?orthfork District 



January ISIS has differed greatly from January 1915. In 

 deed we have had more snow during this January than we usual- 

 ly have in a whole year. Heavy snows occurred on the 10th 

 and 28th, with so many lighter falls "between that the ground 

 has been white most of the month. 



T7e hope not to be snowed in, here at Northfork, many mere 

 winters. Certain strangers In the neighborhood are said to bo 

 railroad engineers looking up the earlier surveys for the 

 VThite and Priant lumber Company who anticipate dotting in the 

 nct-too-distant future, and must first consider railroad pos- 

 sibilities. 



The heavy snows and a hard wind storm put our telephone 

 lines out of commission pretty badly. !Tnc difference between 

 the bracket lines and the standard swing lines was very notice- 

 able, the standard linos enduring the strain much better. 



During the big snow of the 28 of January, small game suf- 

 fered considerably. O.uail and rabbits froze to death, and many 

 quail -jcro noticed who were so cold they could not fly. 



Range stock In the vicinity of llortlixorl: arc in bad 

 shape. Some have died 01 cold end starvation and owners report 

 that they may lose half of their cattle. 



Dolly, one of the Government span, had a badly swollen 

 caused by "calking" herself striking her -fore leg with 

 the calk of a liincl sho*. 3omo infection seems to have gotten 

 Into the wound, and the leg was swollen hard from hoof to body, 

 Fortunately she was at JLuborry, and the needed medicine could 

 bo gotten cuiokly from Presno '03- train. Sho Is In good shape 

 again. 



Pine Ridge District 



District Ranker Price transferred his headquarters from 

 the summer camp at Shaver to the winter office at _uborry, on 

 Hovcrber 3. 



District Ranker Price and wife spent the latter part of 

 1'ovcmber and tl:o first -art of December at Cascada while Price 

 end Barker built tlte ncv; 



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