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The Lolo Forest Reserve, Mont. , has been created and put under administration 

 with Supervisor E. A. Sherman in charge. 



An investigation will be made to determine the extent of damage being done to 

 forest reserves by fumes from smelters in the copper region of Montana. Upon the 

 results of this investigation will depend the action to be taken in a number of 

 smelter cases thruout the West. 



Western. 



Forest Supervisor Coleman, of the Shasta Reserve, has been instructed to build a 

 telephone line on the western portion of his reserve. The proposed line will con- 

 nect five ranger stations with the office headquarters and will simplify the adminis- 

 tration and fire protection. A special feature of the line is a branch connecting with 

 a lookout point, where fires can be seen over a large portion of the reserve and 

 reported to headquarters. 



The recent proclamation combining the Yuba Reserve with the Tahoe Reserve is 

 of particular interest. Similar action will be taken in the case of other reserves 

 where records can be simplified, correspondence lessened, and administration made 

 more efficient. 



Forest Supervisor Charlton, of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino reserves, will 

 undertake this winter a large amount of fire-line work for the protection of the 

 country in the immediate vicinity of Riverside, and the local residents have sub- 

 scribed some $2,000 to aid in this work. The burning of a fire line on each side of 

 the Santa Fe line crossing the Cajon Pass and the burning of wide fire lines thru 

 dangerous grass country at the foot of the mountains outside the San Bernardino 

 Reserve probably accounts for the excellent protection accorded the reserves during 

 the past season. The rangers burned this fire line at night when the wind was blowing 

 away from the reserve line and four or five men sometimes burned 2 to 3 miles in one 

 night. 



Southern. 



Four miles of telephone line have been completed in the Salt Lake reserve, con- 

 necting the rangers' headquarters and the nursery with the supervisor's headquarters. 

 Eighteen-foot red fir poles, 7 inches at the top ends, were used and were set 4 feet 

 in the ground. 







