SERVICE NOTES FOR AUGUST. 



These notes contain instructions and necessary information for 

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

 for reference. 



BRANCH OF SILVICULTURE. 



OFFICE OF EXTENSION, 



Form 977 



All supervisors who have not submitted the reports from their Forest officers on 

 seed crop of forest trees, due July 20, should do so at once, since it is very essential 

 that the data be available immediately for the preparation of plans for seed collecting. 



The Use Book Amended 



Under Free-Use Business, page 192 of The Use Book, the first sentence should 

 read "Annual statement for fiscal year" and not "calendar year". 



BRANCH OF GRAZING. 



Grazing- Trespass; Proposition of Settlement 



Rangers, unless instructed to do so by their respective supervisors, should not require 

 stock owners presumed to be grazing stock in trespass to submit propositions of settle- 

 ment. A ranger's report of a grazing trespass need not be accompanied by an offer 

 of settlement from the owner of the stock. In accordance with instructions con- 

 tained on page 120 of The Use Book, the supervisor, upon receipt of the ranger's 

 report, will consider the evidence submitted, and if, in his opinion, a trespass has 

 been committed, he will then request the owner of the stock to submit a proposition 

 of settlement. 



BRANCH OF LANDS. 



OFFICE OF LAAV. 



Civil Actions Recommended 



Black Hills National Forest M. R. & N. W. R. R. Co.; fire. 

 Sierra National Forest. S. J. Harris; special use trespass (occupancy). 



Criminal Actions Recommended 



Chelan National Forest, Harry Lough nane; timber trespass. 

 Coeur d'Alene National Forest. M. Brunton; special use trespass (saloon). 

 Deerlodge National Forest. Fleetwood Sothcott; special use trespass (saloon) 

 Missoula National Forest. James Wilson; special use trespass (saloon). 

 Pecos National Forest. A. Rainey and Clarence Knott; fire trespass. 



Trespass and Larceny; Lewis & Clark (S) National Forest 



On June 25 the Secretary of Agriculture recommended to the Department of Jus- 

 tice the prosecution of Fred Smith, James Brown, and Pete Jamison under the regu- 

 lation of the Secretary of Agriculture cited in paragraph (h), Regulation 64, page 120, 

 of The Use Book, for breaking a hasp upon a door of a building on an administra- 

 tive site. Provisions which were personal property of Supervisor Bunker were stolen, 

 but this did not constitute larceny from the United States. The Attorney General 

 was requested to ask the United States attorney at Helena to advise the supervisor 

 concerning prosecution for the larceny under State laws. 



OFFICE OF OCCUPANCY. 



Claims 



The Use Book Amended. The Use Book is hereby amended by inserting the title 

 "Procedure on Contested Claims " immediately before the last paragraph on page 37. 



The Use Book is hereby further amended by striking out the words "February 

 14, 1906" on page 292, and inserting in place thereof the words " September 30, 1907 



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