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A. We claimed of Faxon & Knapp, and brought suits against them 

 for the logs. 



Q. For the logs out upon these lots ? 



A. I can't say; I can't tell now about those; gad, we have trespasses 

 upon any number of lots, and I can't picK them out at all. 



Q. "What kind of logs are those ? 



A. Spruce, in the main. 



Q. How much have they deteriorated in value since they were cut ? 



A. I can't tell you that. » 



Q. Worth half what they were worth when they were cut? 



A Yes, just about. » • 



Q. How long after they were cut before you found out they had 

 been cut? 



A. I should think two months, perhaps; not a great while anyway, 



Q. Why haven't you moved in this matter quicker ? 



A. I can't tell you, but there are some reasons; when I look at the 

 record I can tell you what there is about it. 



Q. How large a place is Qlmsteadville ? 



A. I should think 300 inhabitants, to guess at it; I can't tell you for 

 a certainty. „ • 



By Chairman Btan: 



Q. Is it any more than five or six miles ? 



A. I don't think it is to the lots. 



Q. There is nothing upon that notice to indicate how many logs are 

 there ? 



A. No, sir; it is just whatever logs there are there. 



Q. They were to be sold in a lump ? 



A. No, sir; by the log; all business is done there by wljat is called 

 a " standard log," which means a nineteen-inch log. 



Q. Is it on the same lot of land upon which these logs that are 

 advertised were cut that the committee understands you to say other 

 logs were cut ? 



A. I can't tell; Faxon and Knapp cut some timber, but whether it 

 was On these lots I can't tell; they cut some logs, and' then the logs 

 were held there, and they went on a year ago and drew the logs off; 

 in the . first place you couldn't hold them for the cutting, as they 

 hadn't done it, but we seized the logs and held them, and forbid them 

 moving them; a year ago they massed teams there and skipped 

 the logs off in forty-eight hours, and then we immediately brought 

 suit against them for the timber; that was drawing it from the State 



