Diary, 1912 October 1-1913 January 31

File — Box: 2, Volume: 15

Identifier: II

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The construction of the drift fence was started in October and continued throughout the winter. In addition to this work, the rangers planted more pine seedlings and Woodbury worked with the Newcastle Reclamation Co. on their timber permit.
1 October. Ross Gardner, one of the local stockmen, came by the ranger station to discuss the calf tallies. He felt that Woodbury's tallies were incorrect. Woodbury reviewed all his original tally sheets with Gardner. "That silenced him and we had quite a talk about the Forest Service and I believe he got a better idea of things than he had before."
7-8 October. Woodbury prepared maps and a report on the Newcastle Reclamation Co.
13 October. "I rode over to the camp at the mouth of the tunnel in the head of Pinto Canyon. I found the plant shut down and will probably not resume work with the engine for several days."
20 October. Woodbury described the method of planting pine seedlings. "We...puddled the trees and heeled them in. At 10 o'clock we began planting... Harris dug holes for me and I planted trees after him...[planting every 3rd row.] McAllister & MacFarlane came next & Hull & Moody on the third." At the end of the day, the crew had planted 1,000 trees.
22 October. "It seems with the practice of planting that we increase in speed, still keeping the same efficiency."
23 October. Woodbury released from his duties at the planting site in order to measure cordwood for the Newcastle Reclamation Company.
4-7 November. Woodbury returns to St. George to vote.
20 November. "This morning, it started to snow right hard and a heavy wind from the north made it one of the worst blizzards that I ever was out in."
22 November. Woodbury visited the tunnel at Pinto Canyon to measure cordwood for the Newcastle Reclamation Company. "I had quite a discussion with the foreman, Rob Gardner, about the wood, because things were not going exactly satisfactory..."
20 December. Woodbury rode to the Newcastle Reclamation Company to inspect the timber sale area and to discuss the "plan of measuring the wood by the days run of 24 hours."
5 January, 1913. Work on the drift fence was halted by bad weather. "A regular blizzard gale blowing today. Couldn't look, nor keep warm. Moved camp back to D.V. [Diamond Valley] so we could have a house to camp in."
16 January. Bad weather continued and the rangers agreed to abandon the drift fence for the season.
24 January. Woodbury visited the Newcastle Reclamation Company's tunnel site and "started them to make a test run of 10 days or 2 weeks to see if they burn any more wood than they did before they began to work on both ends of the tunnel."

Dates

1912 October 1-1913 January 31

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