The Grange advance., 1874-09-09


supplying. u.s.
.; You were supplying a portion Of the
logs? A. Yes sir.
q. fyou were supplying the logs, did they
give you the money to pay tor the stlmpageY
\. The money wasin my hands, and Of
course he would come to them and demand
his pay. For instance, bought your logs
you Would come to me for the money.
@. wish you would go Oh and state the
naodus operands OF buying logs. A. bought
logs from Mr.. Gaslin. Mr. Gaslin has cut on
State lands q certain amount of logs. and the
State Auditor claims that he owns a lien on
what ne has cut on State lands, and he looks
to me for pay for the amount Of logs cut, and
presents his bill for what was cut on State
lands.
> @. When did you lastpay the State Aud
itor tor stumpage? A. July, 1868, think
was the last.
@. Did you, or any person for you, psy
any money to any other person for the State
Auditor since thst time? A. Not that l
know of.
@. 1 understand you to say that you have
not dealt in any logs on which the State hsd
lien, or which were cut upon State land
since then?. ~A.a July, 1868, was the Inst,
think, that4 paid the State. don't know
but am mistaken then; guess paid some
since, but could not say who it was for.
@. 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.
@: Have you any means of telling how
much you paid hini at each time, and the.
date of payment!
; A. Think likely Icould get at it.
@. Do your books show It?
A. 1t shows part Of it.
| G. Why do not your books show the
whole of it!
A. Well, I, suppose they will, perhaps;
I cannot say. Some times there were parties
that had stumpage cut that wanted to pay it
themselves. would give them the money
and it would not be on the books
@. What l mean is, do your books show
all tine money you paid u the State Auditor?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. DO understand you to say that you
cat no logs yourself on State lands for
which you paid stumpage? A. Well, say
was interested in this one lot lot here, and
there may have been some lots since that I
was interestes in.
@. Interested with whom? A. could
not g i've you their names now.
Q. State how the amount that was cut
was ascertained and determined between you
had a man employed to 60 around and look
mp that matter. He had Mr.. C0lnstock em-
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
stocks measurement, or whoever he had
looking up those lands for him.
@. Then these logs that were cut on the
State lands were not scaled by the Surveyor
General? A. l think not as a general
thing
@. Have you any data here with you
whereby you can state anything in regard
to the payments, to whom paid, and the
amount? A. l believe have some; paid
for all these parties l named first; l think
paid that in July, 1868, $lS77.63
q. Have you any other amounts. A.
No, sir, that is all have.
O. Was this paid all in one sum to him
A. cannot say whether it was or not.
G. For how many feet was this paid?
A. 1877 feet, at $3 thousand
I Q. Where were these logs cut for which
you paid at the rate of So q thousand? A.
Some OF them were cut on Kettle River, Pine
county; some on Grindstone, Pine comfy,
@. We're these logs for which you paid
this money ell Of them bought by you after
they were cut? A. Yes, sir, all except
what was interested in myself The bal
anoe were bol olght 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
Louis.
@. Had you not run some through the
boom? A. Yes, sir; say some Of them
might have gone down to St. Louis.
NJ =. What ones were sent tlroughi 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-
fore you paid for them? A. Well, might
is. had them, perhaps, thirty to sixty days..
q: 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 marx
ALL the way we could get at them was by
scale OF measurement made in the words:
SO many estimated as cut.
q. You say there was no way YOU could
distinguish them in the boom from other
logs !; they simply had the mark of the par--
nes from whom you bought them. A. Yes;
@. Then, if understand you correctly,
it would be very difficult for the State Al,
G1tor 70 enforce any lien on those logs, for.
the reason that he could not distinguish
! how he could.
! @, Where were the logs when you paid
tor them! A. Some of them were on The
Landing where they were cut and some in
the boom at Saltwater.
q; What did you pay for these logs on
sn5a sne 53anong, where they were cut, per thou
sand! "A. could not answer that ques-
! T.; Well, to the best of your recollection.
"A: think it was about s6I paid for some
q. How much on Mud Creekf Il. Well.
those on Mud Greek was interested in. no
price was set on them.
q: Were those logs that you were inter-
ested in on Mud creek cut as trespass or were.
they cut under permit? A. fguess thew
were cut as trespass; | am not certain ahont