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Erickson
1935.
Klamath and vicinity.
Orrick
Del Norte Co., California.
June 11.
Car trouble delayed start this morning. Five sets at Chapmans, untouched, taken up. Took three gophers from sets 7 mi north of Klamath, all of sets taken up. Went toureka to put Mrs Blanchard on stage.
June 12.
Went fromureka to Orrick. Spent afternoon looking for gophers along Redwood Creek and in hills on either side of valley, only moles found.
June 13.
Asked eight different farmers where gophers could be found, all but one said moles were common, but didn't think there was a gopher in the valley; one evidently didn't distinguish between moles and gophers; said specimen had been sent to University of California but couldn't get enough of a description to determine whether it was a mole or gopher. Went back to Chapman's ranch; made six sets near his place and in fields to south along old county road. Went up Orrick, Orleansureka road five miles to first prairie; no gophers. One farmer thought gophers might be found on next prairie, 20 miles farther on, but did not follow up this possibility. Looked at traps in evening, all sets untouched.