Diary, 1911 July 1-September

File — Box: 2, Volume: 9

Identifier: II

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

On July 1 Woodbury was promoted from Assistant Forest Ranger to Forest Ranger bringing his salary to $1,200.00 per year. Throughout July and August he conducted a timber survey on Pine Valley Mt. This was a continuation of the survey on Rencher Mt. the previous summer. Rangers Benson, McAllister, Harris, Sorenson and Macfarlane accompanied him. After completing the survey, Woodbury remained in St. George until mid-September preparing the report on the survey. He then returned to the Enterprise Ranger Station where he met several times with local stockmen to settle grazing disputes and to discuss the formation of a stock association.
10 July. Woodbury, Supervisor Raphael and N. J. Featheroff of the Ogden office rode the range between Pine Canyon and Lost Canyon. "This trip into these ?ts. is for the purpose of showing the country to Featheroff with a view to planting if found favorable." Featheroff "thought the country too much overgrazed," but concluded the natural ground cover would be sufficient to protect the watershed if grazing was restricted.
26 July. "It rained last night and we [the surveying team] have had our legs wet through wading through the weeds, all day. But that is nothing new. We have had them wet for two or three days now."
15 August. Woodbury was scolded by his supervisor for not allowing his [Woodbury's] horses to be used to move the surveying camp. Woodbury relates the incident at great length (5 pages) in his diary. He was obviously stunned and hurt by the sudden and harsh reprimand. "I had plenty to say," he wrote, "but it had come so sudden and unexpected and it made me so mad that I could not formulate my ideas all at once."
13-15 September. Woodbury took time off from his duties to attend the Dixie Home Coming. "At 10 o'clock I went down to a meeting which was the opening of the Dixie Home Coming, a festive time to continue for three days." He attended a bull roping contest.
22 September. Rangers Benson and Woodbury attended a meeting of local stockmen at Pine Canyon. There was considerable discussion about the condition of the range and equitable divisions of the Pine Valley and Santa Clara districts. They also discussed the idea of forming a stock association "but the majority seemed not in favor of a large organization."
29 September. Woodbury met again with the stockmen to propose a change in the division lines. "I promised to recommend the changes, if they would all work in harmony & quit fighting among themselves." Next, the group discussed the bull question. "Finally it was decided to get some new blooded bulls for all the stock that would be included in Dist. #2..." Finally, they discussed the stock association. "Most of them talked as tho they thot a local association would be alright, but did not like the idea of a large association for the Utah Division."

Dates

1911 July 1-September

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