THE SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK 



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Photo by Mark Daniels. 



THE SUPPLY TRAIN 



The cook and the pack mules and horses descending from Franklin 

 Pass on the Great Western Divide at the time the author with a 

 party of friends visited that section. 



fifty feet away and see the wily trout jump from the 

 shadow of the bank. It is hke fishing in a gold-fish bowl 

 and catching real gold-fish, and if you are possessed of the 

 sportsman instinct, your constant inclination will be to 

 toss the beauties back into the stream. 



From Whitney Meadows the trail leads over the sum- 

 mit of the Sierra Nevada through Cottonwood Camp, by 

 Horseshoe Meadow and down, down, down to Lone Pine. 

 ( )n every side are snow-clad peaks, mountain streams 

 and verdant forests, until the true eastern slope is 

 reached. On the north shoulder of Wonoga Peak the 

 first view of Owen's Lake and the desert ushers in 

 another phase of nature. From here on, arid desolation 

 is the kevnote. Through the haze, the great salt basin 

 nf ( )\ven's Lake appears like a mirage a mile and a half 

 I'clow. The barren slopes of the Panamint Range which 

 liide Death Valley from \iew appear as mammoth 

 mounds outposting the way to the Funeral Range beyond. 



At Lone Pine the stage runs to the railroad station 

 which means farewell to this land of dreams. Each 

 hailing step on the downward trail spells another tug 

 at the heart strings to return for one more night up near 

 the stars and in the life-giving air intended for the lungs 

 cf man whom Ciod made in his own image. 



Photo by Mark Daniels. 



ON MT. WHITNEY'S SUMMIT 



E. O. McCormick, a vice-president of the Southern Pacific R. R., one of 

 a party which last summer spent some time in the park, standing at 

 the rock monument which marks the top of the highest peak in the 

 United States. 



FIGHTING MOTHS WITH PARASITES 



OVER 12,000,000 specimens of two parasites 

 which |irey on the gipsy moth and brown-tail 

 moth were released in 201 towns in Maine, 

 Xew Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island dur- 

 ing the fall of r.)14 and spring of 1915, according to the 

 annual report of the Bureau of Entomology, United 

 States Department of Agriculture. As a result of the 

 successful establishment of colonies of these and other 

 parasites which feed on the gipsy and brown-tail moths, 

 marked progress is being made in reducing these pests. 

 Effective cooperation is being afl:'orded by the States, 

 which carry on as much work as possible within the 

 infested areas, thus allowing the Federal authorities to 

 carry on field work along the outer border of infesta- 

 tion, so as to retard the gipsy moth's spread. 



As a result of scouting work carried on by the ento- 

 mologists in 223 towns in New England, the gipsy moth 

 was found in i towns in Maine, 23 in New Hampshire, 

 3 in Vermont, 10 in Massachusetts, and 10 in Connec- 

 ticut, making a total of 50 towns where the insect had 

 not been previously reported. This scouting consists in 

 an examination of all roadsides, residential sections, 

 orchards and woodlands. Where colonies are found the 

 egg clusters are treated with creosote and the trees are 

 banded with three tanglefoot and sprayed with arsenate 

 of lead. 



The spread of the brown-tail moth during the past 

 year has been inconsiderable, the indications being that 

 this pest has not infested any territory other than that 

 already reported. In cooperation with the United States 

 Lighthouse Service, the work of collecting moths at night 

 along the coast of Connecticut and Long Island has been 

 continued. 



Other activities of the Bureau in relation to the gipsy 

 moth include the inspection of forest products, nursery 

 stock, and stone and quarry products shipped from gipsy- 

 moth territory, as well as extended investigations along 

 other lines. 



