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United States v. Lane Lumber Co. (bankrupt) : Timber trespass, 

 civil, Coeur d'Alene National Forest. Proceedings before referee In 

 bankruptcy November 25 in reference to priorities. 



United States v. Hans L. Miller : Occupancy trespass, civil, Beartooth 

 National Forest. Trespass on ranger station. Complaint filed Novem- 

 ber 18, 1916. 



United States v. J. E. Sodergren : Grazing trespass, civil, Beaverhead 

 National Forest. Case closed upon payment of $13.70, value of forage 

 consumed. 



United States v. Albert P. Wicks : Fire trespass, criminal, Madison 

 National Forest. Information filed by United States attorney November 

 22, 1916. 



Law Cases in District 2 



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

 National Forest. Case presented to grand jury for the District of 

 Colorado on November 25 ; no indictment returned. 



United States v. Thomas J. Van Arsdale : Defendant charged with 

 personating a Government officer. Defendant entered a plea of guilty 

 in the district court for the District of Colorado and was sentenced to 

 pay a fine of $25 and costs, amounting to approximately $20. 



United States v. Carbon Timber Co. : Timber trespass, Hayden Na- 

 tional Forest. Judgment in favor of the United States in the sum of 

 $4,507.70. There is included in this amount $1,883.55 interest, at the 

 rate of 8 per cent per annum since December 31, 1907, the date of the 

 final trespass. 



United States v. Carbon Timber Co., and Elk Mountain Mercantile 

 Co. : Fire trespass, Medicine Bow National Forest. Judgment in favor 

 of the United States against the Elk Mountain Mercantile Co. in the 

 sum of $22,076.46. Included in this amount is the sum of $2,099.79 

 damage t6 immature timber. The court refused to allow the inclusion 

 of an item of $527.29, representing the amount expended by the Gov- 

 ernment in the payment of salaries of regularly employed forest officers, 

 who assisted in extinguishing the fire. 



United States v. W. H. McKinley : Grazing trespass, Montezuma 

 National Forest. Case closed through payment of judgment in the 

 sum of $300 and $320.02 costs, a total of $620.02. 



United States v. Arthur Harvey : Occupancy trespass, Black Hills 

 National Forest. Injunction granted by the district court for the Dis- 

 trict of South Dakota, enjoining defendant from continuing to occupy 

 and use lands for agricultural and grazing purposes held by the de- 

 fendant under placer mining locations ; also decree ordering defendant 

 to remove fences upon such lands. 



United States v. Baatz and Peavey : Fire trespass, Routt National 

 Forest. Case settled through payment of the sum of $140. 



