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I have caught three Antelope Squirrels. They run on their wheel all day long. There are three in one cage.
The other day Rob saw that there was a gopher in his alfalfa. As he was irrigating he thought he would drown him out, He got some traps and then set them. When the water reached his hole down it went.  A few minutes later Seward heard the snap of the trap. On taking it out we found out that it had a white spot on its forehead so I skinned him and am waiting for it to dry; then I will send it to you.
It was too bad but Rob stepped 

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on his skull and cracked it so far as I could make out.
It has been raining lately but has cleared up now. The rain caused the river to flood but now it is down quite aways. At its very worst it reached John Maines's garage.
MacLean has to go all the way to Barstow to come over here. In the very midst of the storm two little kids were born. They are very cute.
Rob has been grading over at his place. Now they are working on their reservoir, putting in steel pipes and cleaning it.
I forgot to say. We found a baby snake up in the fields.