DISTRICT HEWS 



According to reports, ab6ut B,QOO people -will visit 

 Gold Lake and vicinity this Summer. San B. Lush has had over 

 400 letters asking for acoomonatlons at hie roaort. 



Ranger Walton has surveyed 6ut two acres near the 

 hoad of Gold Lnke'for a Suxnmor resort, of a oommorolal nature, 

 for Chas. Preeraano 



Assistant Ranker J 17. Poore has been kept busy re- 

 pairing telephone lines* Lately he has worked on the Squaw 

 Valley, Lake Tahoe and Trucked Station lines. 



Assistant Ranger Geo. . King reports that black 

 caterpillars are cleaning up the White Birch brush, leaving 

 patches that look liko a forest fire had gone through it. 



The Rangers on the Foresthlll district have repaired 

 25 miles of old telephone line and built about five miles of 

 now line this yoar. Assistant Rangers Campbell and Sutcliffe 

 have been recently' working on a flume to water the pasture at 

 Sugar Pine station. 



Although the rainfall was below normal during the 

 \7inter in the Sierra City district, yet the late rains have 

 made a splendid growth of food, anft the outlook is foy A fctnnoi 1 

 grazing year* The mosquito and rattlesnake erop is xoellent, 



three snakes a day being the ranger's average. 







Gold and Salmon La!: hat* been Btockod with 80,00? 

 Loch Laven and Eastern Brook trowt. and aa the former grow to 

 15 Ibs. the disciples of leaea IfaJlton can have good sport in 

 this region in e fen j'ears. 



The Porest Sorvlce Launch "Ranger" was put into the 

 waters of Lake Tohoe on June 21, Supervisor Bigelow superin- 

 tending. The launch Trill be in' charge of M. W. Edmonds, who 

 will camp at Kent Rr.nger Station. He will always leave uord 

 at che Tc.vern eo to v/here he can be found and a message to that 

 point v/ill *oo delivered as soon as he lands at any point. 



