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Service for its members. Copies will be supplied as in former years to 

 District Foresters and Supervisors for their personal use. Other forest 

 officers may have personal copies by sending their names to the For- 

 ester. Requests will be filed, and filled in the order of their receipt as 

 long as the supply lasts. Copies will be supplied as usual by the Library 

 for district libraries. 



LAW. 



OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR. 



Law Cases in District 1 



United States v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. : On 

 November 2, 1914, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at San 

 Francisco handed down an opinion requiring the railway company to 

 sign a stipulation to cross the Coeur d'Alene Forest and to pay dam- 

 ages for timber cut, burned, etc., in the aggregate of $68,489. This 

 opinion affirms the opinion rendered by the District Court of Idaho. 



United States v. Homer Hodges : Occupancy trespass, Deerlodge Na- 

 tional Forest. On November 13, 1914, the district court for Montana 

 rendered a decision in favor of the United States requiring Hodges to 

 vacate the Pioneer ranger station. The station, which is outside of the 

 National Forest, was withdrawn in 1908 by the Interior Department. 

 Hodges contended that the withdrawal was invalid. The court, how- 

 ever, held otherwise. 



United States v. Milwaukee Lumber Co. : Timber trespass, St. Joe 

 National Forest. Injunction proceedings dismissed and bond released 

 by the United States, the classification of the land involved showing it 

 to be nonmineral and the property of the Northern Pacific Railway Co. 



United States v. W. W. Ferrell : Occupancy trespass, St. Joe National 

 Forest. Temporary injunction issued February 9, 1913. On November 

 14, 1914, case dismissed without prejudice by the United States. 



United States v. Great Northern Railway Co., Winston Bros., and 

 C. C. Werdenhoff: Fire trespass, Flathead and Lewis and Clark Na- 

 tional Forests. On October 31 complaint filed in Federal court at Butte 

 asking for $223,853.08 damages for fire started by the defendants upon 

 the right of way of the Great Northern Railway Co. within the Flat- 

 head and Lewis and Clark National Forests during July, 1910. 



United States v. Charley Niel : Grazing trespass, criminal, Beaver- 

 head National Forest. Violation of regulations. On October 24 Niel 

 plead guilty to the information filed against him and was fined $25 

 and additional costs of $31.70. Fine and costs were paid. 



United States v. Glenn Gould : Timber trespass, civil, Jefferson Na- 

 tional Forest. Case settled upon payment of $28.70, value of timber 

 cut. 



United States v. Levi A. Shelton : Timber trespass, civil, Jefferson 

 National Forest. Case settled upon payment of $13.69, value of 

 timber cut. 



