had ezistod between the Company and the Forest Service from 

 the very start, and of the splendid manner in whioh the Tor- 

 est officers had handled their special v.se and timber set- 

 tlement v:ork so as to facilitate the work of the Conpa:iy in 

 every possible way In Its efforts to ruoh the work th.tr onji 

 to completion. 



It "untington Lake and at Big Creek there are wanderful 

 opportunities for the further development of the ^OLT-T homo 

 business in a region of great beauty. When I an trying to 

 induce people to take out summer home permits on the ^.ririty, 

 I will be careful to keep them In ignorance of the Big Czeek 

 and Euntington lake areas until after our permits have been 

 Issued and the summer homes built. Then pe.r.ia>8 ^he ir.TeTi- 

 ment made will be suffioiont to keep the permittee from aban- 

 doning it In favor of a summer homo on the Sierra! 



On the return trip from Bi Creek, .latin;; Supervisor 

 Jordan demonstrated his skill as a pilot of the official ''Jin 

 lizzie" speeder over the snow-oovered and serpentine railway 

 traclis. 



later I had the pleasure of accompany ing Mr. Jordan over 

 the fire break alon the Porest boundary from the northern 



the Porest to I-orthfork. In this, as in so many other 

 lines of work, the Sierra hao led the way. 



Prom my studies in the office at ITorthfork and ny 

 talks with Messrs Redftngton and Jordan, I gained an insight 

 Into the fire organization, cooperative fire protection asso- 

 ciations of the settlers, the cooperation of the cattle asso- 

 ciations, timber sales and other Forest activities. I was 

 struck with the remarkable saving ua.de in the last two years 

 In both fire suppression and fire prevention costs, due large- 

 ly to the organization of the settlers into cooperative asso- 

 ciations working with the Service instead of against it. 

 As in the case of the Pacific li^ht : Power Company's oper- 

 ations under Pores t Service Permit, so in the recent timber 

 sale oi nearl;? five million feet to the Iladera Su^ar Pine 

 Corrpany, the striking features of the transaction were speed 

 and efficiency to a remarkable degree and elimination of all 

 delays due to unnecessary red tape. This, IB fact. Is char- 

 acteristic of the Sierra, and combined with the sympathetic 

 cooperation of tLe Porest officers with the residents in all 

 work looking toward the development of the ooaraunlty, has re- 

 sulted in the most cordial relations between the Service and 

 the settlers, permittees and tiaber purchasers. ~s District 

 Tor ester DuBois concisely put it on a recent occasion, the 

 atmosphere of the Sierra 1 crest is one of pro^ressiveness - 

 of jein^- abreast of t::c tines lu every line. 



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