The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-16

lneTe Is reported under this permit and
Ss.,9 Ior lSSss $40 feet9 In April 1888
20 SaS uaseL mckenzie. however, on Sept. %,
~ tSoz. reported that there were new. cut
tngs9 and that he estimated the amount
s st aao 6ao sfla standing on this section
The record shows no attempt 60 col
Icy s0r ene new cuttings reported by Nc
Nsnxis, and although he on Sept %, 1902,
saio , snere were over 1000, 900 feet left,
per on tbs section was sold at lump
sum or 800. There is no record OF any
t Mse Q, or other damage occurring to It IN
came OF the 1000, eco feet?
pee. S6--56-12, permit Mo- 9S9, issued
20 James Boggs, Sept. IS. 1893 estimated
S 81 GU. OF or timber 500 900 feet, sold for
record ..se contains the following notation:
sneop cutting on on this section; bought for
% On Nov. Il 1900. another permit, Sab,
was issued to William O'Brien. expiring
m iSV., estimated amount 500 600 feet,
soid at so per 1000; 659, $50 feet were
=, 1901. as cut under this last permit.
There Is no record to show that there
was any bark mark In the permit or
What became of the. other $4,000 feet
the "new cutting of 1895.
Sec. 16-58-13. permit No TAB. issued
in IN A IL aaS smith Co. Noy z 1902 expir
| at S. per 1000. No report Of any timber
ever having been cut or paid for under this
penny, aithough Cruiser Mckenzie did
report on Dec. II. 1903. that said timber
bark mark : s. = $ -
strange feature of this case Is that,
on the same date, there was sold at coun :
* y OF cash = sale, by the state auditor, to
Tor the lump sum of $500, cash payment;
there being no bark mark in the permit,
ana they being allowed under their coun-
Is As.-~l>~
be that this accounts for the fact that no
report has ever been made by the sur
y t szs general enc concerning the cutting Of
cheap timber and the county or CAST, sale
was made In violation of the law.
Sec: 36-49-20, permit No 1853, issued
TO william Sauntry, September. 1888, ex-
PRED in 1891. estimated at i 100000 feet
sold at $3.50 per 1000. On June /, 1891
there was reported a cut of i, 1922, 060 feet
Another permit. No. GAG, was issued to
knox De d Laittre on Sept. rs. 1891, ex-
at 81 per 1000. The stumpage record con-
talns no report from the surveyor general
that anything has been cut or paid for
nnd ems TINS permit, although Cruiser Dedon
IN OctoDer, 1897, says that four of five
millions of it had been cut on this sec
ton six years ago.
Where the three or more million feet
went to the records do not show, nor that
there was any attempt to find out.
to ]. P. Sims, Sept -, 1890, expiring in
1896, estimated amount of timber 500, 900
feet and sold at SIZE per 1000.
cut es sasGye Feet ge WSis
was paid for at permit rate.
This Is an example of how the cruiser
underestin1ated tHet amount Of timber
per section.
to w. J. MiIliken, Sept. &c. 1881. expiring
June 1, 1893, estimated amount of timber
70, 700 feet, and sold at 81 per 1000 The
he did not cut this timber.
Cruiser Dedon under date of Aud. 10,
1893, reported that the section was cut
rive or six years ago. There Is no evil
dence OF an attempt to locate parties cut
ting or to collect.
Sec. 16-59-25. permit No. S06 issued to
r ii. Shevlin, Sept. II, 1892. expiring in
1894 .. estimated at $4,000 feet and sold at
81. 05 per M.
9. 400, 0o0 feet standing, 100000 feet of this
dead; this standing timber was sold to J.
r Z; irwin on Nov. IA, 1900 at S.. so per M.
The surveyor general. in 1908, reports
3,037, 610 feet cut under this permit, which
was paid. There is no record of any pay
ment or surveyor generals report on the
first mentioned permit.
Attention Is called to the vast difference
of standing timber.
Sec. S-50-26, permit No 1112 issued to
Shevlin, Carpenter company, Oct. 20, 1894,
expiring In 1896, estimated at 100000 feet
and sold at 50 per NJ
No surveyor generals report norepay-
menG noted on the stumpage record.
Cruiser Mitchell, on Sept. %, 1899. report
ed that there were $4,000 feet standing;;"
Dec. %, 1900, for 500. There is no ac-
count of the $4,000 feet as reflected be-
tween the two estimates.
Sec 16-56-26, permit No. 49, issued
TO y. ID Wilson Sent 16 10,
not given, estimated at 500 600 feet and
sold at 4.35 per M.
The old stumpage book has the follow
ton. There is no surveyor generals re-
port nor payment under this permit shown
on the stumpage record Cruiser Dedon,
On Aug. 10, 1887, reports that this section
has ne been cut over and that there were
10000 feet of pine left which was sold for
cash Oct. q, 1897, for $50.
There Is no evidence that any effort
was made TO obtain payment for the $780,
GOO feet sold at $4.35 per M under permit
Sec. 1s-5s-1o, permit No. 1913. issued
to A; 8. Mckinley. Oct. Z, 1888, estimated
There is no surveyor generals report
permit. fsi
q Lowden Dec. b. 1891, estimated at D.
100000 feet. sale price $3.50 per 1000.
Under this permit the surveyor general
reports z, 6V6,J10 feet cut. Cruiser McClel-
Ian, under date of Aug. IA, 1895. says,
there We're old cuttings and estimated
5S5, 600 feet standing..and that there were
10y, 600 feet wasted IN cutting. The $685.
coo feet were sold under permit No. 2B,
and the cutting hereunder paid for.
The 25o,oo0 feet wasted In cutting Is
not accounted for In any manner, al
though the permit holder was responsible
not expired. In this or any case noted In
this report ~
Sec. 1s-14o-s7s permit No. 1887, issued
to Ray w. Jones, Oct. 90, 1894, expiring
In 1896, estimated at 800 900 feet, and sold
at SITS per 1000.
There Is no surveyor generals report
nor any payment on account of this per-
nit. Cruiser Mckenzie reported, March
ID, 1902, "oid cuttings, cut all around;
that there were $4,000 feet leftp This
10000 feet was sold Dec. TO-, 1902, for $f20
cash. The old cuttings referred to by
Mckenzie are not accounted for and no
Sec. 32-f4o-37, permit No. 1f42, Issued
to Ray w. Jones, Oct. 20, 1894, expiring
In 1896, estimated at $4,000 feet, and sold
for S1.75 per 200.
No surveyor generals report nor any
payment noted on account OF this per-
NIT. Cruiser Mckenzie reports, March
II, 1902, that there were new cuttings,
cut all around; 5000 feet left" This 5000
feet was sold for cash In 1902, bringing
SIS. The new cuttings reported by Nc
kenzie are not accounted for.
Respectfully submitted.
IS. T. Johnson, Public Examiner