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A. I should think sq. 



Q. Are not these logs covered up with snow ? 



A. No, sjr; if they were skidded they would be covered with snow, 

 hut they wouldn't be out of sight at all-. 



Q. How long have they been skidded there ? 



A. About two years. 



Q. How long have they been cut? 



A. About tw*6 years. 



Q. Did you have anything to do with them before this notice was 

 put up, or about that time ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. How long have you known those logs to be skidded there ? 



A For a year and a half. 



Q. Any longer than that ? 



A. Nearly two years; I don't think it was more than two or three 

 months after they were cut. 



Q. What explanation can you give for allowing those logs to remain 

 two years and spoil without selling them? 



A. When I can look up the record I will give an explanation, 

 to-morrow night, for instance, I will explain the matter fully. 



Q. What is the haste of selling them at this time ? 



A. Because some men were here and said those logs would be 

 utterly ruined if they laid over another year. 



Q. They would have been pretty good logs a year ago ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. How many logs are there ? 



A. Seven hundred or 800. 



Q. Standard logs? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Are there not 2,000 or 3,000 of them? 



A. I will tell you all about it when I look it up. 



Q. More logs were cut upon those same lots and drawn away ? 



A. Yes, sir; a few; I think it is the same lots, but I will not be sure. 



Q. Weren't there more drawn away than were left ? 



A. Mr. Faxon cut on those same lots, I think. 



Q. Did you ever cause those other logs to be looked up ? 



A. Yes, sir. • v 



Q. Who did you find had had them ? 



A. Faxon & Knapp; they drew them away for one party. 



Q. Didn't Lemon Thomson have some of them 1 



A. Yes; he had a few, but they were not on those lots though, 



