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Law Cases in District 4 



United States v. Hans Hansen Hedemark: Additional homestead entry, Cache 

 National Forest. " P Salt Lake City No. 010217 and 07877." The Commissioner of 

 the General Land Office, March 1, 1913, decided that a squatter who had settled 

 upon public lands prior to their inclusion within a National Forest, exhausted his right 

 of entry in the matter of the lands settled upon where he had applied for, accepted the 

 listing of, and entered 17 T V& acres of such lands; that he could not make an addi- 

 tional entry of a portion of the lands settled upon by him unless the same was first 

 listed by the Forest Service. 



United States v. Loe Brothers: Breach of timber sale contract, Weiser National 

 Forest. This case was settled by payment by the defendants of the sum of $300. 



United States v. Alexander Ross: Grazing trespass on the Payette National Forest. 

 February 10, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information charging him 

 with a grazing trespass and the court imposed a fine of $10. 



United States v. James L. Neilson: Grazing trespass on the Nebo National Forest. 

 Defendant settled by payment of $5 actual damages, $15 punitive damages, and $15.50 

 costs, making a total of $35.50. 



United States v. P. A. Quickert: Grazing trespass, Payette National Forest. 

 Defendant settled as follows: Actual damages $9.50, punitive <lum;i^t\s $12.50, costs 

 $25.32; making a total of $47.32. 



(' nited States v. Beaver River Power Company: Occupancy trespass on the Fill- 

 more National Forest. On March 31, 1913, Judge Marshal, of the Federal court for the 

 district of Utah, decided that the defendant company could not maintain and operate 

 its plant upon the Fillmore National Forest without first complying with the rules 

 and regulations of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture relating to power 

 permits. The plant was constructed upon lands of the United States subsequent to 

 the withdrawal of the same for National Forest purposes. 



United States v. Utah Power & Light Company: Occupancy trespass on the 

 Wasatch National Forest. On March 31, 1913, Judge Marshal, of the Federal court 

 for the district of Utah, decided that the defendant company was entitled to maintain 

 a pipe line or conduit, a reservoir and a steel pressure pipe line upon National 

 Forest land without securing a permit, but that the defendant company was not 

 authorized to maintain transmission lines, telephone lines, tramway, or buildings 

 without securing a permit. The entire plant in this case was constructed upon 

 public lands prior to their inclusion within a National Forest. The court held that 

 the right to maintain the reservoir, conduit, and steel pressure pipe line vested 

 under rights granted by sections 2339 and 2340 of the Revised Statutes. 



United States v. Utah Power & Light Company: Occupancy trespass on the Cache 

 National Forest. On March 31, 1913, Judge Marshal, of the district court for the State 

 of Utah, decided that the defendant company had the right under sections 2339 and 

 2340 to maintain a flume and reservoir upon National Forest lands without permit. 

 Such flume and reservoir were constructed upon public lands several years prior to 

 the inclusion of the lands within the Cache National Forest. 



Law cases in District 6 



United States v. Dixie Meadows Mining Co., timber trespass, Whitman National 

 Forest; closed January 11, 1913, on receipt of check for $799.08 from the company in 



