The Grange advance., 1874-09-09
675 W

!AC lAISiest alcIueO Oh the Ol0 nOLeS was
PAID up to Jan: II, 1874, when these notes I
were W gwen with strong p edges to meet them
when due, but failing to do, they were
given to the Attorney General for collection,
April II, 1874
Munich Bros Il Co., lated rec J,
1872, s.. .a97 90
Turned over to Att ornev General
for collection, Al ril II, 1874.
Emil MUNICH, date jane |, 1878, 1882 IL
On this note :, 900 were paid March l3,
1914, and the pr mise given to settle It up
before the close u the fiscal year.
. The account Of F. P Clark for 81 ,963. 40
been turned sez to the Attorney General
ST. PAUL: : .usust 18Th 1874.
Z. W. DIXIE,
State Treasurer.
1he foil owing communication from
the Attor ,ey General in reply to aletter
OF inquiry sill explain what steps have
been tax e:a by him to enforce collection
OF the nusid notes.
STATE OF MlSSEsorA.>
.&TCoRNI:Y GENERALS OEr=ICE,
Sr. PAUL, August Goth, 1914.
hon. i. Macdonald Chairman of the Sem
ate nsv"stigating Committee:
fje' " SIR: have the honor to acknowl-
ed9e the receipt Of your favor Of the 18th
INST. requesting a statement as to what ac-
tlol aas beer taken by me with referenc to
the collection OF the stumpage notes, hand
ea tn ple by the State Treasurer, and what
Tn prospects are Df the same being paid :;
an q also as to what is the situation Of the
q 1;n against the eX-Treasurcr Of Kandiyohi
c' E1lEy, and the prospect of recovering
Il pom the same.
-April 18th, 1874, received from the Sta: e
Fra3sllrfr r flp6 5le* he Ia,
rad acuoEnts:
Note OF the Anoka Lumber Company for
s;i1- hundred and twenty-:hree 30 100 dol
sA"s, dated No, e,nher 3Uth 1872, due in one
year. ,,oto Of Munich BrO,hels Il Co. for
81: :S36.82; ate December lst, 1872, due in
six months Three notes ot Crooler Bros.
q La,nourt aux tor s50O ea;h, all dated No.
vcmb"r llt.tI: 1878, and d;,e in four, five and
.>sx months respectively; end Crook;r Bros.
'ocr Isl: 1872, and due in solr months from
date. Two notc> OF Brown K Brockway for
Sd15 each, both dated .lonuary 18th, 1874,
and due il sixty and nirety days: and an
account against F. p C!aEt for logs cut in the
Writer OF 1871 and 1872, on Section Sc,
Town 40. Range %, viz 775,9UO leet at
- 80 yer Thousand.
On July LIST, Is ~, entered up judgment
in the District court lo,' Ramsey county
against MesSrs. ! :rown & :Brockway, and on
Juiy 9th sent Eecution to the sheriff of
Hennepin coun ty, (Nessrs. Brown ana
BrockWav residi ng in Ninneapolis), but the
same has not be N returned by the sheriff at
his date
May Dist, 1874 began suit in the District
Court for Ramsf y county against the Anoka
4-umber Compa ny, upon their note, but
have not entere up tie judgment, having
81 zen the Com: 'any. until Monday of next
week IN which - raise the amount
Messrs. Crook er Br',: & Ia:noureaux haze
agreed to pay Il 90 of:heir1 Indebtedness
this month, an at that rcte until the same
is fully paid.
Messrs. Munc h Bros. K Co. have been gay
en- until Octobe + LIST in which to pay their
Indebtedness, and have stipulated in writ
ing to pay in The meantime IL instead Of 7
per cent. intere st.
Extensions have been graz, tied in cases
where consid cred the State secure, in view
of the general depression ,f bu lness, and in
view OF the tact that the claims came on my
hands too late for the spring te r1n OF eeslrt,
and ii resisted could not he bro, ,ght on for
trial until the December term OF the District
Court ter Ramsey county. do not intend
that any of the claims shall 20 oy 'er that term
OF court
No permit can be found in tn Auditors
office running to Mr.. Clark coveri 1g the logg-
ing season OF 1871 and 1872, allow ing him to
cut on sec. 36, township 40 range %; bit a
permit to cut on this land during the winter
Of 1901 was given to 3lr. CT ark by the
then Auditor. but neither he S ettled and
paid for logs cut during the winte. of 1870
u under his said permit, Goes I; ct appear
from the records, nor does it az pear that
the logs cut in the winter. Of 1871 -72 have
not been paid for, except the evid 'ence that
the possession of the account f furnishes.
Sometime ago addressed lettel' to Mr..
Clark, requesting him to name a til ne when
he would be in St. Paul, as 4 desire d to see
him about the account, but have no receiv-
ed an answer to my letter, anu:ilave not yet
seen him.
In this connection, would .sugg est that
Mr. Clark, under permits granted sHt year
cut during the winter of l873174.sevel al mil
lion feet Of logs, and whatever may be due
upon the account in my hands can dc ubtless
be secured when the settlement is mad e with
him for logs cut last winter.
l am of the opinion that all the said notes
and accounts will be paid, except it ,e the
tClark matter, by the first ofNovember next.
Nothing whatever has been done wit h the
Kandiyohi county.
Dec. 26, 1871, Auditor Mcflrath in his: ca
pacity as Commissioner oftthe StKe Land
Office, issued permits to sunlry persons in
Kandiyohi county to cut all The timber then
growing upon certain land in that county lin
consideration of the payment of the certain
amounts named in said permits, amounting
to the total s518,O4. It seems tina. the
Treasurer Of that county, Mr. Abbott, col
lected the money and deliverod the pei mits,
that at the next sale Of public Glands in that
county, the several parties holding permits
came forward aid purchased the lands Gov
cred by the permits, and that said permits
were taken up and counted as 50 much paid
uponthe purchase of said lands. On the
30th of November the State Auditor drew
his draft for s263e Sc on the Treasurer of
Kandiyohi countyin accordance with the
record Of land sales in 1872, in favor Of the
State Treasurer. The following month a let
ter was received FROM J. A. jacobson, the
successor of Abbott, enclosing currency and
drafts to theamount ef s912l so, and the cer-
tain permits hereinbefore mentioned. ia
oOhsox, of hot <I,o EEL