and only one other tl-.&t . aintr.ins a euntter headquarters 

 within it. 



Instefc'..! or living Jn the district. the permittees 

 ucir. - U in the 'juirjoor rrasing season reside itt and 

 arovr. '. tho Eald Hills, Cac Point, CottOiW60d Kunterf and 

 tluff - nilea outaide the Forest. A trip Of p.n"-;here 

 bet-veen ZO and r O nilos is entailed in case a vidit be- 

 cores necessary to any one of then. ?a\e the ce.ae of a 

 Chronic ba r every spring in the r.aynent (or non- 

 payment) of hio grazing fees; in r.pr-t districts it id 

 Usually poonible to pay a nan a visit with usually favor- 

 able results. Here, in such a case, it is write, write 

 and rewrite and then the case :ra" be straightened Ottt 

 In all other respects it is the aarce '.''ay. In cace of 

 fires v?e are severely handicapped in having very little 

 help available, so we are forced to rely on a system of 

 unceasing vigilance for their prevention. In r.oct 

 district.3 it-ie roually paoalble tb accorj^lioh irrproveraent 

 work or sore fcind* Jigre of course, it Cannot well be done* 

 The iro;3t of my time in January wae put. on various kinds 

 cf office vork, connected with grazing work on tract book, 

 improvement estimates, base nap anl fire plans for the 

 coming season^ and I may oay that much milling over was 

 done on these larst. A.fow.dars were spent on miscellan- 

 eous executive duties in. the 'field ani sereral were put in 

 repairing the V/ildwood-Iiarrison Gulch line in Ranger 

 Patton's district* 



Harry Everest, 

 Asst. Forest Ranker* 

 o~ 



Dietrict Ko. 5. 



D.uring the October and November period conpl^.er- 

 &bl time rras c-ent in district adniniatrativo '*Wk The 

 Kattcr of . c'-ing tl-.a revised grazing report coireMn/5 

 flOrje S^^.CC norea of alienated land in this diotMct was- 

 foutld to bo no email ta??c and toot rr.or^ tin* than vas at 

 firt e:. ectod. In Oictrict 5 the grasln/* Btaaon closed 

 with the ranges in excellent condition ana it is hoped 

 that afl /rood reevlto trill be obtained aloftf these same 

 lines n(}St season. There are only a few toall bands ot 

 cattle r-.-inir.g in the district for tht -.'inter, this 

 stocl: boleti^a to oettlers living in the district, th 

 other stock having been renoved to their respective 

 winter ranges otatalde the I-'or-est* 



During .the month cf Otftofeer an-' up until I' 

 ber 15 (Trhen all appointmonta for -short tern men termin- 

 ated) the officers in the district were busily engafod 

 in improvement work with fcn occaolonal fire ratrol, and 



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