119 



Law Cases in District 6 



United States v. Matt Smith : Fire trespass, Wenatchee National 

 Forest. Payment of $201.12, covering $80.86 damage and $120.26 

 expense of fighting fire, received and case closed. 



United States v. Clarence N. Bush : Occupancy trespass, Snoqualmie 

 National Forest. On March 6 the United States District Court for the 

 Western District of Washington entered a decree of injunction in this 

 case. The defendant continued to occupy the land embraced in his 

 former squatter claim which had been declared invalid. 



United States v. Morrison et al. : On February 21 the Supreme Court 

 of the United States reversed the decision of the Circuit Court of 

 Appeals and affirmed that of the United States District Court for 

 Oregon and held that the State of Oregon did not take title to school 

 sections embraced within a Forest withdrawal after survey in the field 

 and after approval of the survey by the surveyor general but prior to the 

 acceptance of the survey by the Commissioner of the General Land 

 Office. 



SERVICE PUBLICATIONS ISSUED. 



Department Bulletin 327. The Spruce and Balsam Fir Trees of the 

 Rocky Mountain Region. 



Farmers' Bulletin 111. The Care and Improvement of the Woodlot. 



CUMULATIVE INDEX TO SERVICE NOTES AND ORDERS. 



[APRIL, 1916.] 

 [Numbers in parentheses after the month indicate page.] 



Agricultural Yearbook; Jan. (83). 



Development of new equipment; July (26). 



Establishment of the Branch of Research ; Oct. (52-55). 



Property secured by purchase; July (26). 



Reprint of Geological Survey Guidebooks; Apr. (114). 



Law cases in district 1 

 2 



July (24) ; Jan. (84) ; Apr. (114-115). 

 Oct. (55) ; Jan. (85) ; Apr. (115-117). 

 July (24) ; Oct. (56) ; Jan. (85) ; Apr. (116-117). 

 July (25) ; Oct. (56-57) ; Jan. (85-86) ; 



Apr. 117-118). 



July (25) ; Oct. (58) ; Jan. (86-87) ; Apr. (118), 

 July (25) ; Jan. (87-88) ; Apr. (119). 



