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Q. Albert Stickney, Franklin Falls; what about a settlement with 

 him? 



A. He made a settlement with the State agent, Van Buren Miller. 



Q. About what time was that made ? 



A. I think it was in 1886. 



Q. "What did he settle and for how much? 



A. About fifty dollars. 



Q. How many logs, how much trespass ? 



A. Four or five hundred logs; I understand that was never 

 reported to the forest commission; there is his receipt. 



Q. Miller's receipt in that case ? 



A. Yes, sir; I got that from Mr. Stickney. 



Q. About W. W. & G. H. Hartwell, 187 Macomb's? 



A. They owned an undivided half interest in that quarter, went to 

 lumbering it and cut something like ten or twelve thousand standard 

 or logs; the logs were actually worth on the stumps seventy-five 

 cents a standard; I understood they were settled for fifteen cents a 

 standard. 



Q. With whom was that settlement made ? 



A. I understood with Mr. Garmon. 



Q. When was it made ? 



A. Eighteen hundred and eighty-six, I think. 



Mr. Fieeo. — This man says he understands certain things ? 



A. I understand it direct from Mr. Garmon. 



Chairman Ryan. — Will you explain what those figures are? 



A. That means 58, 280, 484 standard of hemlock logs twenty-two 

 inch; they have nineteen inch on the Hudson, ours is twenty-two. 



Chairman Ryan. — This receipt is signed by him as agent for State 

 lands in Franklin county. 



A. Mr. Garmon told me himself that money had never been, 

 accounted to the forest commission. 



Q. Was a complaint made against W. W. & G. W. Hartwell, for 

 trespass last summer ? 



A. Yes, sir; there was; I made. 



Q. To whom did you make it ? 



A. I made it direct to Mr. Garmon, to the forest commission. 



Q. What was the complaint ? 



A. That he had cut on township eleven quite a number of logs, 

 hemlock, a thousand or fifteen hundred standard. 



Q. On the State lands 1 



A. On the State lands; the State agent knew it when they were 

 cutting it; was told of it in Bloomingdale. 



