"From Lewis to Longmire via Ohanapecosh. Sept. 30, 1930 to Yakima. He started walking 2 1/2 miles below Ohanapecosh. The territory from Clear Creek to the Ranger Station is a valley with the same sort of vegetation as that at Bear Prairie. He saw no deer sign. But there were 5 cars parked at Summit Creek, sportsman's cars, and we had passed 2 pack outfits coming in. The ranger at Ohanapecosh, Mr. Richards, said that deer are diminishing in numbers due to winter depredations of the inhabitants around Lewis. He thinks that area should be a preserve. He doesn't think that the hunting in open season is causing any serious losses. The deer don't come down out of the parks until well after the season closes. He feels that the area to the Divide should be in the park also. 5000 elk are reported on a national forest on the