The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-25
Ito use either at the tim.
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Had Marshal lso,k;,,

HID Marshal ''"'k'n ..'.u,..
! '"E VIEW up rux LAW
entertained by every cjti,., law
tuna s'''' !" fact by aI,uo., ~, "a MOI.
e'-e exec" Secretary ~.hur. . .:, %" ~
n'ars''al~ AMI deputies, l,s "na Iii
have returned IT the letter to Nr ' c''''
with til" Statement, that h. ~. .sl.
authority I" interfere. In, ~ 1.a H.
shat was bent upon business ~s a.
stop the n'an";arturc Of H. 10
" part Of hi" sr''r"", .s well, =. s :,
cutting ri w'""'. Hence M. s.. .s The
; e'i Mr.. Crane, letter 10 '.. sA'''
"i'"er Mcfarland, with hi. '''n'''
views theron. taking n.. .sa
against the lumber men in ,Ir" ''A
Of any cxl rr>,inn from. hi. x,. .a'.
| vt Washington. "'''r'
The letter "f Mr.. Botkin. ,,.,..,
with that Of Mr.. Crane, wrru 'ueF
mittcd Ly Secretary Teller Ia ~. '.''
tor"ey-';e"eraI, a"I al~. u full ,.,s ~.
subsequently mad" by Gran. r. ' ~
department ut it, request. I, x;,,' 'e
observed from" THIS official .,,. -. " \,
Ssc'y Teller that the l.opl.of w..
ta'a had ''e'." tried and c"niem,..,;a' '
these secret proceedings inauyur,,''a,
hy Marshal l:"tkin, and thu, S
tary Teller INSTRUCTED the A,,ornsv.
General to c,,,sc the >.izur. ~ =,
lumber on the grcu.d Of M..."
HART & Taylor, the mill men ..'..
piained Of; AMI. also, in the ,,;..,'
ito" "f tn" 4. :. Attorney, to ia.,;
tute civil as well ns criminal nr,...s,
ings against them on :..r,,,',, ~ ~
thinker already m,anu!a.,ur.., ~; .ae
lumber aud sold. The following :;
. copy If the original letter Of 49,,
tary Teller IA the same a,,,x.. ~ ;. "s
file III the department at Wa,hi,aa
ton:
DErARTMENT0 OF THE INTERIOR
WAsHINHr"N. May !, is.
HO". Ermj"m;M Xut;s Er.w...
dffOrM.y.<Hm..Ii:
HiK:-l have the honor 10 ,r,,.
init herewith copy ul "a litter Ja,.d
Helena. Montana territory F.nrr'
AIRY 9th last. frUla A. e. i;otkin /:
5. Marshal, ami cnc!psim. "a r.,,.v ,f (.
letter addressed t. Mr.. 10 kin hv
Francis Cr ne, In wlllcl. comuIain,
Is made Of u wholesale cutting OF n.
ti,,it~r upon the government. lsnd.
of the Wisconsin ali Nugget,
81 eeks, near Sheridan. in said irrri.
tory. by certain saw mill rroprie,nr,.
also report q! the investigation Of the
alleged trcslns., submitted hy FINN.
els Crane, in compliance with the
request made "f him l,y hi, drpar;.
nlent.
The facts ~ reported are, that JI
HART and Th"s. Taylor. Residing
about three miles from. Sheridan on
creek, are the propris,ors
nj y saw mill AMI employ from ten to
twenty men to cut and remove tin.
Der, both large and small, to Ike sawed
into lumber, which they sell IN spec.
frequently shipping it topr.
,Ons at great dist ince.
Mr.. Crane estimates that between
Dne and two million feet Ot timber
6<Mrd nleasure) has been cut within
he last six months and states that
Mr.. HART ''a.in,lttetl the eating Of
NH, 'HkD or IN, 'Nk' feet IL one witness
N April :, 1851"
The naIlles and res licences Of the
witnesses aud the f;,ct,tn which they
will testify, are stated in the reprt
herewith:
Mr.. Crane estimates the value of
he logs on the ground at irHn i, IL
10 per thousand feet, and nj 81: per
MI feet delivered ut the mill.
He states that Me<sr,. Hart K Txy.
Or are Canadians, and lave never
e..ol,,r naturaIizt,i citizens Of the
United States; and that they unIaw.
lilly SD appropriated the I nlbcr 70
heir own Use 0s 10 prevent tie
rtual settlers and citizens from, OIL.
lining the timber necessary for their
VII domestic use.
j.: view Of these. facts, and othen
I forth in the accom-, lanyil,y pa.
prx, ! have the honor. in urcui,ial,e
it'll the recommendation nj the
''innlissi0ncr If the General I.ani
die, to rriuest that you will direr;
y: !. =. Attorney for Montana to
IL the necessary measures t. ~
III, I" the government what. yer
il,.:r timber moved thrre!rul.,. NAV
fMmd OH the ground, or ut the
Ill, or IN l"'>sc,,iOn Of the saii
art Il Taylor: and tina, he will
50, If in his Judgment upon exa,mi.
,tiOn he shall deem 1t for the inter.
{ Ut the government, institute civil
il against said HART l. Taylor for
e recovery y. tile value ut The pub
timber they have cut ar caused t.
cut AMI removed, and criminal
i. for the unlawf | rultinx thereof.
Very respectfully,
II. NJ. TELLER, >er'y.
Thus 1t will lc seen that Marshal
'tkin ha.l accom- pli>L,l his r,ir.
~. Timber seizures AMI rr">tu.
ms were once more Or,l..r,.l al his
lie hal secretly secured
rial AMI conviction of all the lr.'.
: Of Montana vii" cut w""i ar
lulnln.r from the iimlsr
the public domain. Visions II
seizures and i,,> with
{ limit, doubtless filled him with
But fortunately f"t Montana sir
u u vigilant delegate ~ tn. helm.
Among other timber mon threat.
~! witt, prosecution Wis Mr.. '"":
White, Of Clancy. liz wrote u
ter invoking the protection "
Isss:ltc Mayinni>. VIII" had l",n
tcising AMI >tam.lin. oil Il"
'rl'lcs "f the Officers l." inail-l!ral'
other wn"l war. ar:,.:'irI I"
l'Ilni*si"nn.r Mcfarland. VIII" t"k
}: lhdkin = view al til" law ri l>.>
then appealed from t'"n,n'i--i"i''
Mcfarland to the S."r'ia'! ri i'H
cri"r, the full proceedings Of
irh have been hcr,i"i"r, Published
lis. Sss.rrtary Teller WI illl'"r'
~ this appeal ,""vcrrulr The tom
.~iOncr AMI revoke the order III
! MlI'lc, all III which We have here
m published.
nus WAS Mr.. l;Otkin .i,ii il"l. ami
people Of Montana -.>r' ~
prompt action "i car delegate
~ further lin,l.r >,ixiir,> am
Is marvellous how Mr.. l:dk''i
have the check in the f;V,' {"
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