Regional Architectural Historian

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1926

[Beginning of bound diary, Accession No. R4-1680-92-0105-01 (June 1, 1926 – October 19, 1926)]

Official Diary of Arnold R. Standing
Uinta Nat’l Forest
Provo, Utah.

June 1, 1926
Having finished my Period Study work I spent the day fixing up my vouchers, etc. for the month of May and getting
supplies ready for reconnaissance work. I phoned Tangren to meet me at Little Valley above Wallsburg tomorrow.

June 2
I purchased supplies, loaded the wagon and drove to Little Valley were [where] I met Ranger Tangren.

June 3
I helped Tangren start to pitch camp then walked to Wallsburg and took the stage to Heber. I purchased more
supplies and drove out to camp in the truck and helped prepare the camp.

June 4
Tangren and I typed hiked over one Main Canyon. The country shows evidence of coming back. Ranger Nielson and
his brother were at camp at night.

June 5
Tangren and I typed hiked again at the head of the left Fork of Hobble Creek. The country needs a Sheep herd to
fully utilize it. We have seen but few cattle so they must be well distributed. I drove to Heber in the evening. Had
the Ford repaired.

June 6
Sunday-No official work done. Studied all day.

June 7
During the day I met Messrs. Stahl, Stewart, Burke, Wenn, Ross and Wagstaff and took them to camp. Had to make
two trips. Mr. Tangren’s son Keith came to visit for a week.

June 8
Gave the men their equipment then Mr. Stewart and I spent the day in training the men in reconnaissance
methods.

Wednesday, June 9
I sent Mr. Tangren on a fly camp over to Second Set canyon to type country to the Daniels Canyon divide. It is too
far to work from this camp. Mr. Tangren is doing very well at the work and has a good understanding of it. He
knows plants well.

Mr. Stewart and I instructed the rest of the men during the day. Stahl seems to learn slowly. He knows nothing
about plants or the work and seems to have poor judgement.

Thur. June 10
I took Wagstaff and Wenn typing on Rattlesnake Mtn. And Stewart took Stahl and Burke around the Penrod and
Wirefstock areas. [Standing uses the work “typing” in the context of surveying the range plants and forage.
Standing is a specialist in range management, his “typing” the areas determines if the range has been
overgrazed or utilized by cattle or sheep.]
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Fri. June 11
I went typing with Stahl and Burke and Stewart with Wagstaff and Wenn. Stahl still does poorly. We came to camp
early. I instructed the men in putting types on the work sheet and had them gather specimens for the Herbarium. I
charted a quadrant N. E. of the Little Valley Cattle corral. Mr. Stewart and I decided it would be best to let Stahl go.

Sat. June 12
Mr. Stewart and I had a talk with Stahl. He realizes he is not trained for the work and intimated he will attend
school more and try for the job again. I feel he will never make a good Studies man. Ross took Stewart and Stahl to
town. I took Wagstaff, Wenn and Burke typing around the Left Fork of Hobble Creek area. Mr. Tangren and his son
Keith came to camp in the evening.

Sunday June 13
No official work done except some plant collection. Studied a correspondence course.

Monday June 14
Each man took a piece of country to work and we finished typing the Wallsburg division. I typed the bench area
between Main Canyon and the left Fork of Hobble Creek and the Miners Hollow area. Stock had used the area
below miners Hollow some but by no means fully. I am convinced the cattle go up to the head of miners Hollow &
Balsam Bench too early which should be stopped. A short drift fence across the first Hollow west of school House
should stop the drift to Balsam Bench as that is the main drift trail to the higher range. Clarkson came to camp.
Tangren and I reset the horses shoes. I had Wenn and Burke chart a quadrant west of the cattle corral 92 yds. in
Little Valley.

Tuesday June 15
Tangren rode across country to the new camp in the mouth of Center Canyon charting a quadrant and doing some
typing on the way. Burke, Wagstaff and Clarkson went with me to set up the tents etc. at the new camp. I then
went to Heber to do some office work & to get baled hay. Wenn & Ross drove the wagon to camp.

Wed. June 16
I took Clarkson typing on the West, lower side of Daniels Canyon. He knows plants fairly well though many here are
new to him. He is not extra brilliant but seems to be a plodder. The area is the Charleston Spring range. I do not
believe cattle have used it much. Sheep have grazed apart of it quite heavily for some distance off the stock
driveway.

Thurs. June 17
Clarkson and I typed at the head of Clegg’s hollow. We found many cattle on the overgrazed [over grazed] areas at
the head of Clegg’s. The area is used too early and heavily. A 15 foot drift fence across Cleggs about 1/4 mile above
the forks from a rocky ledge on a Main point on the north side to the dense brush on the south side would prevent
drift up Cleggs and would simplify herding. This fence should be built. Most of the drift is from Dry Canyon. It
would take a long fence there to stop it. Herding is probably the better solution there at present.

Fri. June 18
Clarkson went with Tangren to type. Wenn has had a lot of trouble reading his map so I went with him. I found the
Map shows a big extra canyon between Mcguires & Three Forks & does not show Maquires near large enough. It
makes the extra canyon Mcguires over near Strawberry. Wenn had made some very childesh [childish] blunders.
He was half turned around. Badly misjudged distance and had gone completely across Strawberry Valley and typed
some of the hills on the reclamation. I found this faults.
1. Poor map reading
2. Poor judgement of distance.
3. Not very good at consistent judgement in type density etc. estimating.
4. He had thrown a large part of country together into a type that distinctly should have been several.

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He does not seem to use his head as much as he should. The first day he typed across two big canyons off his area
as he could not read his map of estimated distance. These mistakes may humble him a little and cause him to be
more carful.

Tangren’s dog died of poison in the evening.
Tangren said Clarkson did fair.

Sat. June 19
Clarkson and I typed on the lower west side of Daniel’s Canyon. The feed is quite good above the Daniel’s Canyon
ledges. It does not appear that the cattle went from the Daniel’s Canyon Spring range to this area as there has
been but very little grazing. The extreme north portion is hard to graze due to the lack of water for stock.

Sun. June 20
I did some office and herbarium work than went up Central Canyon to help Wagstaff finish some typing. We found
however, that he had read his map wrong and was all mixed up. A large canyon was left to do so we decided to do
the work later. There was no excuse for Wagstaff making the mistake he did. However no effort or time was lost
due to the mistake. I went to Heber at noon to work on accounts and returned to camp in the evening.

Mon. June 21
The entire crew typed on the area behind the Bether’s Ranch. Typing estimates were fairly uniform and the men
knew the plants quite well. Wenn seemed to be the least consistent estimater [estimator]. I also found several
mathematical errors on his type sheets.

Tue. June 22
We all helped pack up then Clarkson helped Ross with the wagon. Wenn and Tangren typed and I took Burke &
Wagstaff to the Hub R.S. to finish their office work. I took the latter two to a fly camp on Trout Creek after dinner
and Clarkson typed in the vicinity of the new camp at the Hub R.S.

Wed. June 23
I drove down to Center Canyon to type the area left by Wagstaff. Supervisor DeMoisy came to camp in the
evening.

Thur. June 24
Supervisor DeMoisy and I typed east of Bether’s ranch. The supervisor uses much better judgement than most
men new at Reconnaissance. He also knows plants well. He left in the evening.

Fri. June 25
Ross and I went to Heber to purchase supplies and to work on accounts.

Sat. June 26
I brought Burke and Wagstaff back to Hubb [Hub] R.S. The [they] did their office work after which we moved camp
just above the forks of Strawberry River. We had to do considerable road work. I drove to Heber at night.

Sun. June 27
I did some accounts work during the day.

Mon. June 28
I purchased supplies then drove up to camp. Wenn had just finisher his office work. I went typing with him.
Returned to Heber in the late afternoon.

Tue. June 29
Worked on accounts & purchases all day.

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Wed. June 30 [1926] [Arnold’s 26th birthday]
I worked on accounts at Heber and purchased supplies for camp.

Thur. July 1
Left Heber at 4:30 A.M. I spent the day typing at the head of the Little South Fork of Provo River. Burke is doing
very well. We found a serious mistake in the map in the vicinity of Bear Canyon

Friday July 2
I spent the day typing with Clarkson at the head of the Right Fork of Current Creek. Clarkson seems to be doing all
right.

Sat. July 3
I charted a quadrant up the West Fork of the Duchesne River ½ mile from the Lake Cr. R.S. I then collected plants.
At noon Ross, Wagstaff, Tangren and I drove to Heber. I opened the bids for supplies. Bull & Simpson Co. was
successful. I worked on accounts and correspondence.

Sunday July 4
Some work on accounts and correspondence.

Monday July 5
Went to the Great Basin Experimental Station to attend the Supervisors meeting. Met Supervisor DeMoisy at
Provo. Spent the night at Nephi.

July 6 Meeting 10 hrs.
UTAH AND NEVADA FOREST OFFICERS HOLD BIG MEETING
July 7 Meeting 10 hrs.
Problems of Maintaining Plant Life On Range Requires Scientific solution
July 8 Meeting 10 hrs.

July 9 Meeting 10 hrs.
At the Great Basin Experimental Station, ten miles east of Ephraim, forest
July 10 Meeting 10 hrs.
officers are spending this week demonstrating and discussing special technical

problems in range management under the direction of Ernest Winkler, Chief of
Sunday July 11
Grazing for the Intermountain District.
Returned to Heber at 7 P.M.
Director D. L. Forsling, of the Great Basin Experimental Station, showed results
from attending the
of years of scientific experiments with range plants under different methods of
Supervisor’s meeting.
grazing.

Etc. etc.
Monday July 12

A. L. Taylor met me at Heber.
Utah Digital Newspapers; The University of Utah:
He is hired at $90.00 until
Richfield Reaper, July 15, 1926 Edition.
July 16th when his

appointment as Junior Range
Examiner begins. He helped get the ford repaired and supplies purchased. We and Ross went to Current Creek.

Tuesday July 13
We moved camp with pack horses to Red Creek near the Ranger’s pasture. Wenn, Clarkson and Burke typed on the
way over. Tangren returned to Current Creek to move the wagon to the West Fork of Duchesne where we will
move next.

Wednesday July 14
Taylor and I typed on the West side of Tabby Mtn.

Thurs. July 15
Taylor and I typed again on the West side of Tabby Mtn. Taylor shows good judgement and training, seems
interested in the work and is a very good worker. Ranger Beauchamp and Guard Richards camp to camp at night
and Tangren returned.
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