fall under the section quoting regular salaried deputies; 

 but since there are no honorary deputies except the For- 

 eat Service officers, and since we have always the old 

 proposition to fall "bad: on, which is that If a man re- 

 fuses to submit to inspection or search we have the right 

 to arrest him for breaking the game law, and thereafter 

 seaaoh even his person, I thinh you would be safe in pro- 

 ceding to make anyone show you his pack. 



The changes in organization made by the State IT-ish 

 a:.d Oaiae Commission, while their wisdom is not questioned 

 are greatly regretted personally by the men of the Sisrra. 

 I!r.:er:uson, while in charge of the Iresno Division now to 

 be abolished, has done so/iany things for this lorest 

 not only in matters pertaining to fish and same, but In 

 a dozen lesser ways, from looking up the financial stand- 

 ing of a timber sale bondsman to telephoning a time-table 

 to a I?orest visitor, that the Service men have been only 

 too glad to do all in their power to help him In his work 

 and incidentally we have learned much of the value of 

 that work. The following quotation from a letter received 

 in November from LJr.Iferjuson shows his appreciation of 

 this cooperation; we would find it hard to show ours: 

 "Permit me to extend my very sincere thanks 

 for this evidence of your prompt and active cooper- 

 ation." You have not only done all that we had 

 any right to expect, but have gone much further. The 

 friendly relations between your Service and ours Is 

 the most pleasurable and satisfactory feature of my 

 public work. 



The Sierra - In especial, Mr.P.edington who originated 

 the idea and Rangers Price and Bcitoaw who did the work - 

 had the pleasure of helping to increase the Joy of the 

 Fresno children at Curistmas by getting out a lot of Christ- 

 mas trees at Dir; Creek . Th San Joa rj.il n .'. Eastern and the 

 Southern Pacific P.e-.ilways carried the free of charge, and 

 the Tresno Playground and Recreation Committee was thereby 

 enabled to have mountain firs real Christmas trees In- 

 stead of cypress, for instance, as some of the other San 

 Joacjiin Talley towns used for tlieir municipal Christmas 

 trees. 



The suinnar^ of receipts and expenditures for the fiscal 

 year 1915 ou this I' crest has bee:: received. It shows a grat- 

 ifying surplus of . 70VC.C1 in receipts over expenditures. To 

 protect and i::.^rove the 1,43,CG6 acres of the Sierra and to 

 administer the timber sc.log, -M-.ior power uses, special uses, 



