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>ale of wood. He has about 30,000 feet of saw logs now cut on the 

 rround he is not clearing. Xone of the other claimants live on their 

 'laims. 



I call your attention especially to the letter of Charles E. Scriber, 

 >f the Colfax Xational Bank, of Colfax, Wash., who. speaking for 

 he thirty or forty claimants in toAYnship 47 north, range -i east, 

 B. M., says that they made the claims in good faith so they might 

 ile on same under the '' timber and stone act: *' also the affidavit of 

 P. F. McGovern as to the Slate Creek settlers ; also a list of railroad 

 jcople, several of whom told me that if they could not *' timber and 

 -tone '' the land they would have to lose it. 



The conditions throughout the entire withdrawal do not differ from 

 :hose in the four townships especially indicated by you. 

 Respectfully, 



H. H. Schwartz, 

 Special Agent In Charge Fourth District. 



Colfax, Wash., June 20. 190o. 

 H. H. Schwartz, Esq.. 



Special Afjent General Land Office. Helena. Mont. 



Dear Sir : Replying to yours of June 12 addressed to G. T. Stevens, will say 

 that Mr. Stevens ^^ as not in a position to state accurately the numbers of his 

 land, and referred the letter to me for answer, since I had the data. 



The G. T. Stevens addressed is the particular G. T. Stevens who claims the 

 SE. i of section 29, township 47, range 5 east, Idaho. He, in connection with 

 -some 80 or 40 of us, located this land on the IGth day of June, 1902, and 

 sve have been patiently waiting ever since for the time to arrive when we 

 might file on same under the " stone and timber " act. If you will be kind 

 enough to give us what information you can regarding the matter, you will 

 greatly oblige many of us. 



Our position is simply this: In June, 1902. we went into this then unsurveyed 

 district, and, by notice, located certain tracts, and each summer since tlien 

 have gone back and familiarized ourselves with them, hoping that the district 

 of which survey was made, which was in the summer of 1903. would soon be 

 thrown open. The inspection of the survey was not made until the summer of 

 1904, and now, before the district is advertised for settlement, it seems that 

 there is talk of setting it apart for " forest reserve." If this is done, it will, of 

 course, include us. I can not speak for many of the other parties interested, 

 but personally I have been put to an expense of about $400 in going back and 

 forth to this timber, which is not very accessible ; and if we can conscientiously 

 go on and make title, I personally feel that we are entitled to some considera- 

 tion, and would like to hear from you fully regarding the situation. 



Thanking you in advance for an early reply, I am, 



Yours, very truly, Chas. E. Scriber. 



State of Idaho, 



County of Sho.shone. .s-.v; 



I, P. F. McGovern, being sworn, do on oath depose and say that I have a 

 settlement claim in section 32. township 47 north, range 4 east, B. M., and made 

 said settlement in May, 1902 ; that at i)resent I am city marshal of Coeur 

 d'Alene City, Idaho, for one year the 20th of this month ; 



That most of the claims in township 47 north, range 4 east, were located in 

 May, June, and July, 1902, and were mostly by Wallace, Idaho, people; to find 

 the lands, we ran a survey line from Wallace, at a cost of $300; after we con- 

 cluded to locate, we each i>ut in .$50 to run a survey line and make other improve- 

 ments, and in the fall of 1902 we each put in $10 to build a wagon road and trail 

 into the lands, and the business men of Wallace added to our fund until it made 



