Ranch, but only succeeded in satisfying the interested 

 parties that the corner had been destroyed, if Indeed it 

 had ever been placed there. The survey had been nt.dc 

 about 60 years ago and many things might have happened tc 

 e. corner In that time, especially in this case whoro the 

 field notes do not call for eny bearing trees. 



Prospects for more business in tho "ings r .ivor dis- 

 trict for 1C1G are bor.inning to loom up. Jay Robinson 

 o:r ects tc start e tourist business at Linl:oy with hotel 

 store, pac. train, ecc., Rumor has it that the Erosno 

 Plume aud "umber Company cirpcots tc operate again this 

 season, and newspaper reports are appearing frequently 

 indicating the public sentiment that is in favor ol do- 

 velcpiug the Pine Hat Reservoir site. In fact, & movo- 

 mont has already been started to effect an organization 

 of tho districts that will be bcuciitted by the reservoir 

 project, so that they can bo in a position to get busy 

 with the preliminaries for launching the scheme. In the 

 mean time, wo have got to get busy and f icv.ro out c. 

 sc'.ieine whereby tho Thermal ranger house can be converted 

 o a house-boat and floated ashore, as its present site 

 will be covered by several feet of water, according to 

 the survey. 



Thermal jtation house ia being rcpapere^. this stcmy 

 weather, and begins tc loo!: r_uitc li!;o e. new houso, as far 

 as the interior is concerned. 3y the time we get thro: 

 with the Job, we will be read" to hsji;, out our shingle as 

 professionals. (You may notice that I a:n not tailing all 

 the responsibility on :jy own sho;ildors and why should 

 I when the job is being done by & partnership firm ?) 



seasonal rainfall to date - January 24 - is more 

 ^ !" inolios, and It is raining hard while this is beiiig 

 ;e-writton. i'he average for the month of Jr-nuar:' , 1016, 

 to date, Is about half an inch for each twenty -four hours. 



Lisiricc /.anger 3ooi;he wont to Uorthiort ior & waet's 

 detail, reaching the Supervisor 'a oiiice on the morning of 

 January 4 and spending i. woe!: over the diaries, monthly re- 

 ports and wcr!; ol^eet ol tl.e Zings River District. 



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