The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-11-04

/; It is Canning who said "Save,
save, oh. SAFE M from the candid
friend" Marshal Botkin may truly
utter the same cry. Some candid
friend Of his, whose zeal outruus bis
discretion, has caused to be printed .
circular In which he attempts to
show that Marshal Botkin did not en-
deavor or desire to iDaugurate suits
| against those who cut timber upon
; the public domain. The letter Of
+, Marshal Botkln tn Commissioners
Mcfarland, the letter Of Mr.. Crane 70
Mr.. BHlkin, and the letter Of the lat-
ter to Mr.. Crane, appear In the body
Of the circular. For the good o. the
Marshal his friend inserted one letter
too many. That one defeats the
whole object OF the circular. 1t
proves just what Major Maxiunis
charges, that Marsha! Botkin desired
to institute suits against the wool
choppers In the Territory. These
arc the facts, ~ shown by the rircu-
lar. A ct'uple II saw-mili men doing
business near Sheridan, Madison
COUNTY, like oil other saw mill men
In the Territory, cut timber upon
the public domain to supply their
mills. Their lumber was not ship, ed
ont Of the Territory, but was sold to
the Tancbnlen, n,iness, and others
living around that thriving village. !
\ Nr. Francis Crane made comp aint
t" Narshal Botkin Of the acts Of these |;
mill men. The MAMMAL sent Mr..
Cranes letter to Commissioner Me- :
Farlsnd. That was all right, and :,
had he stopped At that the matter ;
would probably never have been !
mentioned outside thos4 Immediately !
interested. But he did not stop at !:
that. He went much further. In.
stead Of simply asking for instruc.
lions In the premises In his letter to
The Commissioners, he took it upon
to offer advice to that ollcial
- to the construction which should
he placed upon the law II 1873. This
he did In the following language:
However literally the law VI 1878
may be construed, It can hardly have
teen intended to afford protection to
mill owners who strip government
lands to manufacture lumher for sale
70 the deprivation of settlers who
nees, the timber for purpoecs that are
10 fact domestic" Why not protect
Mill owners Is well 40 others Are
sot the boards which are mauufac-
ured from tins tim''er, and which
settlers use for building their homes,
'uthOuses and fences, ~ essential
Tor purposes that are In fact don,es-
ic" ~ firew.n,a: II We can have no
umber We will 6nd bat little usc for
be tinlber upon public lands. Hut
lsese are se)f-evident facts, and re.
uire no presentation. 3iarsl,al Bot.
lin would close down every saw-mill
n the Territory and thus u ralyxe /,
very industry in II.
But the letter to which. We partic-
larry refer, and which conviets {
larshal Botkin Of the changes made q
yainst him h the one that he ad.
ress 81 to Mt. Crane. TO that gen.! !
lenian he said: II have forwarded u
Opy mr.. Cranes letter to the Mar u
hall to the Commissioner OF the een- J
nj land Office At Washington in tic
20 fhdt he wiU initiate Nsc0sxrcs TO 7
rsrrM ~"ch depretiaiions az those I
bat 10" complains IT." 1t will be I
oticed the Marshal hoped the Cou.. e
sis.iOner would initiate measures TO y
revent the cutting Of timber for I
,nil,er purposes. OF c0urse b Z
pped he would. Had permission &
:eo given to prosecute these Nadi- ]
On county cases other suits would Il
ave been instituted against other =
arti<s for cutting timber upon the
ab)ic don,aio, and al th . old pesse.
atoms Of = few yeas ago revived. Y
woald have been . eood thing for d
Ianhal DolkjD who eoald have gar. e