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Tim ni:.i itri.ijin'ix, iii:xn, oiti:., wi:ixi:sday, aimuii .-, hmo. PAon nr. THE DESCHUTES RANGER j& j& FOB, MARCH u? j& The following nro extracts from the March number of The Deschutes Hunger Issued from the local fore3t office. The now supervisor of the Des chutes, W. O. llnstlngs, Is by no means new to the forest or to Its i ersonnol, but Is simply one of the oos returned to n Koiost with which lie tiocamo fnlrly well acquainted un der tho reign of Supervisor Harvey d later under Supmilsor Merrltt. One of his first expressions w lion" ho took up tho duties of lils now post was that ho felt "moio like a prod igal bou returning homo than llko n ptranger In a strango land." Soon Sut ervlsor Hastings will endeavor to irat.0 a complete, circuit of the rnn- which Is now In fair condition will .ndouhtcdly come through the win tor In good shape. 0. U. KvanB has recently purchased thirty head of two ysar old heifers which he will water from the well on his much In Section 10, T. 20 S, It. 14 i: V. M., In order to utilize tho range adjacent tn his place, wh'ch has hitherto been littlo used. This fact Is significant Inasmuch as 't fur nishes a good example of whnt wo may expect as soon as other water ing places aro developed. It might bo of IntoroBt to tho Ran gers of this Forest to know thnt tho Kort Rock well which Is being built from the Improvement funds allotted to tho Defoliates forest Is Hearing nritmilottmi ntnl lilila fnlt in lin n aim. rr lioadnuartors In order to fnmll- m.. ...n . . . .,.i uilro himself with local conditions !ftot d ,, , COIltrnctora, ,:nloo in each ranger district before tho pre-. lrothorB( hnvo 8U8,)omiC(, operations lire Ecnson activities begin. immHiiB tlin nrrlvnl nf tlin mimnlnc Still onothor chango has taken ,,,,. w)lIch ,mB ,)COn shlpi,ei, t0 Fort place on tho Deschutes and In this rase what Is our misfortunes Is cer tainly n stroak of good luck for tho Rainier Torcst. On or about April 1 0. W. Long, who for several years ban been nn nblo clerk In tho Sup ervisor's ofllco will bo transferred from tho Deschutes forest to the Rnlnlor Forest with headquarters at Tncomn. Mr. Long looks forward to tho chango with pleasant anticipa tion, not because ho la leaving tho Deschutes but becnuso It Is tnklng him nearer his old homo, which, of course, means more to most men than they enro to acknowledge, i'aradox 1ml as It may scorn, wo Bhall cer tainly bo sorry to loso Long as a r ember of tho Dcschutc3 personnel, but If It means advancement to him wo nro moro than pleased to see him go. Ills placo wiir bo takon on the Dcchutcs by Abbott C. Reed, wiio was transferred from tho Whitman 1'orcst to tho Deschutes effectivo on !lnrch 1. Mr. Reed ontorcd tho ser vice in District 2 nnd sorved as clerk on tlio Sundanco and Leadvllln forests nnd thorofore Is thoroughly familiar with Forest servlco work. It Is with no small amount of pleasure thnt wo nnnounco tho pro motion of llarvcv J. Vincent, which "became effectivo Fobrunry 1, but was not roportcd tot ho Supervisor's of llco In tlmo to nppoar in Inst month's nunnbor of tho Rangor. Tho promo tion Ib a chango In designation from Assistant Forest Ranger to Forest Ranger, but probably that whlch pleases Mr. Vincent most Is tho fact that tho promotion cnrrles with It nn lncroaso of $100 In salary. Tho man's good fortune Is tho result of years of caroful, conscientious, pains tnklng work nnd his promotion is hut un acknowledgement of efficient sor vlco. Tho following quotations from tho "minutes of the district commltteo meeting" of March 1 may bo of In lercHt to thoso who habitually road tho Rangor: "Mr. Stnloy said that tho Loulso Crlsomnn commuted homestead claim -which covors tho south Ico envo on tho Deschutes National Forest, hns been cnncellod nfter years of con troversy nnd that tho Supromo Court of tho United Stntos hns rovorscd the Rock. Tho contractors bollovo thnt they have pierced a water bearing Btrntum of rock which will furnish nn ndequato flow of wntor for stock grazing purposes In thnt vicinity Tho pumping plant will bo Installed Im mediately and a thorough test mado of tho volume of water nlrendy plejc od and If Insulllcicnt for our needs the work will continue on tho well to n -depth ef at least 250 feet or more. . It Is hard to realize Just what n successful well in this locality will menu to the grazing Industry. If tho water supply proves ndequato and If tho pumping plpnt can be operated nt a nominal chargo It will mean that soveral hundred head of cattlo can bo grazed In tho Cabin Lnko district. If thlp vvell proves successful It la only' a question of tlmo beforo tho Forest Servlco, through tho nppro prlntlon of spclnl rahgo Imple ment funds, of stock associations, through co-oporatlvo loviei, will havo drilled Kovoral such wolls in such places that all tho rango In tho Pnul Inn Mountains ma bo fullv utilized. Tho Tumalo Href Iireeders' Asso ciation held a meeting nt Sisters on March 11. Messrs Hastings, Harp ham and Vincent of tho Forest Ser vice wore In nttendnnce nnd had hop ed thnt n sufllclont represent! tlon of tho Sisters district would bo on hand to inako possible) the organization of n pew association for tho Slctors dU trlct. However, slnco only four users of tho Sisters unit woro In nttend anco It was decided to call nnothor meotlng for March 18, which meet ing wns held with tho result that about fourtcon local users signed up a constitution and by-laws rind elect ed officers for ono yoar. Another meotlng wilt ho hold tn a couplo of weeks to porfect tho organization nnd adopt special rules, etc., to meot local conditions, nftor which all- data will bo forwarded to tho District Forcstor for approval. This ofllco Is very glnd to sco such organizations formed. Wo b-llovo that thoso Instrumental In forming such organizations will have no cause for regret and that If nil will work togothor n great amount of good can ho accomplished. Considerable Interest Is liolng shown by tho peoplo of Mllllcan val ley In tho proposed road to Hast rircult Court of Appeals nnd nflrmed j i.ako from tho east sldo of the moun .Tuddo Wolvorton's decision In tho IT H. District Court for Orogon In (ho cnto of I'nlted States vs. Morrison, Involving a enso whom tho Kioto Bold Innil In a school section which was embraced In n Forest withdrawal af ter survey In tho field nnd aftor ap proval by tho Survoyor Gonornl, but prior to tho nccoptanco by tho Com missioner of tho Gonornl I.nnd OIIlco. Tho Supremo Court hold that tho Stnto did not hnvo tltlo to such soc- 1Ions" tain. Them Is still too much enow In the Pnullnna to do nny work cm this rord, but soon ns conditions will por mlt thla road will bo looked over thoroughly and n doflnlto location do cldod tipon. Mr. Hush, of tho Fort Rock Times, Btntod a fow days ago tlirt tho settlers of Fort Rock would ho glad to co-opornto In the construc tion of this ror.il. In order to glvo thorn a shorter touto to a rocrcatlou ground. Tho first public camping ground to 'Tho Secrotnry of Agrlculturo has bo Improved according to circular lot- mibmltted his roport recommending legislation for tho disposal of tho O. & C. grant lands In Orogon. Tho principal points of It aro (a) that tho 300.000 acres now Insldo tho boun- ter O-FIro, No. lGf.2, In tho Pino Mountain district, Is on the Pino Mountain road In Section 17, T. 21 8.. R. 15 K., W. M. Tho slto. which lias been used considerably In tho darles ho mado n part of tho National J past has been Improved by building ""orests, (b) that tho timber should ltu sold In advanco of Its demand frr rutting by tho lumber Industry nnd if) that tho lands bo classified Into a rock flro placo provided with n lug polo and pot hooks, by building n tablo and digging a garbage pit. It rsqulrod four hours work, 12 fdot of four croups (1) land chiefly valu-jl mbor, n fow nnils and about ton nblo for vvator power, wiilcii gnouid reet or number 9 wlro. o hold by tho Federal Government though the timber might be disponed Rangor Ilrlnkley nnd J. II. Haner. seorotnry-trensuror of the Central of, (2) mineral lands which hould , Oregon" Flro Proteotlvo AsoclrUlon be disposed of under tho miuHrnl aro nt present engaged la repairing ntry lnwa: (3) timber londs. carrv-tho Forest Servlco tolephono lino ox ing over 250,000 feet II. M., por(tondlng southward from Rend on tho fnrtv and (4) tho romalndsr to bej west sldo of the Desohutw river. The disposed of under tho homestead Mno has sufforod badly as the rou!f lows. The Secretary Bays that the 'of railroad construction and the pres T'nreet Is willing to assist In tho clns-1 cnt ropalrs amount practically to a mention ot the last two classes or i reimiiomB oi me line. lands." ' Mr. Munger Mid that the Forest Td aiiproved our making n vroposl tlo" of land exchango with a ponmanv on tho Ochooo National Forest of such n nnturo that tho lands received will probablv be re-exchanged with nnothe'r cofiipany. The dual exchange however, effects the purnotM of the et of consolidating the National Forest Another appllcntlnn, Involv ing about 17.000 acres, for nn et- The engineering party of the Stra- horn railroad la doing location work Just oast of the Paulina Mountains Their present en nip Is at Kast Iiutte In T. 22 S., R. 15 K., where the moved from I'vnna' ranch on March 8. From this cunip the iwrty will move to the South Ico Cave nod Join their work with that of another par ty working north from Silver Lake From the South Ice Cave they will move back to the Perch nl ronoh on chance of landa formerly within the j tho Ilond-IJurna road and extond Paullnn Forest nnd now within that their main line east towards Rums T)echutes Forest has been received " From the best Information avail n'lle at present It la believed' that the loss of stock during the past winter. m the Pine Mountain pountrv. Is not ns grot as It was feared some time "o. The snow Is practically gono from the High Desert. The gra-s Is leglnnlnu to start, and tho stock from that point During early March Ranger H. E Smith spent some time getting out poles for a horse corral at Pine Mountain station, a much needed im provement. For tho past few dayg his time has been apent Improving roads and posting guldo signs In the vic'nlty of Pine Mountain Si far this work hns been coullued to the open giound as thero Is too much snow In tho tlm-ber to permit of travel. A. F. Hauser, of Port Rock, who was employed on tho Deschutes and Fremont forests Inst ear, has been crslgned to the position of lookout on Palillnn peak for tho coming sum mer. This Is tho first assignment thnt hns been made this year, but It Is thought that most of our old men will bo with us ngaln this summer. Tho Illg River land classification project which has been In courso of prejiarntlon for several years and suf fered many Interruptions is finished nnd will go to tho "district forester for rovlew within a few dnjs. Much of tho Hold work of this projr-ct was conducted In the Tall of 1!)11 under tho iffiectlon cf Assistant rnnj-or John Jills and the task of finish ng the work h.ls fallen upon Forest Assist ant W. J. SpronL The ptesont stat us oft he work shown that Mr. Spiont hao succeeded In making n valuable report In spite of tho m.ui Interrup tions. The Pnullnn ctenslve reconnais sance aluo Is nenr completion. Assis tant Hanger J. A. Urlnkle-. who hns been making tho oince copies of the timber cover nnd topographic maps, has finished this part of tho work nnd has submitted the maps to tho Dlstrl t Forester for ciitlcIsM The wrltt'ii work In connect!' n with this clast'fli 'tlon of tho land wl h'n the old r ni'na forest will be tit-ciinrcd In . the District i nice, probnblj under tin I direction of lormcr Supervisor Mcr-,iltt. Tho heavy fall ot snow In the mountains this winter has suggested tho dcslrnblllty of making a study of tho effect of forest giowth on tho molting of winter snows The sub ject, If Intelligently handled, will mid Important, data to tho already partial ly established fact that Forest grovvh retards the tho run off appearing In the streams by fully a month, there by giving tho users of Irrigation water an added supply during the growing season This study will lie contacted on the Tumnlo wntersl.eil within the Deschutes forist and will bo under tho Immediato dlrectkn of Forest Vsststnnt Sproat AIKill; FOR .IOM.S 1111,1,. (Tho Orogonlnn.) WASHINGTON, D. C, March 30. O. Lnurgaard, of Portland, nnd .1. I. lllnklo, ot llcriiilston, nccompauled by Repiesontntlvo McArlhur. todav had n hearing beforo tho Sonata li rlgnllon commltteo on Senator .tones' bill providing that tho Government Bhall guarantee. Interest on bonda Is sued by rcctnmntlon nnd drainage districts duly aulhorl-'cd under stnto law. Mr, McArlhur made no argu ments hut filed n brlot with tho com mltteo. . Whe.n you buy n snek ot outsldo flour mm hinder tho development of Ceiitrni Oiegon'B farm resources Mako It a practlco to buy the homo nroiiMPt FVerv suck guaranteed ndv eaagssg35K5ZGsaBJBB: wwim r,v, xkm ihA ii lUtjiiJiJNSEESSgsaassaassg fJKul&!M3SSSeCl3m28Bs w 1 fS InJAAXJOK . & In t ii&Jtirftii?'4,T,!M)'nJi am' "Pixk 9mJm lsmWu,S3mmm. I Wfflr&mFw mFWM I MMMXS to0'ftr Author of Riders off the Purple Sage A fifteen-year-old school girl devoured this story without stopping. A staid business man started it on the train and passed his station. An editor, who reads all day, sat up most of the night to finish it. And now it comes to you. 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