were exterminated and plenty of fish were caught. Tho orcw 



;ists of ai;c ncn including the cock, c.nd two noro will 

 be added about .xigust 1, 



0;: July 9, T.rr.cat JIc33dLna of :.nborry started work on the 

 Dinkey read with a crow ef so von men and six horsoa. The 

 money' appropriated by the I?resno Ccunty Supervisors will havo 

 been ci^cndcc. by the end of this week, and all tho pitches 

 that give automcbilists soricus trcublo will liavo been olim- 



. jr..':cs3:ins and his men are entitled to credit for 

 having done a good Job with a limited amount cf mono-;, and 

 oarcpers and stcoknon that use tho read will undoubtedly ep- 

 ociate the improvement . 



c were paid a visit last week by nr.Rodington and Ilr. 

 Godwin. Business in this District so seldom brings a mr.n 

 in fren the r>u;-.cr visor's cr the District Ar ester's cffioo 

 th^t c certainly do appreciate it when thoy de ocmo. 



Talso hcpos liavo already twloo been raised tliat the re- 

 mains cf Louis Margolin's bcdy had been fcnnd in Dinkey 

 Creek. The first proved tc be tho bones of an animal, and 

 the last, according te a report In tho . rcano Republican 

 has been identified as a man named UarkT. A .y c , a traveling 

 salesman of Presne. Tho place where tho skclotcn was found Is 

 one cf the most Inaccessible In the mountains, and a person 

 in distress in that vicinity certainly stands little chance of 

 getting any assistance. 



PORES TRY A.JD RELATED ITEIS 0? 



Tho death of Dr.Hclmcs, Director of the Bureau of Ilines, 

 is a groat loss tc Anorioa. Dr.Hclnos was long identified 

 with tho Geological Survay, his roatest wok being in con- 

 nection with mines tnd mining. In recent years he has de- 

 votee hinsolf to making mines safer for tho workers under- 

 ground. A sketch of his useful lifo can bo found in tho 

 *'cw : orx OUTLOOK f~r July 17, in an itcn headed "Holmes Hero". 

 It will be remembered that Dr.Helraes was at Ellis Llcadow with 

 Ur.Pinoliot in 1907. 



It is with sincere ro^-rot that the members of tho force 

 of the Sierra will learn of the accidental death of John Mur- 

 doch Jr., last January. Murdoch cane to tho Sierra imnodiato- 

 ly after graduating from Yale Pore-. * School, fcr his tryout 

 as a field r.an. Me was oc;:t by 'Jr.Shinn to the 'Jhuteyc shal'o 



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