SERVICE NOTES FOR OCTOBER. 



These notes contain instructions and necessary information for forest officers, and 

 will therefore be carefully read and kept on file for reference. 



LAW. 



OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR. 



Law Cases in District 1 



Criminal prosecution was instituted before United States commissioners as follows: 

 Earl Bush, E. Marott, L. E. Woodworth, and H. M. Latham, fire trespass upon the 

 Deerlodge National Forest August 2; held to the grand jury. 



UNITED STATES v. STACK-GIBBS LUMBER Co. AND SHOSHONE LUMBER Co. 

 The Stack-Gibbs Lumber Co., acting under a so-called contract of sale from the 

 Shoshone Lumber Co., entered upon certain lands within the boundary of the Coeur 

 d'Alene National Forest embraced in unapproved Northern Pacific Railroad selec- 

 tions (Mount Ranier scrip) and began to cut and remove the timber therefrom. 

 The case was reported to the Department of Justice for appropriate action. The 

 United States attorney for the district of Idaho instituted proceedings in the United 

 States circuit court for the purpose of securing an injunction. Subsequently, with 

 the approval of the Attorney General, he accepted a bond in the sum of $50,000 

 executed by both corporations and conditioned to pay the United States for all tim- 

 ber cut from lands included in any selections which might hereafter be rejected by 

 the Interior Department. In consideration of the filing of this bond, the suit in 

 equity was continued for one year. This action was taken by the Department of 

 Justice because of the fact that the timber was entirely fire-killed and rapidly dete- 

 riorating in value. Unless the timber should be cut and removed prior to the approval 

 of the scrip selections, a large proportion of it would have been an utter loss to the 

 Government and all other parties interested. 

 Law Cases in District 3 



Cases reported to the Department of Justice were settled by payments as follows: 

 Stephen F. Spurgeon, grazing trespass upon the Gila National Forest, $247.50 actual 

 damages, $50 punitive damages, and $50 costs; E. L. Neatherlin, grazing trespass 

 upon the Alamo National Forest, $133.20; Wayne Bros., grazing trespass upon the 

 Alamo National Forest, $225. 

 Law Cases in District 4 



Suits for the collection of civil damages were decided in favor of the Forest Service 

 as follows: John Henry, fire trespass upon the Palisade National Forest, $243.93 

 and costs; O. M. Geary, grazing trespass upon the Sawtooth National Forest, $147 

 actual damages, $100 punitive damages, and $13 costs; Wm. A. Fletcher, grazing 

 trespass upon the Sawtooth National Forest, $25 actual, damages, $50 punitive 

 damages, and $38.20 costs; H. L. Mitchell, grazing trespass upon the Weiser National 

 Forest, $50 actual damages, and $14 costs. 



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