Diary, 1917 May 1-June 30, 1917 September 1-September 30

File — Box: 2, Volume: 23

Identifier: II

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

In May Woodbury and Trimble collected information for the War Department. The exact nature of the information is unclear. The rangers canvassed every family in the area, measured public buildings and bridges, and drew up plans for their defense. The opening of the fishing season further delayed Woodbury's regular duties. He hurried to catch up on his office work and correct trespass cases. He also surveyed proposed changes in the forest boundary. There are no entries for July and August (see Bx 3 Bk 1).
1 May. Trimble and Woodbury prepared to collect "military information." The paperwork took most of the day and they were able to canvass only ten families in Oak City.
2 May. The rangers canvassed 25 families in Oak City.
3-4 May. They collected information at Fool Creek Flat and Mills.
5 May. While in Leamington collecting military information, "Roak called me [Woodbury] on the phone about the Sevier Bridge dam. Then I talked to the engineer of the Sevier River Land & Water Co. about guarding the dam."
7 May. Woodbury "measured sizes of public bldgs. here in town [Oak City], and gathered a lot of other information for the military report."
8 May. "Measured the public buildings & bridges etc. [in Leaminton]."
9-10 May. Canvassed families in Leamington, Lynn and those living near Gibson Mountain.
11 May. While returning to Oak City, Woodbury measured the bridge.
20 May. "Spent some time with the secretary of the Oak Cr. graziers association discussing plans for getting the thing to move. After church, I had a meeting with all the grazers available. I told them cattle were drifting up the canyons and wanted to know what steps they were going to take to prevent such drifting."
14 June. Woodbury's work was continually interrupted by people wanting to buy fishing licenses in anticipation of the opening of the season on June 15. "A great many people were going up the canyon today to camp ready for the opening of the fishing season tomorrow. Toward evening I drove up the canyon in the auto to see that the law was not violated tonight and see that people were careful with camp fires. Several people that were getting fishing tackle ready did not use it tonight, at least not until I left about dark."
16 June. "Made a report to the Fish & Game Commissioner and transmitted the fees and duplicates with a request for a new book."
20 June. Woodbury visited Simeon Walker to tally the cattle he was ready to release on to the range. The cattle, which Walker had recently purchased, did not carry his correct brand. Woodbury instructed Walker to brand them before releasing them. As Woodbury left town he noticed Walker's hired man herding the unbranded cattle on to the range. Woodbury insisted that he return them to town for branding. "Mr. Walker was awful mad. We had quite a confab and it was sometime before he decided to do it."
22 June. Woodbury met in Holden with George Nixon, Jr. to discuss the problems of organizing the grazers. He then drove to Scipio to have a similar discussion with Moroni Monroe and Peter Gronning.
25 June. Woodbury arranged a meeting between Ranger Herbert and the stockmen of Scipio and Holden to discuss larkspur eradication. He regrets that his other duties will keep him from attending the meeting.
8 September. Woodbury met with stockmen in Holden. "Several people wanted to talk with me, notably Dave Jones, and I thought it a good time to sow a few ideas about distribution of cattle on the range and the protection from poison and utilization of the good feed in Jump-off Canyon."
24 September. Stockmen and rangers met in Fillmore for two sessions of meetings. Later there was an informal meeting of Forest Service officers.
25 September. The Fillmore meeting continued with two more sessions, one of them on the Fillmore Watershed fence.
29 September. Woodbury prepared a letter to the District Forester concerning the application of the Oak Creek Advisory Board of the stockmen's association for a special rule providing for cooperation under the Act of June 30, 1914.

Dates

1917 May 1-June 30
1917 September 1-September 30

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