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389 
Conveyed to Everton Lumber Co., in exchange for lands in the 
Adirondack Park, Dec. 19, 1891, pursuant to Chapter 475, Laws of 
1887. Lots 19, 57— Cancelled Jan. 27, 1890. ,,, 
Township 15, N.E. 14: Lots 1, 2, o, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, D, lo, 
14, 15, 16— Sold to J. C. Shaw, Dec. 20, 1894, pursuant to Chapter 
332, Laws of 1893. , r, , , a t, -n u ta 
Township 15, S.W. 14: Lots 4, 56 — Sold to A. R. Fuller 
20, 1894, pursuant to Chapter 332, Laws of 1893. Lot 33— Re- 
deemed Aug. 28, 1888. -Lots 51, 52, 61, 62, 71, 72— Conveyed to 
Everton Lumber Co., Dec. 19, 1891, m exchange for lan^ds in the 
Adirondack Park, pursuant to Chapter 475, Laws of 1887. Lots 
63, 63— Sold to J. C. Shaw, Dec. 20, 1894, pursuant to Chapter 33-, 
I.a'ws of 1893. , _ t 
N.W. 14: Lots 4, 7, 16— Conveyed to Everton Lumber Co., 
Dec. 19, 1891, in exchange for lands in the Adirondack Park, 
pursuant to Chapter 475, Laws of 1887. Lot 14— Sold to J. C. 
Shaw, Dec. 20, 1894, pursuant to Chapter 332, Laws of 1893. 
Township 18: Lots 2, 12— Sold to C. A. McArthur, Jan. 9, 1884, 
pursuant to Chapter 332, Laws of 1893. Lots 49, 78, 97-Sold to 
Luther C. Warner, Dec. 2, 1891, pursuant to draper 475, Laws 
of 1887. Lots 56, 66— Conveyed to Henry Patton, Dec. 19, 1891, 
in exchange for lands in the Adirondack Park, pursuant to Chap- 
ter 475, Laws of 1887. . . ' . 
Macomb’s Purchase, Great Tract 1, Township 20: Thirty thou- 
sand, six hundred and fifty acres is not the size of this town- 
ship. It was all sold for taxes in 1881, excepting one-h^f of two 
lots, which, figured in, make the acreage 27,140 acres. The state 
owns at present 25,018 acres, thus leaving in other hands 2,122 
acres. The entire township was sold for taxes in 1877, and the sale 
was suRsequently cancelled. Later cancellations of later sales 
were- T ots 1 2 3 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 2o, 24 — 8,%0 
acres, July 16,’ 1888.’ Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25 to 42—18,330 
^Township 26, 2,399 2-3 acres-Sold to Weston, Dean & Aldrich 
at partition sale, Jan. 24, 1884, pursuant to Chapter 470, Laws of 
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FULTON COUNTY. 
Chase’s Patent: Lot 37— Sold to Robert E Bowler, Jan 27, 
1S94 pursuant to Chapter 332, Laws of 1893. Lots 41, 42, 53, 56, 69, 
70 : 71 ! 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 81, 83, 101, 115, 116-Sold to John M 
Peters Jr. April 30, 1894, pursuant to Chapter 332, Laws of 1893. 
Lot 48-Sold to Robert E. Bowler, May 9, 1894, pursuant to Chap- 
ter 332, Laws of 1893. Lot 103-State land now. 
Glen, Bleecker & Lansing Patent: Lot 25— Sold to- John M. 
Peters, Jr., April 30, 1894, pursuant to Chapter 332, Laws of 1893. 
Lot 35— Sold to H. J. Carpenter April 2, 189L pursuant to Chap to 
332, Laws of 1893. Lot 45— Sold to h red Servis, April 12, 1894 
pursuant to Chapter 332, Law's of 1893. Lot 59, Sub. 1 Cancelled 
May 14, 1888. heRKIMER COUNTY. 
Jerseyfield Patent; Lot 61— Cancelled May 3, 1884. 
HAMILTON COUNTY. 
Arthurboro Patent: Lots 88, 89— Cancelled Nov. 20, 1888. Lot 93 
Mord!o!fse!^8^b00’ acre tract : Lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26— 
'^'sMgmTs'^Pulxto 6.-West side of Sacandaga River, 
^^BenT!n Township! *L<^t' 64-Redeemed April 16 im. Lot lU- 
Cancelled May 11, 1885. . Lot 226-Cmicelled July Lot 
227— Cancelled July 3, 1888. Lot 381-Redeemed Sept. 20, 1873. 
Lewis (Morgan), Small tract, ICO acres— State land now. 
Moose River Tract, Township 9: Lots 214, 280 No such lots, 
lones Gorl: Lots 1 3, 4, 5, i, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15-These lots stricken 
from land list per resolution of State Board of Land Commis- 
®'°fonen & Crossfield Purchase, Township 1, N. "f- 
Brown Lot— Cancelled on application of Silas Call. Lots 10, 12 
L^^^ April 18, 1892. Lot 11-Re- 
Townsiiip^3 ; ’Lots 49, 50- Cancelled Dec. 22, 1887. Lot 75— State 
Township 6: Lot 37 — Cancelled Sept. 24, 1884. 
Township 7: Lots 8, 9, 10— Cancelled May 29, 1885. 
TYwnshm 9 Elm Lake Road Tract: Lots 1, 2--Not acquired by 
State. Lo!s i6, 17, 18, 19, 20— Cancelled Jan. 29, 1892. River Lot, 
704 acres— Cancelled Feb. 4, 1891. 1 • iq. inoi Ar-res Fx- 
Totten & Crossfield Purchase, Township 19. 10-1 Acies— Rx 
changed with Everton Lumber Co for other land m the Adirom 
dack Park, pursuant to Chapter 476, Laws of 1887. JN.W. A, o,6bU 
acres — Cancelled July 6, 1880. „ n j c a ot issi T 
Township 22: Lots 26, 27, 28, 47— Cancelled Sept. 24, 1884. Lots 
39, 50— Cancelled Feb 22, 1F92. „„ 
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Co„ve(Sl"to Finch. Fn.yn & Co June 11, MO, m makmg a 
partition, pursuant to Chapt^ 20, Laws of 1900' 
Township 34, 13,575 acres-Cancelled Aug. 4 1884 
'I'ownshin 35 N.E. %, 2,915 acres— Cancelled May 4, 1894. 
lYwnfhip 37: Lots 38, 60, 52, 64, 66 58, 100-Conveyed to Amos 
C. Hall in exchange for other lands m the Adirondack Par , 
Anril 14 1892 pursuant to Chapter 475, Laws of 188/ . 
Township 38? Lots 6, 7, 26, 38, 43, 49, 55, 56-Redeemed June 
"^’lYwnship. 40.-Thc State has not parted with any land in this 
township. The parcels about Raquette Lake, colored white on the 
map, were not acquired by the State. oi is(» t 47— Can- 
TYwnship 50: Lot 30— Cancelled Sept. 21, 1892. Rot Ran 
celled Jan. 9, 1887. 
HERKIMER COUNTY. 
Jerseyfield Patent: Lot 40— Redeemed May 29, 1890. Lot 49— 
Not acquired by the State. Lot. 79-0 ne hundred acres, owned 
by State now. Lot 57-Not acquired by State. .. 
Moose River Tract, Township 3: Lots 76, 77, 
10 ^' 119 11*^ 114 1^4 125, 126, 136, 137— Cancelled April 20, 1885. 
Nobleboro Patenc’o. S.: Lot 97-Cancelled July 2(), 1898. Lot 
99— R^ideemed April 2, 1890. N.S., Lot 20— Redeemed March 19, 
^^Remsenburgh Patent: Lot 12, N. yg-Redeemed- April 2, 1890. 
LEWIS COUNTY. 
Brantingham Tract: Lot 0-Sold to Matthias Gavan, Jan 6, 
1894, pursuant to Chapter 332, Laws of 1893 Lots 7^ f5 acres Can- 
celled Jan. 30, 1886. Lot HS-Sold to Wm H. Greeley Jan. 3, 
1894, pursuant to Chapter 332, Laws of 1893. Lot 17^JNot 
ciuired by State. Lot 208— Sold to Scudder Todd, April 16 1894, 
pursuant to Chapter 332, Laws of 1893. Lot f { ’lonq' 
Hubbard, March 19, 189L pursuant to Chapter 332, ^s of ^ 
Macomb’s Purchase, Great Tract 4: Lots 337, 338— Redeemed 
April 11, 1892. Lot 906-The State owned only 50 acres lot 
in 1886, and owns the same parcel now. Lots 988, 992 Redeemed 
Dec 12, 1885. Lot 991— Sold to George Meade, May 14, 1894, . pur- 
suant to Chapter 332, Laws of 1893. 
SARATOGA COUNTY. 
Glen (John) and 44 Others’ Patent: Lot 6-Not acquired by the 
State. Lots 59, 60 — Sold to Geo. West, Jr., May 14, 1894, pur- 
suant to Chapter 332, Laws of 1893. Lot 65— Sold I- 
stead Dec 14, 1891, pursuant to Chapter 475, Laws of 1887. 
. ^Kayaderosseras Patent, 24th allotment. Great Lot 3: Lot 2, Sub. 
^ Sahd er’'s-"^Patent : Lot 12— Cancelled June 12, 1883. Lot 16— 
Sold to D.' A. Towey, April 17, 1894, pvirsuant to Chapter 33-, 
Laws of, 1893. Lots 38, 39— Sold to H. J. Carpenter, April 2, 1894, 
pursuant to Chapter 332, 1893. t nt ^ State 
Cmall lots: Lots 1, 2— Not acquired by State. Lot 3— State 
land now. Lot 48— Can’t locate; tract not stated. 
ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY. 
■ Macomb’s Purchase, Great Tract 2, Township 2 S.W. 
1,885 acres— Conveyed to James Spears at partition sale, Aug. , 
1SS9 oursuant to Chapter 475, Laws ot loo/. j ■ ^ 
Towniship 4, 1,115 acres— State land now. Acreage reduced since 
1886 bv correction of description. 
Township 7, 9,092 acres, in southern part— Cancelled Sept. 2i, 
1889; 1,572 acre parcel is included in the 2,100 acres. Lot owned 
Tract 's Township 3; Lot 8, Sub. 8-Redeetned Sept. 8, 
■1885 Lot 14, .S’ub. 6 — Redeemed Aug. 18, 1886. Lot 14, Sub. 8 
® Township ”iu’ Lot 123— Sold to Martin Luther, April 17, 1894, 
Ctopw'siE, L.«. of m Lo, lS9-Rpd..m.d Nov. 
20, 1891. Lot 178— Redeemed Nov. 20, 1884. 
WARREN COUNTY. 
■Rrant T ake Tract: Lot 107— Sold to C. C. Lester April 17, 1884, 
oviF r’hanter 332 L.aws bf 1893. Lot 141 — Sold to E. H. 
kl'cConliffe Dec.^20, 1884, pursuant to Chapter 332, Laws of 1893. 
LTDAiofacqMrXby^ b^mall T/act-Lot. 3-Cancelled Feb. 
20, 1886. 
Gores. — Gore between Dartmouth Patent and Township 11, 
T. & C. P. : Lot 5 — Cancelled June 12, 1890. 
Gore between Townships 29 and 31, T. & C. P. ; Lot 11 — 
Cancelled Dec. 15, 1893. ion, 
Hyde Township: Lots 73, 74— Sold to P. Moynehan, Nov. 14, 1894, 
pursuant to Chapter 332, Laws of 1893. . „ o , c 
Totten & Crossfield Purchase, Township 14: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 
7 8 9 10 11 12 — Sold to P. Moynehan, March 27, 1894, pursuant 
to Chapte’r 332, Laws of 1893. Lot 16, Redeemed Dec. 7, 1889. 
Ivots 18, 19, 26, 27— Sold to P. Moynehan, Dec. 31, 1894, pursuant 
to (Jhanter 332. Laws of 1893. 
State Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner Whipple 
yesterday gave for publication a detailed answer to an 
article written by Raymond S. Spears and published in 
Brooklyn recently asserting that the State had been 
mulcted of much valuable land in the Adirondacks sev- 
eral years ago. Commissioner Whipple says that the 
official records in the comptroller’s office and in the for- 
est department refute Spears’ assertions. In his answer 
to the published article, the Commissioner says: 
“Taking the transactions in their order as mentioned 
in the article, we find first the paragraphs raising a ques- 
tion as to the title of Dr. Webb’s preserve. The land 
records show that Dr. Webb had a good title to all of 
the lands which he sold to the State in 1896. At one 
time, however, years previous to this sale, there were a 
few lots included in this territory which then belonged 
to the State of New York; pursuant to the provisions of 
chapter 475, laws of 1887, these lots were exchanged for 
other lands which were equally well located and of 
larger acreage. Although the State paid Dr. Webb 
$600,000 for 75,000 acres, these lands are worth to-day, 
in the opinion of experts, more than double the amount 
the State paid for them nine years ago. 
“The Saranac Inn Township No. 20, Franklin county, 
was acquired by the State in 1881 through a comptroller’s 
tax sale. In 1891, Comptroller Wemple granted a can- 
cellation of the State’s ttitle to this property in response 
to an application in which it was claimed that the assess- 
ment and valuation in 1872 of this land was erroneous 
and illegal ; that the assessment roll of the town of Bran- 
don for 1879 was not verified, and that the board of su- 
pervisors of Franklin county in 1877, 1878 and 1879 failed 
to extend the taxes on the assessment roll of said town. 
Under this cancellation the State lost title to 18,330 
acres, in addition to 8,170 acres, the title to which was 
cancelled by the comptroller in 1887. These cancella- 
tions undoubtedly should not have been made. 
“The Forest Preserve after its organization in 1897, 
commenced legal proceedings to have this action of the 
comptroller annulled by the courts to regain possession 
of the property of the State. As the attorney of the 
board. Judge Edwin Countryman submitted a written 
opinion that the State had little or no chance to win the 
suit, the board offered by way of compromise, to pay 
the Saranac Inn Association a small price per acre for 
the land, and in addition to refund the amount paid by 
the Association in taxes and interest to the State. The 
Association, when it obtained the cancellation, had to 
pay back taxes on the land to the State amounting to 
$34,000, or thereabouts, and had paid a large additional 
sum in taxes during the time in which they held nomi- 
nal possession of the property. The total sum paid to 
the Saranac Inn Association as a compromise in order 
to regain the disputed title, together with the refunding 
of the taxes and interest, amounted to $6.02 per acre. 
The lands thus recovered are undoubtedly worm over 
$30 per acre at the present time. 
" “TheDeBar Mountain lands referred to by Spears 
were sold in accordance wdth the provisions of chapter 
707, laws of 1892, establishing the Adirondack Park. 
These lands, although situated within one of the Rocke- 
feller preserves, are outside the Adirondack Park, and 
in accordance with the provisions of the act the. proceeds 
of the sales were used for the purchase of land within 
the park. The land records in the comptroller’s office 
show' that the lands- thus purchased were well forested 
and had an area of nearly three times that of the outside 
lands which were sold,, which was a great advantage to 
the State. 
“The article refers also to certain lands near Tupper 
Lake, in Township 25, and to lands around Blue Moun- 
tain Lake, in Township 34. These lands were redeemed 
from tax sale or otherwise disposed of prior to 1885, the 
year in which the forest commission was established. It 
does not seem necessary here ,to review the acts of the 
comptroller’s office over twenty years ago, or to furnish 
an explanation for transactions that took place before 
the forestry department of this State was called into 
existence. Still, as the. matter has been mentioned, I 
might add by the way of information, that the , land near 
Tupper Lake, in which the State had an undivided inter- 
est, was sold at a partitiqn sale-.'Jan., 24, 1^4, in aecord- 
ance with the provisions of chapter 47o, Dws of 1883, en- 
titled, ‘An act in relation to State lands.’ 
“As regards the land in Township 34, on which Blue 
Mountain Lake is situated, the State acquired title to 
these lands at the tax sale of 1881, but the title waS: can- 
celled by Comptroller Chapin in 1884 on an application 
that set forth certain, irregularities in the assessment 
which invalidated the title thus acquired. 
“It seems proper to say here that while various lots 
have been dropped from the State land list, and are no 
longer included in the red area of the Adirondack map, 
other and larger tracts have taken their place — a fact 
which should always be considered in connection with 
these particular lands. _ , 
“The forest preserve board immediately after its or- 
ganization in 1897 made a systematic attempt to recover 
the lands which were lost through cancellation, their ef- 
forts being confined to these as the redemptions in each 
case were final and irrevocable under the State tax law. 
The forest preserve board, through the legal measure 
adopted, recovered over 100,000 acres of land in the 
Adirondacks that had been lost through cancellations; 
but there still remained large tracts to which the State’s 
title was so defective through irregularities in the, tax 
sales that it is doubtful whether the State could ever 
regain those properties. It must be remembered that if 
the State acquires a tract of land by tax sale, and it is 
on the map for a time, and then is legally redeemed or 
tax sale cancelled that the State loses nothing. It ac- 
quired the land because of the neglect of the owner to 
pay taxes. It gets its tax with interest and costs when 
the land is redeemed, the same as an individual. Most 
all of the changes in the map are caused in this way. 
“Any one who will carefully examine into the facts 
will be convinced that there is little chance to find fault 
for loss of land. The State on the whole has got the 
best of individuals on tax sales. The thing to do_ is to 
center all our efforts to prevent the stealing of timber. 
As commissioner, I desire every citizen to help in that 
direction. The thieves are numerous and bold. We 
want quick, sure information of trespasses. To preserve 
is more important than to collect money for trespass. 
Public opinion must be aroused until no man will dare 
defend or intercede for a timber thief be he high or low.” 
Stories of the Day. 
New York, Oct. 31. — Editor Forest and Stream: The 
hunting stories in the newspapers are full of unconscious 
humor and have long been a joy to me, and no doubt 
to many another of your readers. Two quotations that 
have appeared within the last week or two are especially 
interesting. The New York Sun of Oct. 27 quoted Game 
Warden Rose, of Mtiine, as follows: 
“Two and a half weeks of open season on Maine game 
have brought out several surprising results. There are 
more than 10,000 men in the woods hunting for large ani- 
mals, and since open season there have been eleven men 
and boys killed or wounded and only six bears have been 
brought out. 
“Professor Knowlton, of the Presque Isle Normal 
School, has fired at. what he took to be a wild goose and 
shot the biggest bald eagle ever seen in Maine, the bird 
measuring eight feet from tip to tip of its wings and 
weighing forty-two pounds. Dr. Martin, of Boston, has 
shot a white moose, the only one ever seen in Maine. 
George Archer, of Clifton, lias captured and killed a 
genuine North American panther that measured eight feet 
one inch from end of nose to tip of tail, and weighed 123 
pounds. It is the first panther that has been slain in 
Maine since 1875, when Henry Snow, of Lincolnville, 
shot a small one, which was supposed to- be the last of 
its race in New England. 
“Wild geese have come down from the north and are 
feeding among the inland lakes a month earlier than 
usual, indicating that the weather is very cold under the 
Arctic circle. More wood ducks and partridges have 
been shot this season than for the past five years. No- 
body has seen any evidence to indicate that there is a 
caribou in Maine, and the chances are that these animals 
have gone for all time. The most exciting and least ex- 
pensive sport in the State is that of shooting men for 
deer, a form of outdoor amusement which is becoming 
very popular among the visitors.” 
Maine is certainly a marvellous State, where they grow 
bald eagles weighing fortj^-two pounds, white moose and 
panthers. The ordinary bald eagle weighs, I believe, ofily 
seven or eight pounds ; white moose i-nust be a good deal 
scarcer than white crows ; and there are many of us who 
have been looking all onr lives for evidence that a panther 
was ever killed in Maine. It is true, that your old corre- 
spondent, Mr. Libbey (Penobscot), a good hunter, once 
thought he saw one, but he did not kill it. On the other 
hand, such veterans as Mr. George A. Boardman and 
Mr. Manly Hardy believe that the . animal was never 
found in Maine. 
A new enemy has risen up to destroy our wild fowl, 
and well-to-do sportsmen are offered a new method of 
hunting- which make that sport easier than ever. It seems 
— according to the newspapers — that wild geese rush joy- 
fully to meet the swiftly advancing automobile, being de- 
ceived by the tooting of the horn in the belief that it is 
a wild goose or a flock of them. Here is what the Sun 
said a day or two ago: 
“Dr. Walter O. Gayler crossed the Pennsylvania ferry 
last night with two wild geese in his automobile, con- 
scious that he had run a risk of being held up by rapa- 
cious 'game wardens in Jersey City for hunting on Sun- 
day, but feeling secure in the knowledge that he could 
put up a good defense, as it was not himself but his auto- 
mobile that killed the geese. 
“He was speeding at the top of the hill at Hilton just 
after dark, tooting the horn, -when he heard an answering 
honk and saw something rushing toward him through 
the air. ‘Ducks !’ he shouted to his companions, and they 
ducked as a flock of Canada geese swept over the ma- 
chine. Jeder Goldmann, who was in the front seat, had. 
his hat .swept from his head by a wing and one of the 
women in the rear seat fainted. One of the four head- 
lights of the machine was smashed. 
“When Mr. Goldmann went back to look for his hat 
he found two geese in the road. One was dead and the 
other dying. They were genuine wild geese, with black 
heads and white throats, and weighed about 12 pounds 
each. 
“A similar accident was narrowly avoided on Tuesday 
night by a flock of geese which were attracted by Aaron 
Whiteley’s automobile near Caldwell. In that case the 
geese got away after giving the colored driver a’ bad 
scare.” 
There are automobile accidents enough as it is, but if 
this sort of thing is to continue, persons who- travel in the 
country during the wildfowls’ season of migration will 
be obliged to protect themselves by the erection of heavy 
wire netting over their automobiles. Thus, day by day, 
life becomes more and more strenuous for man and 
beast. ■ Reader. 
President Roosevelt's ^^Wilderness Reserves*" 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Of a verity our sportsman President in his virile essay, 
“Wilderness Reserves,” in the Book of the Boone and 
Crockett Club, has shown by precept and example that 
the truest, keenest and most wholesome pleasure to nature 
lovers, and especially sportsmen, comes in forming the 
acquaintance of and carefully conserving the lives and 
environment of the wild creatures yet remaining with us. 
It is a voice crying out to us from the wilderness. Let 
us give thanks that it is destined to be heard and heeded 
to the uttermost parts of the earth. 
Dr. a. j. Woodcock. 
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