en-position. hore s at thin date last year the 3iorra had 

 oe busy oal men, tl.is yoc-r onl-; a pfjrt of the time 



of one technical nan. IIr.~ill has been transferred to tber' 

 3ar B< oliioe, I'.r.r.-.dlc? lent to the San Diego Ex- 



positicn, and Mr.Biroh sent to Shaver to do mlaoell&necua 

 :.gor wcr: . j.t teohiiiceJ. worh io done such as ro- 

 rts on out-over areas, estimates of timber, oto. f in the 

 district aroxmd Ih&ver will bo dene by Ilr.Siroh, but no 



oial technical investi^c/ticn is bcia^ carried on this 

 sxinner on this Tcrest. 



Jn June 28, District Porcstor DuBois c-.ccompanied by 

 Supervisor '.yres of the 3tanislaus, arrived at the I^r 



.1. D.P.Godwin and Itncrvlsor Hedin^ton GiBC north from 

 Hcrthicrk rcot them at this place, and several days were s^ent 

 in testing out the new fire peel: equipment. One of the sets 



aists cf two water bags connected with a hand pump b? hose, 

 and the testa were made to find out Just what value an apparatus 



this kind has in fire suppression. Several fires in dif- 

 ferent kinds of cover vrero set and suppression tine noted. I'ic'h 

 of vhese sets will be installed on iirornan stations In the twc 

 norw.ern districts thio summer, and b:; the end of the soason 



3 hoped tc have mere accurate data on their eiiioienoy 

 eliioaoy and on the defects which practical experience may dis- 

 cloae. 



The Oi^ioo of the Porenter has approved a requisition for 

 a wicle -carriage type-uritor for -cliio Ixrest. This will mean 

 both less nor]: and noator locking payrolls for the Sierra. 



Rolled barley for fora^o for the horses of the ?orest of- 

 cera has been ordered upon competitive bids. In this way 

 icre barle7 for the money has been obtaiuec. than if each man 

 purc'-iasec" his own, barley bein^ laid down at V.:'oorry for 

 o.80, at :'ria:;t for jZI. 80, at C&sc&da for ,32.60 and at 

 r.cnd aiid Ilerced for ^24. 7C per ton. 



On July 26, Supervisor Re ding-ton went to ZProsno for the 



conferring en special use natters with Mr. O.C.V/ard 

 Pacific Light ?. Power C operation and the 3r.n Joaquin i 



R.H. Compc.n7. ..hile in Iresno lir.Rc^iiG-ton aloo *attend- 

 tc tho matter of obtaining supplies for the John Iluir trail 



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