f r this 3i.aa, n. 



r..8irc-atitn of Hunger larley uorl? In June put us 

 badlv In the iulc. i.n telephone llni. maintenance. but we new 

 have'" the main lines rtpalroi* in gt-i d shape and ntot of the 



Airs. !Th< ..Id tcli-i-Junc linco in the high ocuntry bxillt 

 with s. lid tiea -.brackets and insulators - wcc in vary bad 

 .'c rat ever found with the opening cf spring; 

 : le those build last surrxr according te the proacnt stand- 

 ard -ore. else considerably damaged, several having d 



.-rekcn wff, .-.nf". the inaiaatcrs split cither 

 .L vrei^-ht ef anf cut- lir.bs. We fcxuid i.nly 

 breken tree hc(ks." If the hocJts arc driven inte trees 

 with u slight downward slipc 30 tliat t]u. strain is 

 orosswisc, I believe they will all hold. 



Plaoer St&tlcn is now a oubaidiexy switching stuticn, 

 the back ocuntry lines buing out-cff at thut pelnt , end ex- 

 tension bells installed. 



C.: .Leslie, a cleric before July 1, ia now locking after 

 the. oamps and fires around Crane Valley 7>akc. Mth his Irish 

 re^n beat, he can skim frer. end ti. end cf that lake oays 

 he can cut curves all arcund the ether boc.tmon. That is all 

 right fer a smmncr Job, but if half I hoar is truo, he will 

 bo wanted badly in the effioo whor. the fire danger is over. 



The rnain Chiquitc bridge which *,7as constructor, in 19C9 

 is beginning tc decay; the truss chords arc about roady to 

 drop, bheugh tho stringers which v/cro out from heart wood 

 ure still in fairly gocd shape. 



Timbers fer this bridge 77cro out two years before they 

 tnrc used, and although raised frcrc the ground while scascn- 

 ing, would, I believe, have lasted longer if they had boon 

 in the spring and put into a bridge tho same' year. Ihc 

 bridge will be repaired this suranor. 



Pine Ridge District. 



Since the last issue of the Ranger, Claude X. Barker has . 

 ransferrcfi from the Xlngs River District to the Pine 



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