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snip between investigative and administrative work which has hitherto 

 existed. This will not be broken up in any way. The work of the 

 Branch of Research will be conducted through the district offices and 

 field organization in the same manner as that of other branches. 

 Procedure under the new branch will be organized so as to insure the 

 participation of all of the administrative branches in their related lines 

 of research to as full an extent as at the present time ; and a special 

 effort will be made to adapt the researches undertaken as closely as 

 possible to the current administrative needs of the Service. 



It is the purpose of this change to develop and strengthen research 

 work as a coordinate division of the Forest Service, and to give the 

 research work and personnel the fullest possible recognition* A service 

 order establishing the new branch and indicating more fully the pro- 

 cedure and relationships affecting it will oe issued in the near future. 



LAW. 



OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR. 



Law Cases in District 1 



United States v. A. Boulais : Timber trespass, civil, Pend Oreille 

 National Forest. Settled by payment of $437.58, value of timber cut. 



United States v. Eli Dobrota : Fire trespass, criminal, Missoula 

 National Forest. Information prepared and forwarded to United 

 States Attorney, who filed same in the Federal Court January 15, 1915. 

 Dobrota arraigned January 26, entering a plea of not guilty. 



United States v. O. J. Langhus : Grazing trespass, civil, Absaroka 

 National Forest. Closed upon payment of $10.30, value of forage 

 consumed. 



United States v. Hans Pederson : Grazing trespass, civil, Beaverhead 

 National Forest. Settled by payment of $46.73, value of forage 

 consumed. 



United States v. Ben Romney, Bill Sanderson, Cliff Rader, and John 

 Doe Samuels : Occupancy trespass, criminal, Absaroka National Forest. 

 March 12, 1915, complaint sworn out before United States commissioner 

 at Livingston, Mont., charging these men with stealing Government 

 property. 



United States v. Frank Schulz : Grazing trespass, civil, Beaverhead 

 National Forest. Settled by payment of $33.53, value of forage 

 consumed. 



Law Cases in District 2 



United States v. W. R. Sanborn : Occupancy trespass, Pike National 

 Forest. Settled by payment of $34.46, the amount of damages in- 

 volved. 



United States v. J. H. McNealey : Grazing trespass, Medicine Bow 

 National Forest. Settled by payment of $17, the amount of damages 

 involved. 



