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Auction Sale of Logs. 

 Notice is hereby given that the forest commission of the State of 

 New York will sell at public auction, on Saturday; February 28, 1891, 

 at 2 o'clock, p. it, at the hotel of Orson Kellogg, in the town of 

 Minerva, Essex county, N. Y, the following described property, viz. : 

 A quantity of spruce and hemlock logs now cut, part or all of which 

 are skidded, situate on lots 67, 68, 78, 112 and 114, township 26, 

 Totten & Crossfield's purchase, Essex county, N. Y. ; terms cash. 

 THE FOBEST COMMISSION. 



S. F. G-ARMON, , 



Albany, N. Y., February 19, 189V Warden, 



Q. When were these notices sent out ? 



A. Sent out about a week ago; ten days or so; I can't tell you just 

 when. 



Q. About a week or ten days ago ? 

 , A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Who directed these notices ? 



A. I did. 



Q. Was there any meeting of the commission that ordered these 

 notices sent out ? 



A. No, not directly that. 



Q. How came you to be sending out notices to sell logs without an 

 order from the commission ? 



A. I had an order here two weeks ago in relation to a few logs 

 which were cut on the State land, and they said instead of selling 

 them at private sale to sell them at public auction. 



Q. Who said so? 



A. The forest commission. 



Q. When? 



A. About two weeks ago; ten days or two weeks ago. 



Q. Where did they say it ? 



A. Up in the room. 



Q. At a regular, official meeting ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. How many logs are there in this lot ? 



A. Oh, I thinks 700 or 800; those are old logs. 



Q. Whereabouts are they ? 



A. They are on those lots there. . 



Q. How far is that hotel of Kellogg's from the village of Minerva? 



A. I can't tell you how many miles; you mean from Olmsteadyille ? 



Q. I mean from the village where this hotel is; is it four or five or 

 six miles ? 



