established a freight and passenger line from Vernal to Craig quoted a rate, I believe, of $1.50 per hundred. Perhaps when everything is ready a little better rate could be secured, but this is a long way ahead of the old expensive way. Mr. Stanton got rates for me from Craig to Pittsburg. I have not the letter by me just now, but they are undoubtedly cheaper than from Price, to which place we would have to make a haul in the opposite direction from which freight should go. Then only two loadings would be easier on the specimens.

	Part of the road from here to Jensen is in bad condition as the Brush Creek bridge was washed out last spring. We could not get the county to replace it at that time, and to get out we had to make a "hee" and go and put a temporary bridge across the creek in a man's field. It is a bad place to get thro and Mr. MURRAY HAS THREATENED TO CLOSE THE FENCE. Mr. Murray and I met with the County Commissioners a couple of weeks ago. The decided