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winding in and out among the post-oak and black-jack trees in 

 a northwesterly direction for another mile. There it turns due 

 north through an open flat and enters the timber at the foot of 

 another mountain. The timber for the next mile, while scrubby, 

 affords shelter from the summer sun. After crossing the gully 

 marked on the map on section 2 there is another open flat of 

 about a quarter mile, and again the fence will run through 

 scrub black-jack oak trees, some of which can carry a wire fence. 

 This stretch is about half a mile long, and the remainder of the 

 distance (about a mile), to the northwest corner of the range, is 

 over open rolling and broken country. 



The northern boundary runs two miles east through sections 

 26 and 25, inclosing a strip of jack-oak timber about 150 feet 

 wide. This lies at the foot of a high, rocky, timbered ridge that 

 extends northward as far as the eye can reach. At the east end 

 there is a narrow valley of probably 200 yards. From the south- 

 ern turning point to the southeast corner of section 25 the line 

 runs half the distance through a prairie and the rest of the way 

 through timber. Here it turns southeast through timber and a 

 narrow-timbered pass, cutting across the southwest corner of 

 section 32. Thence it runs east a quarter mile and southeast 

 for a mile to the southeast corner of section 5. This stretch 

 also leads most of the way through timber. It is thickly strewn 

 with large bowlders, to avoid which, and still take advantage of 

 the trees for posts, it will be somewhat difficult to run the fence. 

 The country just outside of the range, from the turn at the 

 southeast corner of section 25 to the southeast corner of section 5, 

 is hilly and mountainous and timber-covered. Here the line turns 

 due south, and runs over the prairie one and a quarter miles to the 

 starting-point — the middle of the dividing line of sections 16 

 and 17. 



The object in running the line through the timber is to 

 minimize the expense of supplying posts, and at the same time 

 give the animals shade and shelter. About half of the west, 

 north, and southeast line runs through timber that can be used as 

 fence timber by supplying a few posts here and there ; and there 

 are many places where even the black-jack oak can be worked in 

 to good advantage. 



Posts can be cut outside of the range, very near the locations 

 where they are needed, with the exception of the southern line, 

 where it may be necessary to haul them two or three miles. 



As the proposed range is now laid out it does not interfere 

 with what the ranchmen and miners who have ranches and claims 



