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A. I should think two or three weeks before that. 



Q. What were you doing tljere those times? 



A. Well, I went Tip there once to look at the lands in the eighteenth 

 township with the idea of dividing them off with Mr. Turner, who 

 owns a joint interest with the State, and at another time I went 

 across to get some witnesses to go to Platsburgh on a case that was 

 coming on on the twenty-third of December. 



Q. Before that what business did you have there ? 



A. I was there at one time camping for three weeks, surveying 

 lands in the 14th township and getting ready for the suit with the 

 Adirondack Northern Railroad Company. 



Q. Any trespasses in his district? 



A Very little. 



Q. Did you ever settle any of them ? 



A. We settled the main one and that was a man named Turner. 



Q. What Turner was that? 



A.' Benton Turner. 



Q. Where was that trespass ? 



A. There were three or four, or half a dozen of them; one was on 

 the southeast corner of the 24th township. 



Q. Anyone else's trespasses up there that you settled ? 



A. Very little; Turner was the leading spirit in the thing; there 

 were suits brought against him; he was indicted for it. 



Q. Who was the text ? 



A. At the present time you mean? 



Q. I am going right around there; whose district is next? 



A. Frank C. Parker. 



Q. Where is his district ? 



A. He takes in from Keene valley and runs up to Saranac lake; he 

 takes the southerly portion of Franklin county. 



Q. What has Frank Parker done up there ? 



A. Well, he has looked up quite a number of trespasses, posted 

 notices, rules aDd regulations, and notices against fires, etc. 



Q. How many trespasses has he looked up ? 



A. I can't tell you how many. 



Q. Has he settled any of them ? 



A. I can't say as to that either. 



Q. Have you settled any of the trespasses up there ? 



A. I couldn.t tell what have been settled without looking at the 

 book. 



Q. Have you looked up any trespasses, and if so, how many did you 

 look up ? 



