436 



Q. And the amount of the claim on the part of the State that had 

 been omitted was how much ? 



A. About the same. 



Q. So you offered to pay the State — you had paid $900 to the 

 grantee of the State for it ? 



A. Yes. 



Q. And the back matter you offered to pay $900 more to save the 

 lands ? 



A. Tes; \ think it was a little less than $900. 



Q. Have you information of settlements of trespass in Franklin 

 county, with the warden, or the foresters, or deputy-wardens ? 



A* I don't think that is the number of the lot, I forget the number 

 of the lot, I looked it up at the time. 



Q. Do you know of a settlement with Wales Parsons ? 



A. I do. 



Q. About what time was that settlement made ? 



A^ I think it was about 1885 or 1886. 



Q. For how many logs was that? 



A. I looked over the piece of land, I didn't count them, I estimated 

 about 1,200 or 1,500 standard twenty-two-inch logs, that would be 

 about 6,000 pieces by count or 7,000. 



Q. How much was that settled for ? 



A. I understood fifty dollars. 



Q. Do you know of a settlement with Parsons ? 



A. I think Mr. Parsons told me that was what he paid for those 

 logs was fifty dollars; they were actually worth on the stump, as they 

 stood, I would have given for them $1,200. 



Q. Do you know of another settlement on lot 182 of about four 

 hundred logs ? * 



A. I do. 



Q. When was that settled ? 



A. One hundred and eighty-two, township 9. 



Q. .For what sum was that settled ? 



A. Twenty-five or fifty dollars; I don't remember, it was practically 

 nothing; the State agent I know knew at the time Mr. Parsons was 

 outting the timber on this lot because I talked with him at the time; I 

 had a shanty on that quarter; I owned the other three-quarters of it, 

 and after we had moved out of our shanty and' gone away the follow- 

 ing winter, Mr. Parsons put his man on there and lumbered it clean; 

 the agent was there at the time, saw him do it, talked with him and 

 other parties and knew they were doing it. 



Q. What agent? 



