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( ( C O P Y ) o Las Yagas, Bevada, December o, 1939. Mr* Le© MoB&mee Att©m a y i m tl,p.E*B*Oo,, Lae Y@f?aa, Batndn Osar Sirs This let tar is in reference to our many conver­sations pertaining to tha Stewart four acres, water dispute and damage* Wo bar® witness#* till# five years ago, there thirty-six fruit trass still la tha ora bard out of a total of fcrty-ona planted. Bow, we bare only four trass standing, and those are in vary bad shape, la bare had a ;aa fro® tba United States Department of Agriculture pass on the®, and bis report la that look of water during tha air month* of summer has caused them to dry out *, that whan Fall comas, due to plenty of water and still warm weather, there is caused a falsa growth, choking the trees, tnd making it wary easy for the® to taka any disease that may be around* Be also at'tad. that tha bermuda' grass in the pas­ture would stay dormant during the dry season, but‘that tha foxtails would still seed and grow. A* you ^now, b&nnuda grass is good pasture nine month# of the year, and foxtails are only Hood for about six weeks before they head, than they ora dangerous to horses and aattie* There were also lots of rosea that were completely destroyed, Tha average value of fruit trees in California is $100*00 per tree; seven months loss of pasture would be figured on a basis of approximately f^bO.OO per year, and our bermuda pasture is ruined* la demand a settlement on this, and. also something definite about the wets? question. Your* very truly, TXZA ST2WABT |f MIMA STHABT BYALIK STEWART STAY,