67 



United States v. Ashland Box and Lumber Mfg. Co. : Timber trespass, 

 Crater National Forest. Hearing held before referee June 18, on 

 protest by receiver against Government claim of $781.08. Decision of 

 releree August 30, 1918, granting the Government's preferred claim 

 in the amount of $450.11. Case closed August 31, 1918. 



United States v. Allen T. Newton, Snoqualmie National Forest. Suit 

 instituted September 4, 1918, by Department of Justice to cancel patent. 



United States v. Ukiah Stock Co. : Grazing trespass, Umatilla Na- 

 tional Forest. Case closed September 11, 1918, on payment of $5.05 

 actual and $50 punitive damages. 



United States v. Sumpter Valley Railway. Order of Oregon Public 

 Service Commission issued July 5, 1918, granting the 15 per cent in- 

 crease in rates applied for, with the understanding that the Sumpter 

 Valley Railway had been released by the Federal Railroad Administra- 

 tion, thereby rendering the 25 per cent increase inoperative. Case 

 closed July 11, 1918. 



SERVICE PUBLICATIONS ISSUED. 



Department Bulletin 607. Tests of the Absorption and Penetration 

 of Coal Tar and Creosote in Longleaf Pine. 



Department Bulletin 680. Miscellaneous Conifers of the Rocky Moun- 

 tain Region. 



Department Bulletin 683. Utilization of Elm. 



Unnumbered Publication. Landscape Engineering in the National 

 Forests. 



Unnumbered Publication. Use But Do Not Abuse Farm Woodlands. 



CUMULATIVE INDEX TO SERVICE NOTES AND ORDERS. 



[October, 1918.] 

 [Numbers in parentheses after the month indicate page.] 



Cancellation of patent, district 6; October (67). 



Contempt of court, district 6; July (33). 



Corner removal, district 3; July (31). 



Held on charge of murder, district 4; October (65). 



Incorporation of Branch of Operation into Office of the Forester 

 Service Order 48; July (27). 



Injunction proceedings, district 2; October (62). 



Order granting increase in railroad rates, district 6; October (67). 



Suit to recover payments due under special-use permit, district 2 ; Octo- 

 ber (62). 



Technical charge of murder, district 3; July (31). 



