SERVICE NOTES FOR JANUARY. 



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. L. R. Jones : Grazing trespass, civil, Sioux National 

 Forest. Case closed upon payment of $66.50, value of forage consumed. 



United States v. Philip Link : Occupancy trespass, civil, Coeur d'Alene 

 National Forest. Trespasser left area after ejectment proceedings. 

 Case closed. 



United States v. Milwaukee Lumber Co. and Fidelity & Deposit Co. of 

 Maryland : Proceedings on contract and bond for timer cut from can- 

 celed Joseph Robicheau homestead claim, St. Joe National Forest. Upon 

 payment by defendants of $3,344.25, the value of the timber cut, and 

 court costs, amounting to $44.55, the case was dismissed by the United 

 States Attorney. Case closed. 



United States v. Northern Pacific Railway Co. : Cancellation of patent 

 No. 69511, Gallatin National Forest. November 2, 1918, a decision ad- 

 verse to the United States was rendered in the United States Court for 

 Montana. Appeal will be taken to the Circuit Court of Appeals. 



United States v. O'Neil-Irvine Co. ; Fire trespass, civil, Coeur d'Alene 

 National Forest. Case closed upon receipt of $83.75, value of timber de- 

 stroyed. 



State of Montana v. John White : Obtaining money under false pre- 

 tense, Lolo Rational Forest. October 8 White was employed by the 

 United States Employment Agency at Missoula for the Forest Service. 

 He was furnished a ticket by the Forest Service from Missoula to Sildex, 

 Mont. He used the ticket but failed to report on the job. October 29 

 complaint was filed against him before a justice of the peace in Missoula 

 County. A plea of guilty was entered and defendant was sentenced to 

 10 days in the county jail. Value of ticket $3.70. Case closed. 



Law Cases in District 2 



United States v. U. V. Herard : Grazing trespass, San Isabel Na- 

 tional Forest. Defendant confessed judgment, which was paid in full 

 in the sum of $150 damages and costs, amounting to $49.85. 



United States v. Frank E. Coe : Timber trespass, Medicine Bow Na- 

 tional Forest. Case involved timber cut on lands covered by lieu se- 



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