Lot it not be thought that because there are oc- 

 casional frivolous items in "The Tahoe" that it la not got- 

 ten up rith all seriousness and for the advancement of the 

 men on this Forest. \7e went to avoid our magazine getting 

 too "heavy" and rhon one of the rangers told us it had that 

 tendency, his hint seened a good one. It is said that 

 "variety is the aplce of life." This applies to reading 

 matter as well as everything else, only care should be taken 

 that it is not too highly spiced. 



The District Forester has sent a letter of com- 

 mendation to V. C. Noddin for his close end effective appli- 

 cation to the Rangers Correspondence Course lust winter." He 

 was examined en four books in the course. R. C. '7oodburn 

 also deserves special credit for the three books on which he 

 rras examined, two of them being the hardest in the course. 

 Several of the other renders received excellent ranrks and 

 were only a few points behind the leeders. 



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 HEWS PROM DISTRICTS 



Downieville District: 



The Halls Ranch Ranger Station house is now cora- 

 pleted. It presents a neat and homelike appearance in the 

 shade of a group of "olack oaks. If there is a wide awake 

 young ranger on the Forest who is contemplating taking a 

 pcrtner to Journey through life, and longs for an abode in 

 a region remote from settlement, hero is 'an excellent 

 opportunity for him to begin housekeeping next summer. 



The hay crop on the Serpentine Ranger Station was 

 rather 11 ^ht this season, only about one ton being harvested 

 although there was an abundance of peaches and apples. 



On September 14, Assistant Ranger Chas. Xing and 

 Carl Sutton began gathering sugar pine seed near 3randy City. 

 Unfortunately, they were about a week too late and found the 

 majority of the cones hnd opened. It is thought that about 

 seventy pounds of seed WES obtained altogether. 



Assistant District Forester Vt'oodbury spent Sept. 

 5 and 6 in this district, going over timber sales and dis- 

 trict work. 



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