SERVICE NOTES FOR APRIL. 



These notes contain instructions and necessary information to forest 

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

 reference. 



FORESTER. 



MOUNT IRELAND 



The U. S. Geographic Board at its meeting on April 4 designated the 

 peak in township 8 S., range 36 E., on the dividing line between Baker 

 and Grant Counties, Oreg., as Mount Ireland, in commemoration of the 

 late Supervisor Henry Ireland. 



LAW. 



OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR. 



Law Cases in District 1 



United States v. Ole T. Esp : Grazing trespass, civil, Absaroka 

 National Forest. Case closed on payment of $48, value of forage 

 consumed. 



United States v. Felicien Bonhomme : Grazing trespass, civil, Absaroka 

 National Forest. Case closed on payment of $70, value of forage con- 

 sumed. 



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

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

 Forest. March 1, 1917, the defendants paid the judgment, costs, and 

 interest, amounting to $53,793.50. Case closed. 



Law Cases in District 2 



United States v. Foxpark Timber Co. : Fire trespass, Medicine Bow 

 National Forest. This case involves damages in the sum of $697.89. 

 The Secretary of Agriculture, on February 8, 1917, recommended to 

 the Attorney General that the compromise offer of $571.30 be accepted. 

 The Attorney General, on February 28, 1917, authorized the United 

 States attorney -for the district of Wyoming to accept the offer. 



United States v. Frank C. Hunter, trustee in bankruptcy for the Elk 

 Mountain Mercantile Co. : Petition filed January 31, 1917, to establish 

 priority rights of the United States to funds held by trustee. 

 Law Cases in District 3 



United States v. Newman & Hess : Grazing trespass, Sitgreaves Na- 

 tional Forest. Case closed on payment of $10.93, the value of the 

 forage. 



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