SERVICE NOTES FOR APRIL. 



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

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



LAW. 



OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR. 



Law Cases in District 2 



The case of the United States v. Martin Farrell, involving a timber trespass on the 

 Medicine Bow National Forest, was settled by the payment by defendant of $29.08. 



The case of the United States v. Lanphere-Hinrichs Company, involving a timber 

 trespass on the Black Hills National Forest, was settled by the payment by defend- 

 ant of $203.26. 



The case of the United States v. George Winters, involving a timber trespass on 

 the Pike National Forest, was settled by the payment by defendant of $99.21. 



In the case of the United States v. Warshauer-McClure Sheep Co., Antonio Salazar, 

 Carlota v. de Archuleta, and Guadalupe Salazar, involving a grazing trespass on the 

 San JUan and Rio Grande National Forests, criminal proceedings against herders 

 were dropped by Attorney General with approval of the Secretary of Agriculture 

 upon payment of $391.25 damages in civil case. 



In the case of the United States v. George Korab, a temporary restraining order 

 was granted by the court at Sioux Falls, S. Dak., on February 24, 1913, restraining 

 Korab from cutting timber for sale from his homestead pending the final adjudication 

 by the Interior Department of the adverse proceedings against his entry. 



In the case of the United States v. John White, involving a violation of the State 

 game laws of .South Dakota, the defendant, on December 24, 1912, was bound over 

 for trial before the circuit court at Deadwood, S. Dak., and released on $1,000 bond. 

 The case was set for trial on April 2, 1913. 



In the case of United States v. Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway Company, 

 wherein the Government sought to recover for damage done to mature live and dead 

 timber and reproduction on the Arapaho National Forest by a fire started by one 

 of the company's engines, a trial was held on January 28, 29, and 30, which resulted 

 in a verdict of $1,306.04 and costs in favor of the Government. The defendant com- 

 pany has filed a motion for a new trial upon the ground of newly discovered evidence. 



Law Cases in District 3 



H. O. Bursum, grazing trespass (civil), Datil. Case closed on payment of $87.64, 

 value of the forage consumed. 



Thomas Parker, timber trespass (civil), Ozark. January 20, 1913, confessed judg- 

 ment for $72.58, amount sued for; $67 paid on judgment. 



Manuel Gomez, grazing trespass (civil), Jemez. Settled for $35 on demand of 

 United States attorney. 



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