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could run the logs down in that part that I have reference to; the 

 other pdrtions, where the larger trespasses were, I couldn't say about. 



Q. How near do you live to the nearest State land ? * 



A. Within three-quarters of a mile. ' 



Q. What compensation do you receive ? 



A. Forty dollars a month. 



Q. Does that also cover your expenses ? 



A. No, sir. 



Q. Do you get any extra compensation for expenses ? 



A. I have received expenses when I have been on special duty; 

 when, I have been off on special. duty. 



Q. But not in the course of your regular employment? 



A. N6, sir.' 



Q. What is the nature of your duty and how much time do you 

 s spend at it; does it take your entire time ? 



A. I spend my entire time; I have no other occupation. 



Q. What do you do ? 



A. I patrol the woods and look after trespassers; I locate State lots 

 and determine the boundaries and the corners, boundary lines, and 

 gain all the information I can; I give all the information I can to any- 

 body that comes there; I look after the lands with relation to fires in 

 the summer tin^e and see that nobody leaves fire out carelessly, and I 

 instruct them all I can; persons might be careless in leaving fire out. 



Q. How often do you go over your district ? 



A. Well, sir, as I say; I spend the entire time; I have been, 

 probably, two or three times a season over the district. 



Q. What do you do when you go over the district; state your 

 method in starting out; how you travel and what/you do? 



A. In the first place, I always make it a point, when I want ^o find out 

 something about the land I am to look after, to make a diagram of the 

 lots, and on my journey I make any notes that I can in regard to the 

 lands; I gain all the information Lean; if any tresspass comes under 

 my notice I report it to the forest commission at once after I deter- 

 mine that it is a trespass. 



Q. What does the " special work" consist of ; what have you been 

 engaged in recently in that line ? 



A. This past summer I have been sent to investigate the main 

 descriptions of different lots and townships alloted to me by Warden 

 Garmon to look over. 



Q. What did you do in that connection ? 



A. My instructions were to look over these townships by quarters 

 — that is, take the northeast or the southeast quarter and give a 



