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[[underlined]] Manzano Mts [[/underlined]]

Mr. John Dee, who is working for the mill co. & has been Forest ranger, says there ^ [[insertion]] is [[/insertion]] no timber of value on the Manzano Nat. Forest, that all the good timber is owned by lumber co's.

Settlers are coming into the Juniper country and starting farms & some have good crops.

The old Apple trees at Manzano are said to be over a 100 years old & very large, but the apples are little & poor, evidently ungrafted seedlings.

Few mammals were seen.

[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Cynomys ludovicianus [[/underlined]] were common near East View
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Niotoma albigula [[/underlined]] ? Woodrat houses are numerous in the Juniper country.
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Odocoileus hemionus [[/underlined]] - Mule deer are said to be common in the Mts.
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Antilocapra [[/underlined]] There are said to be still lots of Antelope on the plains east of the Manzanos. A man was arrested with 3 that he had killed recently.
[[red checkmark]] [[underlined]] Ursus [[/underlined]] Black & brown bear are still common in the Manzanos.