about ten niloa of heavy trail repairs, one emoted four miles 

 of new trail part of whioh required much heavy blasting, and 

 built a suspension bridge access the Kiddle Fork at Simpson 

 Meadow. 



The time of Fireman Blalre , stationed at Dinkey, has been 

 utilized durlngthe absence of fires In building a much-needed 

 tank house, cleaning and protecting the spring and putting up 

 a wagon shed. 



On August 1 Supervisor Benedict oarae to Dinkey to go over 

 the trail work, and staid to see the Simpson Meadow Bridge com- 

 pleted. While on the Middle Pork, he, with Ranger Hughes and 

 District Ranger Soothe, walked t* ttuir Pass which is at the end 

 of the stretch of Muir Trail construction work planned for thle 

 year. They were out two nights on the trip. 



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Fresno County funds to the amount of 0600,00 have been 

 spent in changing grades on the Dinkey road. As a consequence 

 the auto travel has Increased to an average of four or five a 

 day. This would seem to warrant the placing of a few cans of 

 fry each year in Dinkey Creek. Pishing was fairly good early 

 this spring, but the stream was soon fished out. 



On the opening day of the deer season, a fine buck was 

 killed by a near-by camper. -That ? Oh yes, of course. 



Ho fires in the Kings River District to date this summer. 



JORBSTHY AHD RELATED ITEMS OF IHTBRE3T 



The American Lumbermen for June 17, 1916, contains a resume" 

 of the brief 1 filed f or ~T!he~t7e stern Forestry and Conservation As- 

 sociation with the Po'.eral Trade Commission, on the v..lue of 

 loGSeC.-off l^nd. After coins over oho subject very thoroughly, 

 Secretary Allen concludes: ;i V<hlle o.grl cultural lands are prop- 

 erly re^.rde of Imp ortc.no e , there is : Iso necessity for earnest 



tent ion to reforest '.t ion, either by the ftate or the Govern- 

 ment, or through 3t..te lo.ws making it possible by the individual, 



Here in the beet cf the California yellow and sugar pine 

 belt, the cutovcr l^.nd is c.t too great ^r. elevation for suoooar- 

 ful agriculture, and forests grow but slowly. Reforestation 

 hardly a project to be undertaken here by the individual, bu ; 



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