Marshall, 1939 Whiteck's Forest, Nov 17-19 by shooting with rifle (for problem on maturation of cones by Mr. Cockrell) On the afternoon we drove up to Saddle of Redwood Mt. and found that the Park Service had bought the large tracts of land there I was (without considering the small holders still in there) beginning to put up signs, trails (to Sugar Bowl) & planning roads. The small propertytees & Wortman's logged property were being "condemned" & attempting to be bought up for low prices. By a strange coincidence, we saw Prof. Fitch of Forestry dept. who had been canvassing looking over Redwood Canyon with a Park Service man. He tried to tell us that the white fir was very poor in the area. (Propaganda for getting the land cheap?) We collected some cones & went down the mt. to Wortman's old mill - saw a