SERVICE NOTES FOE 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 Case in District 1 



T. D. Farrow, innocent timber trespass, Flathead National Forest, 

 damage $42.50, settled March 10, 1914. 

 Law Cases in District 3 



On January 18 Jesus and Francisco Anacoma were arrested for 

 stealing Government property from the Metcalf Ranger Station, Apache 

 National Forest. At the hearing before the United States commissioner 

 on January 23 the case was dismissed because of the youthfulness of 

 the defendants, and they were turned over to the State authorities, who 

 had them committed to the State reform school until they are 21 years 

 of age. 



On January 2 the grazing trespass case against A. G. Seis, Manzano 

 National Forest, was settled by payment of $226, the full amount 

 demanded. 



On February 16 the timber trespass against the Tularosa Copper Co., 

 Alamo National Forest, was settled by payment of $68.75, the full 

 amount demanded. 



The grazing trespass case against J. A. Gallegos, Carson National 

 Forest, was compromised, and the sum of $50 was accepted in settle- 

 ment. 



On March 2, 1914, Thomas R. King pleaded guilty to an indictment 

 charging him with the unlawful grazing of sheep on the Prescott Na- 

 tional Forest. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $25. 

 Law Cases in District 4 



An indictment was returned by the Federal grand jury at Boise, 

 Idaho, on February 6, charging Jacob Bear, a sheep herder, with start- 

 ing a fire in the Boise National Forest and leaving it without having 

 extinguished it. The case was set for trial on or about March 27. 



In the case of United States v. Utah Power & Light Co. a motion 

 for rehearing before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals was 

 denied, which will result in the case being returned to the district court 

 for further proceedings in accordance with the decision. 



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