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LAW. 



OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR. 



Law Cases in District 1 



United States v. Hough and Babbitt : Timber trespass, Coeur d'Alene 

 National Forest. Case closed upon payment of $120.39, full value of 

 timber cut. 



United States v. Rose Lake Lumber Co. : Timber trespass, Coeur 

 d'Alene National Forest. Case closed upon payment of $185.56, full 

 value of timber cut. 



United States v. Peat Parker : Timber trespass, Pend Oreille National 

 Forest. Case closed upon payment of $225, full settlement of trespass. 



United States v. T. I). Farrow : Grazing trespass, Flathead National 

 Forest. Case closed upon payment of $42.50, full value of forage con- 

 sumed. 



United States v. Charles H. Thex : Grazing trespass, Custer National 

 Forest. Case closed upon payment of $381.90, full value of forage 

 consumed. 

 Law Cases in District 2 



United States v. Arthur Pennington, Woodland Mercantile Co., and 

 Colorado Midland Railway Co. : Timber trespass, Pike National Forest. 

 Judgment rendered February 12, 1914, against Pennington and the 

 Woodland Mercantile Co. for $489.73, with interest amounting to $47.87, 

 total $537.60. Complaint against Colorado Midland Railway Co. dis- 

 missed without prejudice. Final settlement of case now pending before 

 the Department of Justice upon offer of $184.64 by Woodland Mercan- 

 tile Co. in satisfaction of judgment. 



United States v. Thomas J. Van Arsdale : On April 22, 1914, the 

 grand jury, sitting at Pueblo, Colo., returned an indictment against 

 Thomas J. Van Arsdale for impersonating a forest officer. 



United States v. Crago & Kaufman : Fire trespass, Black Hills Na- 

 tional Forest. Settled by the payment of $130. 



United States v. Telluride Power Co. : Suit for $1,552.44 damages for 

 destruction of ranger station by bursting of reservoir, Montezuma Na- 

 tional Forest. Settled by the acceptance of $776.22 offered by the 

 company. 

 Law Cases in District 3 



On April 6, in the grazing trespass case against J. W. Marley Sons 

 (W. H. Burbage, receiver), Coconino National Forest, a decree was 

 entered enjoining the defendants from further grazing stock in tres- 

 pass on the Forest and requiring the removal of all stock from the 

 Forest. A judgment for $450 damages was also entered. 



On April 30, the judgment against John Parker for grazing trespass 

 on the Alamo National Forest was satisfied by the payment of $244.22, 

 the amount of the judgment, interest, and costs. 



