130 THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY, 



valued at $1,000. Jan. 10, 1908, Land Office reports total trespass col- 

 lected to date $16.95 on the basis of 1,800 feet of pine. 



No. 309. Lot 1, Sec. 23, Lots 1-2-3, Sec. 24, and N W % N W 1/4, 

 Sec. 26, 39-5. Homesteaded by Edward Loway. Certificate No. 2113, 

 May 31, 1898. Value of timber standing Dec. 3, 1907, |465. Never 

 were any buildings on this homestead. 



No. 312. N E % S E 14 and S W 14. N E 3/4 and lot 1 N E i^, 25-39-5. 

 Certificate 4314. Charles Harvey. Harvey claims to have house and 

 barn on this homestead, but it is on Sec. 30, town 39-4. He has never 

 lived in this house. No house of any description on this homestead. 

 The house on 30-39-4 has not even a chimney. 



Crawford County. 



No. 508. N % S E 14, 33-26-4. James Phippney. Proved up Aug. 

 2, 1907. Sold Sept. 27, 1907, to Easmus Hansen, lumberman, for 

 $1,500. 



Boscommon County. 



No. 592. E 1/2 S E %, 2-24-3. Entered April 18, 1902, by Samuel 

 Lennox. Deserted. 



No. 593. W % S E 1^, 2-24-3. Leonard Ware. Old log house and 

 barn. Deserted for some time. Deed dated Sept. 4, 1902. 



No. 601. Lot 5 and E 1/2 S E %', 18-24-3. Wallace Schram. Deed 

 July 18, 1904. Situated on Higgins Lake. Deserted. 



No. 606. N W 14 N E l^ and N E l^ N W l^, 23-24-3. Wm. Snell- 

 grove. Deed July 14, '04. Evidently starved out and has deserted. 



Missaukee County. 



No. 642. S W 14 S W 14, 13-23-7. Deed Feb. 12, 1908, to Ernest 

 Ward. Abandoned. 



No. 643. N 1/2 S 1/^, 15-23-7. John G. McNabb. Deed Nov. 11, 1904. 

 Sold Dec. 5, 1904, to W. S. Combs, for $900. Value of timber, $1,050. 



No. 645. N E 1^ S W l^, 18-23.7. Geo. B. Brown. Deed July 6, 

 1904. Sold Aug. 24, '04, to E. A. Benthien for $400. Timber standing, 

 valued at $600. Deserted. 



No. 653. S E %, 7-24-7. Wm. H. Cunningham. Deed, April, 1902. 

 Lumbered by Mitchell Bros, of Cadillac, to the value of $2,800. Evi- 

 dently taken for timber, as Cunningham has deserted and there is no 

 one living on the place. 



No. 654. N W %, 10-24-7. Lewis F. Pitz. Deed Nov. 13, 1902. This 

 homestead was taken for the timber, and Mr. Pitz never complied with 

 the homestead law by building a house or clearing the land. He built 

 a small hut about 10 feet square which was evidently never intended 

 for a home and was never occupied. Timber cut by Kelley Shingle 

 Co., valued at $6,490. Still on the land timber valued at $2,300. 



The above report has been given our careful consideration and repre- 

 sents the conditions as they exist, and as we have found them. 



(Signed) O. PERRY BURGESS. 

 Detroit, June 27, 1908. (Signed) GEORGE WILSON. 



