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DISTRICT 6. 

 Deschutes National Forest J. D. Combs (grazing trespass , 



Indictment of Louis B. Webb 



Louis R. Webb was indicted September 15 by the Federal grand jury for the 

 northern district of California for maliciously setting forest fires on the Klamath 

 National Forest. 



Conviction of Fleetwood Sothcott and C. H. Mullin 



Fleetwood Sothcott convicted of special use tresspass (saloon) on the Deerlodge 

 National Forest. 



C. H. Mullin convicted in United States district court at Boise, Idaho, of fire tres- 

 pass on the Weiser National Forest. 



OFFICE OF OCCUPANCY. 



Administrative Sites, Occupied Lands 



All Forest officers are requested to give particular attention to the last paragraph 

 on page 52 of The Use Book. It is extremely important that no injustice be worked 

 upon occupants of National Forest lands through the taking of the land for adminis- 

 trative uses, and that an amicable agreement be reached with such occupants when 

 the administrative use of the lands is absolutely necessary. 



Names of Administrative Sites 



All administrative sites should be given appropriate local names. When new 

 names are given sites which were inappropriately named, the Forester must be noti- 

 fied by letter referring to the old name under which the site was withdrawn. New 

 names must not be used in correspondence before such notice is given. 



Special Uses, Advertising Signs 



The placing and maintaining of advertising signs on unclaimed National Forest 

 lands and upon un patented claims and county roads in National Forests are, of course, 

 subject to Regulation 6. In the case of signs within rights of way for county roads, 

 the same principles apply as in the case of telephone lines along county roads (The 

 Use Book, pp. 64 and 65). No special-use permits should be issued for large or con- 

 spicuous signs, and when such signs are not removed upon request of the Forest 

 officers trespass reports should be made on Form 856. There is no objection to 

 small advertising signs which serve as guideposts where guideposts are necessary. 

 No charge will be made for the permits, since they will be issued only for small signs 

 which will be of benefit to the public. 



Claims 



When supervisors believe that a number of claims of any kind or several kinds 

 are the result of a collusive effort to obtain title fraudulently, it is requested that the 

 reports to the Forester on all such claims be made as near the same time as practi- 

 cable. The report upon each of such claims, whether they are reported upon at the 

 same time or noi, should be accompanied by a letter referring to the other claims 

 involved and giving the dates when the other reports were made or the approximate 

 dates when they will be made. 



