The Grange advance., 1874-09-09

Was the last
Q. Did vou, OR any person for you, pay
any money to any osher person for the State
Auditor since that time? A. Not that l
know OF.
Q. Understand YOU to say that YOU have
not dealt in any logs on which the state had
a lien, or which were cut upon State land
since then? "A. July, 1858, was the last, l
think, thatf paidto the State don't know
but am mistaken then; guess paid some
since, but could not say who it was for.
O. When did ,ou pay it?
A. think it was in 1869 or 1870.
@. Did you pay the State Auditor any
money prior to 1868?
A. think did: sir.
y. Have you any means of telling how
much you paid h,n at each time, and the
date Of payment!
4. think likely could get at it,
Q. Do your books show it?
\. 1t shows part Of it.
O., Why do not your books show the
A. Well. I, suppose they will, perhaps;
I cannot say. Some times there were parties
that had StumlmSe cut that wanted to pay it
themselves. | would give them the money
and it would not be on the books
@: What mean is, do your books show
all the money you paid to the State Auditor?
a. Yes, sir.
.. DO Understand you to say that you
cat no logs Yourself on State lands for
which you paid stllnpaye? A. Well, say
: was interested in this one lot lot here, and
there may have been some lots since that I
was interostes in.
G. Interested with whom? A. I could
not give you their names now.
@. State how the amount that was GU:
was ascertained and determined between you
and the State Auditor? A. l believe he
had man employed to 60 around and look
up that matter. He had MIR. Comstock en-
ployed awhile for that purpose.
Z. Whose measurement did YOU adopt
as the basis Of settlement between you and
the State Auditor? A. believe Mr.. Com
| looking up those lands for him.
Q. Then these logs that were cut on the
State lands were not scaled by the Surveyor
General? A. | think not as general
thing.
Z. Have you any data here with YOU
whereby you can state anything in regard
| to the payments, to whom paid, and the
amount? A. Ibelieve have some; paid
; for all these parties named first; | think
paid that in July, 1868, SlS77.63
q. Have you any other amounts. A.
No, sir, that IS all have.
4. Was this paid all in one sum to him
! A. cannot say whether it was or not.
@. For how many feet was this paid?
A. 625,S77 feet, at 50 thousand
G. Where were these logs cut for which
you paid at the rate of So a thousand? A.
Some OF them were cut on Kettle River, Pine
| county; some on Grindstone, Pine connty,
and some on Mud Greek, Pine county.
q. Were these logs for which you paid
this money all of them bought Ivy you after
they were cut? A. Yes, sir, all except
what was interested in myself. The BAL
ance were DO >,ght by me.
q. Where were those logs at the time
you paid him for them? A. The majority
were in the boom at Saltwater; some Of
them through the boom on the way to Saint
Louis.
@. Had you not run some through the
boom? A. Yes, sir; say some of them
| might have gone down to St. Louis.
q. What ones were sent throughs A.
The Kettle river logs were.
q: You mean to say they were RATED to
st: Louis. A. Yes, sir.
Z. How long had you had those logs be-
tore you paid for them? A. Well, might
ls had them, perhaps, thirty to sixty days,
@: What means had the State Auditor of
distinguishing those logs from others at the
time that you paid for them? A. Well, I
90 not suppose he could distinguish them.
because they were all of the same mark
All the way we could get at them was by
scale OF measurement made in the words:
so many estimated as cut.
"a: You say there was no way YOU could,
distinguish them in the boom from other
logs; they simply had the mark of the par
tles from whom you bought them. A. Yes
sir.
:. @. Then, if understand you CORRECTLY.
it would lie very difficult for the State Al,
dltor to enforce any lien OH those logs, for
the reason that he could not distinguish
how he could
T.: Where We're the logs when YOU paid
1or 3o1tia them A: Some of them were on the
the boom at Saltwater. ~ 0
q, u; what dld you pay for these logs on
the landing, where they were cut, per thou
sand! "A. could not answer that oues-
ton now
T.. Well, to the best of your recollection.
a. think 1t was about SS | paid for some
on Kettle river.
;, q. How much on Mud Creek? A. Well.
those on Mud Greek was interested in; no
price was set on them.
T.. Were those logs that you were inter-
ested IN on Mud creek cut as trespass or were
they cut under permit? A. Iguess thew
were cut as trespaSs; / am not certain abont
that. | guess there was an arrangement
made between Mower and Comstock. com;nv
down to the matter of fact
@. That is what we want to get at-m,t-
ters of fact. A. Mower was running the
thing and guess that was the understand.
ing-that he was to go on there and cut tho
timber. VIC
Q. State what your interest was in those
logs; was it that of partner? A. Yes
they were cut jointly with Scbulenburo
Boeckler 4 Co., Mower and myself. I.had
q. State what it is worth on an average
to TO cut logs and deliver them on the bank per
tn9osand. !Ilt "A. About three dollars and q
g. How much did you and those parties
Win "nom you were in partnership pav
per thousand for thaso loee 4Iat ..a.