miles of r. hl^h snorv country and has boon in operation all 

 Winter. 



Assistant District Torestor Kep.rley pnd Incpoctor 

 of Records iiley spent rbout a nonth on the Tahoe the first 

 pert of the year TOrking up a Coot looping System. The 

 Die triot Poroster r.nr" !Tr. Thorny con -ere in rovada City a day 

 or so in connection \vith the r/ork. The Supervisor who 

 served as a member of the Committee made P trip to Srn ^rnn- 

 oisco in early llrroh to ascist in the preparation of the final 

 draft of tho propcsod scheme 



Frest Assietrjit V/i lllam H. 3{.llahr has returned 

 from his trip r.round the -orld, f.r.d reported for duty on 

 re 26. He mp.de rn extensive tour of Inland , Trance, 



Gornrny", C r 'itzerlfend. , end India, returning via China, Japan 

 and the Hawaiian Islands, end devoted considerable tlna to tho 

 study rnd observation f Poroctry v^iile abroad.. ./a aro all 

 glad, to cee "Bill" with ue c.^ein. He rill be an^aped in mak- 

 ing a Silvicultural working ^Irn for tho Siorraville District 

 "hich hpc practicrlly til been covered, by reconnaissance. 



The Rnngero ileoting has cone and. -one and all th 

 Ranker:, hare on detail for the vlnter have returned to thoir 

 hoadrurrtore so has our_cj;oo]: of sup _">lle 8 . Our supply 

 re orn shows evidences^ of a~hard ./inter. " About all that is 

 left is e fov pieces of broken boxes. Every one took ed.vRn- 

 tagti of his environncnt and. took everything else thr t was 

 loo eo. lut or rll these depredations and dovaatr.tions, the 

 brilliant ctunt o^ one Ranker t;tanr!c out alonw. 3y sone hook 

 cr crook ho obtained the ':oy to the stock rom, r.nd nrintrined 

 his rosi-'ance there "to the exclusion of a home olseThore" fwr 

 throe c"r.yc nnd nights. Durinr thio tine he* collected r.ll the 

 empty cry ^ood.s boxes in torm, chrrterod r specirl car on tho 

 llorro-v 3'ia^e to Colfax, r.nd - our ctookroom no^ tells 



the rout of the tRle. 



Ascictr.nt Rrjijer Poore T^PE recently oalled tv 

 Auburn as r '-itr.osc ct tho herring in the Sf.llor "ines Cone. 

 case, rnd brings brck unnist; .':t.blo evidence of whore this 

 property \-ont. Ro says up in one corner of the court r%ou 

 thoro wnc a Ir.rTro blackboard, becrlnrr the folltTTlm; lo^onft: 



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