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UNITED STATES v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD Co. (fire trespass) Retrial of 

 this case was held and resulted in a verdict for the Government of $4,000 and costs. 

 The costs in the first and second trials amounted to approximately $800. 



UNITED STATES v. HENRY ALLEN and S. E. WELL (fire trespass), in the Federal 

 court, Seattle, Wash. Defendants entered a plea of nolo contendere and were fined 

 100 and costs. 



UNITED STATES v. CORVALLIS & EASTERN RAILROAD Co. (fire trespass). Judgment 

 for $4,428.38 rendered in the United States District Court for Oregon was affirmed by 

 the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco. Payment of damages 

 with interest and costs amounting in all to $5,575.54 has been made. 



OPERATION. 

 Changes in Boundaries and Areas 



Proclamations and Executive orders have been signed changing National Forest 

 boundaries as follows: 



In District 4 the proclamation signed December 8 eliminated 127,570 acres from and 

 added 27,360 acres to the Moapa National Forest, Nev. The Executive order 

 signed November 3 eliminated 1,400 acres from the Santa Rosa National Forest, 

 Nev. 



In District 6 the proclamations of October 23 transferred approximately 46,000 

 acres of land from the Rainier National Forest to the Snoqualmie National Forest. 

 No eliminations were made in connection with either forest. 

 Purchase of Wire- 

 Considerable trouble has been caused by purchases of wire being made from other 

 than the regular contractor or at other than contract prices. To avoid this in future, 

 the district foresters have been instructed that all orders by supervisors and other 

 forest officers for telephone wire should be forwarded through the office of the district 

 fiscal agent, who will, if the purchase is properly payable from Forest Service funds, 

 initial the order and transmit it immediately to the dealer or agent. 



SILVICULTURE. 

 New Organization of Investigative Work 



The Central Investigative Committee, provided for in the Manual, was designated 

 by the Forester on January 2. It consists of Raphael Zon, chairman, representing 

 Silviculture, James T. Jardine, representing Grazing, and Howard Weiss, representing 

 Products. District investigative committees will be appointed as soon as practicable. 

 They will consist ordinarily of four men, three of whom are engaged in the major lines 

 of investigation, silviculture, grazing, and products. The fourth will oe a supervisor. 



The creation of these committees marks a progressive step in the development of the 

 investigative work of the Service. It is a recognition of the old principle that several 

 heads are better than one, in perfecting plans which call for the best the Service has in 

 scientific attainments and experience in research. 



The investigative work of the Service has greatly broadened within the last three 

 years. A large and well-equipped laboratory in forest products is now conducted at 



