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Q. Is there any arrangement between the Beaver Eiver Lumber 

 Company and yourself for you to furnish logs from your lands ? 



A. None except what I sold them. 



Q. Have they arrangements with any other owners of land in that 

 vicinity to supply logs; have they arrangements or contracts with any 

 other owners in the vicinity to supply logs ? 



A. No, sir. 



Q. "Where are they expecting to get logs, or relying upon to get logs 

 to do business, to have sawed at your mill under the contract ? 



A. They expect to get logs off of 3, 4, 5 and.42. * 



Q. Of what? 



A. " Browne's tract," I guess. 



Q. You mean townships ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 42? 



A. Yes, sir; I think so. 



Q. Do you know whether they have entered into contracts for such 

 logs? 

 ' A. Yes, sir. 



Q. And with whom are those contracts made ? 



A. They are made with Thomas H. McGraw, Henry Patton and 

 Theodore B. Basselin (myself). 



Q. So you have a contract with them ? 



A. Yes, I have a contract with the Beaver River Lumber Company. 



Q. That is what I asked awhile ago. 



A. You asked if I had any arrangement to furnish them logs from 

 my lands, and I told you. 



Q. You say now you have a contract ? 



A. We have a contract; Thomas' H. McGraw, Henry Patton and 

 Theodore B. Basselin have a contract with the Adirondack Land and 

 Mineral Company. 



Q. As individuals or as a company ? 



A. As individuals. 



Q. What company is that " Adirondack Land and Mineral Com- 

 pany?" 



A. As I understand it, it is the Adirondack Mineral Land Company. 



Q. Where is that company; when was it organized? 



A. That is something I couldn't tell you. 



Q. Where are their lands ? 



A. Their lands are 3, 4, 5 and 42. 



Q. In what tract ? 



A. Browne's tract, in the Totten & Crossfield's patent or purchase, 



