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Advertisements of proposals for bids for the construction of a fence for a buffalo 

 pasture and necessary buildings on the Wichita Forest Reserve, Oklahoma, appeared 

 in the St. Louis Republic, the New York Sun, and the Washington Post on October 

 17, the bids to be opened on November 15. This fence will be built under a special 

 appropriation of Congress of $15,000. The buffalo are given by the New York 

 Zoological Garden, and all the arrangements for their care have been drawn up by 

 Mr. Wm. T. Hornaday, the naturalist. 



The committee on uniforms appointed by the Forester reports that arrangements 

 for the delivery of the various parts of the uniform are completed, and a reserve 

 order will soon be issued describing the uniform and giving full instructions in 

 regard to the manner of obtaining it. 



October 1 to 15 the following reserves were created: 



Acres. 



Santa Barbara (add. ), Cal 143, 777 



Siskiyou, Oreg 716, 160 (approximate) 



Mount Taylor, N. Mex 114, 000 (approximate) 



Uinta (add. ), Utah and Wyo 38, 400 (approximate) 



Diamond Mountain (add.) , Cal , . . . 15, 700 (approximate) 



3, 989, 591 

 Area. of 112 reserves September 1 109, 097, 927 



Approximate area of 116 reserves October 15 113, 087, 518 



RESERVE DISTRICTS. 



Northern. 



During the summer the Forest Service 'constructed over 50 miles of telephone line 

 in the Bighorn Reserve. One 35-mile line connects the supervisor's headquarters at 

 Bighorn with two rangers' stations and the cutting operations of the McShane Lum- 

 ber Company. Another 18-mile line connects a ranger's station on Clear Creek with 

 the town of Buffalo. 



The entire Bear River Forest Reserve in Idaho and Utah has been put under 

 administration, with Forest Supervisor J. F. Squires in charge. The boundary 

 between districts 1 and 2 has been changed so as to leave all of the Bear River 

 Reserve in the northern district. 



The Long Pine Forest Reserve, Mont., was created by Presidential proclamation 

 September 24. This is a small reserve situated in the southeastern corner of the 

 State near the headwaters of the Little Missouri. Supervisor J. F. Smith, of the Black 

 Hills Reserve, has been put in charge, and a ranger is now looking after the needs of 

 the many ranchers who must obtain their winter's supply of wood from this reserve. 



