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Q. If there is any record or resolution in your office will you pro- 

 duce it here at the next session ? 



A. Yes, sir; if there is any. 



Q. You will hunt for it, will you ? 



A. Yes, sir; we will do anything you want us to do. 



Q. What time in the summer did Garmon start out upon this quest ? 



A. I can't say; some time during the summer. 



Q. Is that as near as you can state it ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. What time did he get back and make the report? 



A. I can't tell you the exact date. 



Q. About what time in the summer ? 



A. I couldn't tell you. 



Q. That is as near as you can state ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Are you satisfied with that answer before this committee that 

 you can't tell when he came back, only it was " some time in the 

 summer ? " 



A. I can't give you the exact date. 



Q. Can you give the month ? 



A. No, sir. 



Q. He tendered you some sort of report ? 



A. He made the report I told you of. 



Q. Was it in writing or verbally ? 



A. I couldn't tell you that. 



Q. After he made this report was the application to exchange (the 

 formal application to exchange) filed in your office; that Everton 

 Lumber Company application ? 



A. That is more than I can tell you; my recollection is that his 

 report, as I tell you, was — 



Q. (Interrupting.) Wait a moment; I haven't asked you anything 

 about that; can you tell when this application upon the part of the 

 Everton Lumber Company to exchange the land was made with 

 reference to Gannon's report; whether it was filed before or after his 

 report was made ? 



A. I couldn't tell you that. 



Q. Is there any way you can ascertain so as to tell this committee 

 very definitely ? 



Mr. Fiebo. — Let me say, once for all, that whatever documents 

 there are will be produced upon a simple suggestion, so it is not 

 necessary to inquire at every step. If you will suggest or intimate 



