Now Soils uilding 
Agust 20, 1935 
Mr. J. mas 
Agrioul tural Ranl 
Madison, Wisconsin 
Dear Mr, Soami 
Mbosed is th    report for the Industri..l Commission regr- 
ing o rakl  J. V.  hmidt. De to the fact that Professor Leopold is 
absent on a prolonged trip to brope, I have takn the liberty of 
filling out this blank and sending you this letter, 
Mr. Schmidt vas a research assistant in the Deparmonnt of 
Agrieultural eonomice end wo*e under Prof. Aldo Leopold, division 
of gsm aamt, Now Soils uhilding. The main subject of his 
research was the lit history of the prairie chicken In Wisconsin, 
and th     execution of the w  reqnired that much of his tins, specially

during the  s.r, be spent in field wrk. g had study areas in 
various parts of the state wich he visited at intervals, mng the 
several iich mer easily accessible from his family home at Stanley# 
Wisconsin.    ile working on the he usually made his headquarters at 
Stanley In order to save living and traveling epeses. 
Mr. Scmidt was eng~ged in this kind of timld work ad wus 
headquartermg at his home whea, in the early moning of Aagast 8 
while he was sleeping, the, home aat fire. and he was burned to death, 
together with his mother and the hired man on the faau. 
If other facts are needed to amoana the application to 
the Industrial Coision, I shall he glad to funi* the as far as 
o. knowledge goes, 
Your-s sinoerely, 
Secretary to Mr. Leopold