District No. 2 



During the month of September we have had two 

 small fires v/hich burned over an area of a little more 

 than one acre. 



Royal Trimble and Sam Jackson, Guards, have 

 finished the cleaning up of the Cold Springs Telephone 

 line and the Short Cut trail, a distance of twelve milea. 

 Guard Jackson and Ranger Woodnams gathered six pounds of 

 incense cedar seed this month. Twelve milee of the Eltapom 

 trail, extending from Hyanpom throu$i Eltapom towards Burnt 

 Ranch, have been graded at the worst place o and brushed out 

 to the width of eight foet, and the brush burned. This 

 work was also done by Jackson and Woodhams. 



Messrs. Trimble, V/oodhame and Bush have brushed 

 out the Kinzey-Deer Creole Ridge trail about ten miles in 

 length and to the width of oight feet. Ward and Griff itts, 

 Guards, have burned the brush and finished the work on the 

 Indian Valley patrol trail, a strip ten miles long and eight 

 feet wide. In addition to this these two guards have kept 

 active patrol and lookout of fires, built a confer table frame 

 house on the Indian Valley Ranger Station, and sowed the 

 enclosure of si:: acres to timothy for pasture. 



llr. Voodhar.s had the misfortune of getting his horse 

 shot while on patrol, and barely escaped being shot by the 

 sa~e bullet. lir. T/oodhams was leading his horse at the time 

 and a hunter shot the horse in the forehead, blinding the 

 right eye of the animal. 



We are pleased to be able to report that E. R. 

 Garrett is improving rapidly. He can get arouni now a little. 



Y/m. X. Garrett is on duty again, after recovering 

 fron his broken leg. 



If. X. Garrett. 



District Bo. 3 



During the month of September we have had one fire, 

 which burned over an area of fifteen acres and cost 04.50 for 

 temporary labor. This is the largest fire we have had during 

 the season. 



During September twelve and one-half miles of 

 telephone line from Peanut to tho McCampbell place 

 have been built, and also four miles of line from the 

 McCampbell place up the East Fork of Hayfork. The 

 California ?.Iedicinal Springs Company is going to extend this 

 line on out to the Deer Lick Springs cm Brown's Creek. 

 It has purchp.eed the material and made arrangements to have 

 Forest Guards Smest Duncan and Ivan Cuff construct the line 

 when they have finished with the Forest Service work. 



Tho ton-acre caoture on thf> Carr Creole Ranger 

 Station -ill be finished by tho 10th of October. 



J. "V. Pat ton. 

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