Diary, 1913 February 1-May 31

File — Box: 2, Volume: 16

Identifier: II

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Work on the drift fence continued disrupted periodically by the weather. The fence was finally completed in April in time for Woodbury to prepare for the spring round up and tallying. From April 8 thru 15 he surveyed a new addition to the forest near Pinto posting boundary notices as he went. Woodbury spent most of May with the cattle drives.
4 February. "This morning, Benson and I went up in the hills south of the Indian farm to do some surveying in connection with some of the stock holders People's Tel. Co."
26 February. "Prepared a list of grazing permits held by the grazers who signed a petition to allow unlimited numbers of stock on the Forest."
27 February. "[Prepared] a letter to District Forester regarding the organization of various stock associations."
28 February. "I attended a meeting of the cattlemen of the Forest held by Mr. Hoyt to hear what they had to protest against, in accordance with their petition."
4 March. "President Wilson was inaugurated today."
19 March. "This morning I mounted the specimens of plants for the herbarium that I collected last summer and entered the date on the mounting sheets."
20 April. "Raphael and I rode over the proposed sheep range in Paradise with Joseph D. Cox and H. O. Gardner, then down to the forks of Pinto Creek and thence to Pine Valley, where we held a meeting with cattlemen."

Dates

1913 February 1-May 31

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