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Q. And after he made his bid for the logs that they were going to 

 sue him for the trespass? 



A. I heard "Warden Garmon say so. 



Q. Have you any idea that that thing can be done successfully ? 



A. I have no doubt that there can be an action commenced for the 

 collecting of it and that judgment can be got, but the collecting of it 

 is another thing. 



Q. You think he will beat the State on the execution out of the 

 balance ? 



A. That's a question; I don't know his circumstances well enough 

 to know whether that is so or not. 



Q. How 'long have you been forester up there? 



A. I was appointed, I think, two years ago the first of April next or 

 the latter part of March. 



Q. How many complaints have you sent in since you have been 

 forester ? 



A. I think in the summer of 1889 and the spring of 1889 Inspector 

 Burke and I together looked up twenty-six or twenty-seven trespasses 

 committed the winter previous. , 



Q. Were they those little trespasses you have spoken of? 



A. Well, there was none of them large, not what we call large. 



Q. Did you send any in in 1890 ? 



A. In 1890 there was but very little ; I think Faxon & Knapp 

 removed some logs from township 26 that had been cut the year 

 before. 



Q. In 1891 how many ? 



A. I don't know but some of Butler's were cut in the summer. 



Q. Isn't it true that the hemlock and heavy timber up in that region 

 is pretty well cut off, and there is not very much left to cut ? 



A. There is a good deal of hemlock and spruce timber in the 

 country yet. 



Q. On the State lands ? 



A. Quite an amount. 



Q. How many acres of the State land are in the vicinity ? 



A. I couldn't tell you exactly; there is quite an amount in the 

 towns of Minerva, Newcomb and Long Lake; I couldn't give an esti- 

 mate of the acres. 



Q. Five thousand acres ? 



A. Yes, there is a great deal more than that of State land. 



Q. How much, as near as you can estimate? 



A. I think it is assessed for $23,000 or $24,000 in our town, as near 

 as I can estimate, and I don't think any of it is assessed at one dollar 

 an acre. 



