HOMPSOR Olympus Guard Station to Pol Due Hot Spring May 1, 1934. Last few days we have seen 2 old decomposing logs eaten by elk. At the hot near the calip, a 4 ft. diameter log long decaying, has been extensively dug into and eaten along the under side. Tracks indicate that elk get down on their knees to reach as far in under as possible. Murie is having some of this rotten wood chemically analysed to ascertain what ingredients it contains. A spotted skunk's (Spilogale phenax olympica) den was located under a log near by. Fresh bear sign was found on top the ridge above Holy Lake. Five different footy grouse were heard booming during the day. One California Creeper (Certhia familiaris occidentalis) was seen in Hot valley. It is reported to me that elk and deer summer in Bogachiel Basin at the foot of (and on the slopes) Bogachiel Peaks. A hunter in Forbes told me that he had gotten his deer there every fall for many years. Bill Dane, the Pol Due ranger, reported that two years ago a band of elk