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Tr. !Cay 9, noretary of \ericiilttar, Hen. David 7. 

 Houston, n'^oor. .nnied by the Solicitor of the Department of 

 .Iture, tlr.F.C.Oftffee, thA Associate Pcrester, Mr .A. P. 

 ter, District Forester LxiBois of San ?ranisco and ".".r. 

 -ill of St.Lculs, a personal friend of Ilr. Hcua- 

 , arrive-; in 1'rpsnc and went "by automobile fron there 

 t: 'ubprry. % .t Vaberry the Big Sandy Hanger Station vraa in- 

 >".tpd and the party entrained in Tcrd track automobiles for 

 cada, the terr.inua cf the 3.J. t i..K.H.line, stopping for 

 lunch at the railroad ncrr^any's aeotion hcrose at Uebstone. \t 

 nu.art.-i da, the power derelcpnent work of the Paoiiio Light and 

 Power Corporation was locked oTor and the special use work of 

 the 1 'creat Service gone Into. On the next day a trip was made 

 into Euntingtcn Lake Basin, the Secretary and ether fr-embers 



the party wading through deep sncw to get there. The Tord 

 speeders oarried the party back tc '..'ebstone, where Deputy 3u- 

 rviaur Jordan and Ranger '.of ford . met thorn with 



3es, and Torthfork was reached that evening Tla the Italian 

 3ar bridge and trail. 



At L'orthfcrk, twelve nen sat down to iinnr witl: the Sec- 

 retary, all cf the local officers having been invited to meet 



. '7h, next day the office was visited by the party and au- 

 tor.cb-sies were taken to T'lpinnawasee where a four-hcree stage 

 was \vaiting that in the afternoon took the party to '..awi na 

 ovtr sortp of the rorst roads that have- ever been encountered 

 rr.emory of the oldest inhabitant. The next day v?as 

 n visiting the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees and in go- 

 into the Yosecite Valley where or.e nore day was spent 

 before the Secretary loft for San Prsxoisoo. Tho fcur days 

 were spent in as strenuous work af any Pcrost officer wculd 

 oer tc indulge in. The Secrdary seeoed to enjoy the trip 

 aely, and wes particularly ploaocd to meet tho men or 

 the local fcree and tc find out the ocrdlal relations exist- 

 ing between the men and the usors. 



vn Arril 27, the Predident signed a proolwnati*n elln- 

 inating a;-;rcxlr.ately 77 t COT aercs from the Sierra National 

 crest. A great proportion of this land was patented and 



balance so intennixee with the alienate? land as to ren- 

 der its administration a difiioult problem. The land lies 



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