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 Gross-exa'qdnation : 

 By Mr. Fiero: 



Q. Do you know whether in tho?,e cases there was a difference in 

 the character of the trespasses; whether some of the trespasses were 

 wilful and malicious and others were under claim; the men were on 

 their own lots ? 



A. As a rule I reported trespasses the same as I found them, but 

 where I had every reason to think men had got over innocently, I so 

 reported to the commission ; it was hone of my business to plead for 

 anybody. 



Q. But where settlements were made for different prices, do you 

 know there was a difference in the fact in regard to the character of 

 the trespass? 



A. There was — well, I don't know. 



Q. You do not know whether there was or not ? 



A. I don't know — how do you mean with regard to the ground or 

 with regard to their getting on willfully or innocently? 



Q. Willfully or innocently ? 



A. Well, I don't know that there was any difference made in the 

 settlement on those grounds. 



Q. Tou know there was a difference in the character of the offense ? 



A. Certainly, and I so reported. 



Q. Tou do not know whether -those were the ones in which the dif- 

 ference was made in the settlement or not? 



A. I don't. 



Q. What are logs worth there ? 



A. Spruce logs are usually worth from one dollar and ten cents up 

 to one dollar and forty cents and one dollar and fifty cents in the 

 river; hemlock from ninety cents to one dollar and one dollar and ten 

 cents in the river. 



Q. What are they worth on the ground where they are cut ? 



A. They are worth usually from ten to thirty or forty cents; thirty 

 or forty cents is a pretty high price. 



Q. An outside price? 



A. It is, as a rule, for timber on the ground. 



Q. Forty cents would be the highest price for timber on the ground ? 



A. I think it is the highest I have ever known being paid for timber 

 on the ground. 



Q. When you had the talk with Garmon about your being rein- 

 stated, after the talk that you had with Talbot, did you tell Mr.* 

 Garmon of that talk? 



