RAYMOND W. ALLEN.

RAYMOND W. ALLEN.
Raymond W. Allen, supervisor of the Shoshone National Park, with offices in Cody, is well qualified for the important position which he is filling, by reason of previous experience in the forestry service. He was born in Medford, New Jersey, September 14, 1884, a son of Milton H. and Martha (Gaskill) Allen, both of whom were natives of New Jersey, where the father was prominently identified with educational work for forty-two years. He was principal of the Medford high school for a period of twenty-one years and his work through more than tour decades was a most valuable contribution to the development of the educational system of the state, his activities at all times being based upon the highest standards and ideals of education. He is still living at the advanced age of seventy-nine years and resides in Mount Holly, New Jersey, but his wife passed away in the year 1912. Raymond W. Allen was educated at Rutgers College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and from that institution received his Bachelor of Science degree with the class of 1906. He then entered Yale and won his Master of Forestry degree in 19o8. Following his graduation he took the civil service examination and entered the forestry service. After a brief period in which he was located in Washington, D. C., he was sent to the Hayden National Forest in Wyoming to work up a timber trespass case. Subsequently he was assigned to the district office at Denver, Colorado, where he was given charge of the timber sales. In the spring of 1909 he was sent to the Medicine Bow National Forest, having his headquarters at Laramie, Wyoming, to work up a timber trespass case there. In the fall of the same year he returned to the office at Denver, Colorado, and in the spring of 1909 to he was sent to the Montezuma National Forests, with headquarters at Mancos, Colorado, where he served as deputy supervisor. On the 1st of March, 1911, he was transferred to Cody and within approximately a month he was made acting supervisor and about June of the same year was formally appointed supervisor of the Shoshone National Park, in which important position he has since served. Broad collegiate training and wide experience have splendidly qualified him for the duties which devolve upon him in this connection and he is most loyal to his duties in the care of the National Forest. On the 20th of December, 1913, Mr. Allen was united in marriage to Miss Mary Martz, of Greenville, Ohio, and to them have been born two children, Raymond W. and John Milton. Mr. Allen is independent in politics, considering the capability of the candidate rather than party ties. Fraternally he is connected with Shoshone Lodge, No. 21, A. F. & A. M., and he belongs to Chi Phi, a Greek letter fraternity, and is also a member of the senior secret society of Rutgers College—The Cap and Skull. He and his wife hold memberships in the Presbyterian church and are among the representatives of that class who have introduced the training and civilization of the east into the west with its wonderful natural resources, becoming factors in the efforts that are building a great empire in this section of the country.

Raymond W. Allen, supervisor of the Shoshone National Park, with offices in Cody, is well qualified for the important position which he is filling, by reason of previous experience in the forestry service. He was born in Medford, New Jersey, September 14, 1884, a son of Milton H. and Martha (Gaskill) Allen, both of whom were natives of New Jersey, where the father was prominently identified with educational work for forty-two years. He was principal of the Medford high school for a period of twenty-one years and his work through more than tour decades was a most valuable contribution to the development of the educational system of the state, his activities at all times being based upon the highest standards and ideals of education. He is still living at the advanced age of seventy-nine years and resides in Mount Holly, New Jersey, but his wife passed away in the year 1912.
Raymond W. Allen was educated at Rutgers College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and from that institution received his Bachelor of Science degree with the class of 1906. He then entered Yale and won his Master of Forestry degree in 19o8. Following his graduation he took the civil service examination and entered the forestry service. After a brief period in which he was located in Washington, D. C., he was sent to the Hayden National Forest in Wyoming to work up a timber trespass case. Subsequently he was assigned to the district office at Denver, Colorado, where he was given charge of the timber sales. In the spring of 1909 he was sent to the Medicine Bow National Forest, having his headquarters at Laramie, Wyoming, to work up a timber trespass case there. In the fall of the same year he returned to the office at Denver, Colorado, and in the spring of 1909 to he was sent to the Montezuma National Forests, with headquarters at Mancos, Colorado, where he served as deputy supervisor. On the 1st of March, 1911, he was transferred to Cody and within approximately a month he was made acting supervisor and about June of the same year was formally appointed supervisor of the Shoshone National Park, in which important position he has since served. Broad collegiate training and wide experience have splendidly qualified him for the duties which devolve upon him in this connection and he is most loyal to his duties in the care of the National Forest.
On the 20th of December, 1913, Mr. Allen was united in marriage to Miss Mary Martz, of Greenville, Ohio, and to them have been born two children, Raymond W. and John Milton.
Mr. Allen is independent in politics, considering the capability of the candidate rather than party ties. Fraternally he is connected with Shoshone Lodge, No. 21, A. F. & A. M., and he belongs to Chi Phi, a Greek letter fraternity, and is also a member of the senior secret society of Rutgers College—The Cap and Skull. He and his wife hold memberships in the Presbyterian church and are among the representatives of that class who have introduced the training and civilization of the east into the west with its wonderful natural resources, becoming factors in the efforts that are building a great empire in this section of the country.