SERVICE NOTES FOR OCTOBER. 



These notes contain Instructions and necessary information to forest 

 officers, and will therefore be carefully read and kept on file for 

 reference. 



LAW. 



OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR. 



Law Cases in District 1 



United States v. Mike and Prank Ault : Grazing trespass, civil, 

 Absaroka National Forest. Case closed upon receipt of $60, value of 

 forage consumed. 



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

 and C. W. Werdenhoff : Fire trespass, civil, Lewis and Clark National 

 Forest. Case tried in Federal court, Great Falls, Mont., September 15 

 to 26, inclusive. Verdict by jury in favor of United States, sum of 

 $50,000 and costs ; costs not yet ascertained. 



Law Cases in District 2 



United States v. Millwood Lumber Co. : Timber trespass, Montezuma 

 National Forest. Case closed upon payment of $173.39. 



United States v. William Hemmerle : Gracing trespass, White River 

 National Forest. Settled by payment of $23.78. 



United States v. Roerig, Dunwoody, and Kirtley : Fire trespass, Pike 

 National Forest. Defendants, after preliminary hearing before United 

 States commissioner, were each held under $200 bond to appear at No- 

 vember term of court, Denver, Colo. 



State of Colorado v. Joseph Luro and Tony Favalero : Property tres- 

 pass, Pike National Forest. Defendants wen; charged, under the laws 

 of the State of Colorado, with malicious mischief, in that they willfully 

 defaced the walls of a ranger station house and barn by firing into 

 same. They were also charged with having hunted without first secur- 

 ing a license under the laws of the State. They were taken before a 

 local justice of the peace and fined the sum of $70 and costs, a total 

 of $97, which was paid. 



Law Cases in District 3 



United States v. Maxwell & Lahann : Grazing trespass, Manzano 

 National Forest. Case closed on payment of $98.67, the value of the 

 forage. 



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