The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-03
MUCH OF IT Is GREEN
A GOVERNMENT COMMISSION COULD
NOW SEE THE DEAD
AND DOWN

A GOVERNMENT COMMISSION COULD
NOW SEE THE DEAD
AND DOWN
AS WELL AS THE LIVE PINE
| If the Secretary of the Interior Has
the Interest of the Indians in
! Mind He Has Good Chance to
Prove It-Landings That Speak
for Themselves at Present-Op-
portunity VIII Soon BE Lost.
The statements published In The
/ G o b e, regarding the Illegal cutting of
| green timber, under the supervision OF
| Supt. Rosa and his assistants, on Leech
lake, Cass lake and Winnibegoshish lake
| Indian reservations, are verified by sew
eral legitimate Twin City lumber con-
Germs, and the evidence which has been
collected during the week by this paper.
| The G o b e's inquiry develops the fact
| that on the three reservations there is,
roughly estimated, 900 feet of timber
lying in the booms on the Ice ready to be
driven down the Mississippi river to the
mills as soon as the driving season COM
mences.
| The timber has all been cut under the
''dead-anddown" act, and Is said to be
| rs per cent green logs. This statement is
made by people who are in a position to
| know, and is substantiated by affidavits
! and interviews with people on the ground,
lrN,,h 1{e,l,< 1H<1a
| of the interior takes immediate cogni-
| zance of the reports made by Indian
| Agent Mercer and DR.. E. S. Hart the
/ timber sharks will escape for another
| year.
| At present every log which has been
| cut on the reservation during the winter
i can be seen at the landings Of the various
| camps around the three lakes. An official
| inquiry made by the Washington officials
would accomplish a great deal that would
| be Of benefit to the Indians, and compel
| the payment for all timber stolen from
| the Indians delay of a few weeks will
make such an inquiry practically useless,
! as 1t is said the operators may burn
| over the works, thus destroying the
stump and tops, while the logs will be
many miles from the place where they
were cut With this condition existing
it will be impossible to bring proof
against the operators. The location of
the timber on the reservation is as fol-
! lows:
WHERE THE TIMBER LIES
Dill 49,. 49,. 49,, .. 20 o.
1oia ao"+a;, 49, % oeo 900 o eoo+ 20 Ho1-s
| The percentage of green timber here is
larger than almost any other landing on
| the entire reservation.
Sucker bay contains six landings, with
about IL, 000, 900 feet of logs
- &c ~, -, 80. " nc
suo, s' 1e ooo o sme laAe eo.an III ING az
~ dstoI +horo ~ +hirt,1 ,a ~,
the reservation. located as follows.
,rhr.o r,o,,,s r,,,+,o IT,.
Two Camns@Cass river
One Camp-Head of Ball Club lake,
One Camp-145, Is.
One. .Camp-l44, q.
Une Camp-l44, e.
Tour S lamps ltt, I o.
Two amns911e 90
rrhrae GapncN Ia On s,,cLa- h.~
Two Camps-145, 80.
One Camp-147, 80.
Two Camps-l44, 81. -.
FiVe Camps-l45. 81. ak
Every 1901 OF timber cut on the reser-
Vatlon mas been done under the super
vision OF the government agents. These
officers are not supposed to allow green
timber TO De cut, and the United States
courts nave laid down In very plain Ian
suage "nat the statute implies by dead
and down timber.
In race OF the fact that the department
OF the interior IS IN possession OF the full
1acts bearing upon the subject, 1t Is a
matter OF significance, perhaps, that the
promised investigation has not mate
r1allzeo.
Inc operators and the government
agents are exertlng every influence to
i lolo the matter up until AFTER the driv-
l,is SEASON commences When proofs OF
Tic s.respass VIII DC nara TO secure.
Al THE LANDING.
The G o correspondent, in connec-
ton with Edward Lucia, an ex-goVern-
ment empioye; Peter Bungo, a reserva-
ton Indian, and George Burnett. an IN
olah Policeman visited one lumber camp
and FOUR landings of concerns operating
on the west SIDE OF Leech, around Suck
er pay March 20. Inc last landing Wis
i.eu was ABOUT twenty miles northwest
- NV, '. "an n
...-.4 '"n,p VI George ANDREWS was first
vs. 81 opera'ions had been suspended
,ae+ ~ 1881 "1ro part ol the crew mad
an +ta 49, H., "o oooms were located
eao+to,, oe Inc " .o"u 144: range ~,
a. 49, ~, oas VI eaoi, sue OF the road
the other about Zoo ,ors T t,o'J ,a nuss anu
all marked IL 0 D." The G OBJ g rep
resentative counted 100 logs in one row,
OF Whlch out twenty were apparently
oeao. Lucia ana the two Indians both
Iliaoe counts winch brought the general
average e OF green timber IN the boom to
opoul oo per cent. Inc logs were count
ea on the nortn side OF the boom.
Inc logs IN the smaller boom had evil