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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
August 5, 1914. 
Mr. Alex Wetmore, 
141 South 2nd East Street, 
Salt Lake City, Utah. 
Dear Mr. Wetraorei 
I will acknowledge the receipt of your letters of 
July 15, 20, 22, and 28, which are of interest to me. 
are 
I am glad that the various people/interested in the 
subject and are willing to give you full assistance. 
In the course of your investigations give all the infected 
localities the advantage of your observations. I do not 
want Mr. Bigelow to think that you are devoting too much 
attention to the Salt Lake areas or Mr. McCornick or the 
other men in Salt Lake City to have the idea that Bear 
River is receiving too much of your attention. 
There should be no trouble in securing ducks for 
experimental purposes as it is not necessary to specify 
them as domestic. 
Doctor Mohler was wired to return to Washington before 
he reached Salt Lake City so thut it may be some little time 
before he visits that loality. 
If as you think it is true that low water is the cause 
of the trouble, examine the topography to see if reserve 
water could be stored for flushing purposes. 
I have ordered the numbered tags for bandirg ducks and 
have the promise that they will be delivered in about ten 
