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2 When you come through here or are in the Grand Forest I want you to talk with Mr Britten the Park Ranger. or with Mr Welch
of Three Rivers or any of the citizens hereabouts about the matter of slaughter of deer - even? illegible fa illegible , by
the soldier patrol in the two Natural parks of this Co. My belief is that they are right as to the desirability of changing
rule 5 of the Park regulations, and that the killing of deer or other game in the parks should be absolutely forbidden. I
have so written to Pinchot, asking him to see the Sec'y of Interior, so that a change may be illegible this summer. Soldiers
should be prohibited from carrying any but side arms in the park They dynamite? fish also the most vicious practice that exists.
Can you not write 3 Secy Hitchcock, or other wise use your influence to put matters on the right basis if you are convinced,
as I am that the parks are being used as a game preserve for very common soldiers, while citizens are liable to arrest if
found with guns in the parks. The principle is wrong. Also ask Mr Britten about the letters he has received relative to allowing
the owners of Round Meadow etc.? to haul out wood on the new govt road when completed. This is an old question - that of the
strong desirability of exhausting their? titles to all private claims on the Grant Forest before this road is completed. If
trees about Round Tharps meadow are cut, it means a ruin of the most charming feature of the Park. Whether they are cut
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