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stipulation between parties a decree was entered in the United States 

 District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, that the United 

 States is the owner and entitled to the use of 3 miners' inches, under 

 4-inch pressure, of the waters of Alder Creek for a period not exceed- 

 ing 3 days in each 10 days from June 15 to September 1 of each 

 year, provided that the total use during that period shall not exceed 

 16 days. The case of LaMotte against Newton A. Wilcox, forest 

 ranger, and George W. Milham, forest supervisor, officers of the Gov- 

 ernment, and others, involving title to said water, and initiated in the 

 Superior Court of Okanogan County, was dismissed as to the above 

 defendants. 



George Haveman and George W. Ellison, fire trespass, Washington 

 National Forest. The defendants were indicted by the grand jury, 

 pleaded guilty, and were fined $25 each, which was paid. 



Monumental Mines Co., timber trespass, Siskiyou National Forest. 

 This action was brought on April 3, 1912, for the cutting of timber 

 on the Klamath National Forest, State of California. Since the Attor- 

 ney General directed the institution of this action, that part of the 

 Klamath Forest within which the trespass occurred was added to the 

 Siskiyou National Forest in California, but became a part of this dis- 

 trict. The suit was compromised by the payment of $494.10. While 

 the case was handled largely by District 5, the amount recovered was 

 deposited to the credit of this district. 



The case of the United States v. Simon McKee, criminal fire tres- 

 pass on the Siskiyou National Forest, was tried in the United States 

 District Court for Oregon on June 8 and 9. Defendant was found 

 guilty and sentenced to a fine of $50 and 6 months in jail. Sentence 

 was suspended on account of the fact that the defendant is 70 years old. 



