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Keen River Trails. 

 The new Rattlesnake trail from Mineral King to Kern River 

 was completed last fall. This trail runs from Mineral King past 

 Lady Franklin Lake, over one divide and down to Kern River, 

 striking the canon between Upper and Lower Funston Meadows. 

 The entire length of the trail is thirteen miles. Construction 

 on a new trail connecting Redwood Meadows with the headwaters 

 of Roaring River, which will greatly facilitate travel between 

 the King's and Kern regions, is said to have been commenced. 



Mo'NO-TioGA Highway. 

 The new State road from Mono Lake to Tioga Lake was com- 

 pleted last summer and is reported to be a monument to the 

 skill of the State engineers. It has a maximum grade of seven 

 per cent, and is a good road for automobiles. The old Tioga 

 road, which connects the new road with Crockers and the San 

 Joaquin Valley, should be repaired without delay, so as to afford 

 one of the most wonderful trans-mountain trips in the world. 

 This road runs through the Tuolumne Meadows, and when made 

 accessible to automobiles will open up to tourist travel a park 

 land embracing some of our finest mountain scenery. 



Golden Trout. 



Public-spirited citizens of Bishop, Inyo County, did some very 

 creditable fish transplanting last fall. Several cans of golden 

 trout were caught in Whitney (Golden Trout?) Creek and taken 

 via Lone Pine to the headwaters of the Middle Fork of the 

 King's River. We are just beginning to realize the importance 

 of stocking as many lakes and streams as possible with this the 

 most beautiful and gamy of all of our fresh-water fish. Next 

 summer, while on our Annual Outing, we plan to transplant 

 golden trout from the Kern to the South Fork Basin of the King's 

 River. 



King's River, Mono Lake, and Other State Highways. 



Sacramento, Cal., January 8, 1910. 

 In the connection of the King's River road, we have encount- 

 ered heavy rock beneath the surface of the ground which has set 

 us back in the progress on this job. I hope, however, to get 

 started early in the spring and next year have the road well 

 beyond the ten-mile crossing. We have, during the last year, 

 opened the Mono Lake Basin road, so that it is now passable for 

 teams going over the Tioga road to the Yosemite National Park. 

 This coming summer we will improve this road. 



