in tho Kings River District. 171th the exception of one that 

 started on the south end of Patterson Mountain, well down in 

 the Eorthfork Canyon, none of then did an? danage. The Pat- 

 terson Mountain fire, however , broke the record in this dis- 

 trict for area burnee and for cost of suppression. The fact 

 that it started in a section not covered by our loo?:outs, the 

 character of the country and the Ion;; distance iron nen end 

 supplies are held by us to be responsible. 



The Mulr Trail Crew cane out Just in tine to escape a 

 soaking on the tail end of the Job. Part of the crew, in- 

 olxiding the cook and his \vlfe who were traveling slowly with 

 burros for pack stock, lay over near Grown Talley fer the 

 rain to lot up and were caught in about three feet of snow. 

 They had to wait a woek raore for tho snow to settle so that 

 the burros could travel,. 



The past season was an unusually successful one fron the 

 car-ipers 1 standpoint. A large nunber of people caue as far as 

 Dinkey i:i nachlnes, and sone of then were oar-ief. on beyond bp 

 Robinson 1 a ^ac!. train, llany succeeded in ba^lnc * 5ie Unit of 

 deer | nore than twice the usual ntmber of antlers bein;; seen 

 on their way out by tho racers. 



Rodders and T-ink, old-time stock raisers in this District 

 have sold out to the Johnson Brothers. It was reported that 

 J. T ".fiio0 had sold out ranch and cattle, but the report haa not 

 been verified to date. 



District headquarters noved down fron: Dinkey on October 4, 

 about two weeks earlier than our usual tine icr nicrating. 

 Tiinre waa a foot on snow on 'the ground at Dinhey that nomine 

 but since thon It has all aelted off in the G ood weather that 

 f oil ewe e. 



District Ranger Soothe went to the Pine Hid^e District 

 October 19 tc help Rangers Price and Barker run out sone lota 

 in the special use areas* 



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