right-hand road westerly, going down a very steep 

 grade into Coleman Valley. At the ranch house 

 ("7-T") we were told that about August 30, Deputy 

 State Game Warden Thompkins made a visit there 

 and counted the antelope in the Coleman Valley coun- 

 try. There Avere reported to have l^een between fifteen 

 and thirty. We reached the town of Adel 1.20 P. M., 

 forty-one" miles from Guano Lake, and continuing on 

 via iPlush and the Plush Grade we reached Messner's 

 Ranch on Rock Creek, fifty-eight miles from Adel, the 

 last ten miles over a rocky road. Mr. Weible, at Adel, 

 reported a l)unch of seventeen to thirty antelope on the 

 plateau above Adel. It is probal)le that these never 

 cross the Warner Valley. In the Warner Valley 

 formed by a subsidence in the lava sheet, were a series 

 of lakes. These Warner Lakes, formerly great breeding 

 grounds for wild fowl, have been drained and converted 

 into hay fields and pasturage in that portion where the 

 alkali washes out. The lower part, by far the larger 

 in area, is an alkali desert crossed by grease-wood 

 ridges. By following the ridges it is possiljle to cross 

 l)etween the several bare mud lake beds. Which of 

 the numerous wagon trails to take must be determined 

 by local expert testimony. The total antelope for the 

 day, two ; very little sign^ Last year no antelope, much 

 sign. 



Septem])er 20. From the Messner Ranch we 

 walked to the foot of Poker Jim Ridge, about three 

 miles northwest of Messner's Ranch, where we found 

 remains of several nests and eggs of sage grouse, that 

 apparentlv had been trampled out by sheep. On the 

 Ridge not far from Poker Jim Spring we saw two 

 buck antelope and far to the west something which on 

 closer approach proved to be eleven antelope lying 

 down. Returning past the water hole in Sec. 20, T. 34 

 S. R. 27 E., we saw one old buck antelope alive, and 

 Iving in the draw on the northwest side the remains of 

 a vearling buck used for coyote bait. Last year the cow- 

 bovs reported here a band of about 100 antelope. We 

 found eleven. This year they said the antelope were 



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