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Q. Do you know who he settled with ? 



A. I didn't see the settlement. 



Q. All you know about that is what you get from Mr. Garmon ? 



A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Have no positive knowledge outside of that ? 



A. No, sir. 



Q. And all you get about the price for which they were settled you 

 get from Mr. Garmon ? 



A. From Mr. Garmon. 



Q. Who was with Hartwell in that matter ? 



A. Putnam was a workman for Hartwell. 



Q. When you speak of Hartwell and Putnam you are referring to 

 this! same matter? 



A, No; I am not. 



Q. Was there any other Hartwell matter besides this one ? 



A. Yes, two of them there; three of them. 



Q. What is there about them ? 



A. Those lots 10, 20, 30 and 40 was lumbered by Levi Noble and . 

 Albert S. Skiff; that is where they settled for fifteen cents a standard 

 ,and took some 8,000 or 10,000 standard logs off that were worth fifty 

 cents a standard on the stump; that is the one we have spoken about; 

 this other one is in township 11, Old Military tract that has not, I 

 understand, been settled for. 



Q. You made the complaint for that ? 



A. I made the complaint for that. 



Q. When did you make the complaint? 



A. I saw Mr. Garmon and told him personally of it, early last 

 summer. 



Q. You made the complaint in writng? 



A. I think there was a complaint made in writing to the forest 

 commission. 



Q. When was the date of that complaint ? 



A. I couldn't tell you without being at home, you have it here in 

 your office. 



Q. Do you know whether it has been examined or not ? 



A. I do not. 



Q. Will you swear it has not been ? 



A. I will tell you what I can Swear to. 



Q. Give us what you can swear to ? 



A. This man Putnam has been in my employ ever since the first of 

 last June, and he has not been out of the woods until he came out 

 very recently, but one time, and within a day or two,T understand; at 



