The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-04


An onlnion from the attorney general
lated Oct. 8 shows this to be trespass,
out 1T has not been charged as such.
Under the Dunn administration it was
charged for at regular permit prices.
auditor lverson has charged interest
from the time the permit expired. He
should, according to the attorney gem
treble. =
On the items in the Quinn report it is
claimed the state has lost $108,938. 90.
Under the items covered in the Iverson
report loss is claimed of about $75, 900. 4
!; Inns Is all well within the statute Of
limitations. The summary of loss items
IN the Dunn report is as follows:
Cutting after expiration of permit . . $40, so1 "a
Cuttings unpaid .................. 1851 gs
Niiscelianeous ......................| 51,541 90
The great part of the items in the
as the penalty is concerned, if the deci-
sion Of Judge Brill is upheld. How
ever, all were clearly within the power
of Mr.. Dunn to collect when he was in
charge. -
- Kerst Will Resume.
The investigation is not ended. The
reports filed cover all the work done
under the Johnson administration, but
his successor, P. M. Kerst, said today
that work on the auditors books would
be resumed in short time.
In the Dunn report many detailed
cases are given where a permit was is.
sued, part Of the timber cut, and the
holder released from paying on what hen
left standing. Often the renainder
was sold again at a lower price. Other
cases are shown Of trespass, where no
effort seemed to have been made to col
lect. In the case of section 16-140-37,
sold in 1897, it is claimed $50S.50 is still
due, and letter appended is shown. 1t
was written by Cruiser Mckenzie to
Auditor Dunn, Jan. IA, 1900, and says:
"They tell me Jerry Howe OF Bonness
& Howe, says you let MIN cut anytnlng
he wants. -
Amounts claimed to be due inclgds
5000 on section 16-59-2O, sold In 1898
to A. R. Rogers, and $l90.89 on section
36-7l22, sold in 1897, to G. B. Buchanan.
Cruisers reports are given showing
trespass reported, on which no effort
seems to have been made to collect, IN
volving amounts from sou up.
Warm Letters from Dedon.
Correspondence is given in the tres s
mass case of G. Miller, on sections %
and 80. town 1859. Miller paid $29;2o
trespass. The letters by Cruiser Dedon
show that Miller should have PAID LOT
l96. 100 feet at Sc, total of ST, 1861;
The letters showed that the trespass had
been scaled by w. A. Miller, who had
| stmore than common connectlon with
tho tresnasser, Dedon wrote Molander,
stumpage clerk, saying:
UThe honest and better class OF resi-
dents in this country are tired OF see-
! ing the state robbed by a lot OF nlghs
providers and thieves, and there Is nigu
feeling against Dunn d., LOT no. so raa a
notice of 1T and prosecuting sono -
| them.' -, o-.a
Dedon wrote Jan. 81, 1901, saying that
| he had inspected the cutting under per
| nit on section 16, township 81, range 70
state school land. The, cutting was
all from state land, but only about PEI
cent Of the logs were being marked.
HMIN."
Laxity Charged to Iverson. sc
The report then takes up the Iversoni
"u The following cases were reported
since Jan l, 1908, of cutting after eS-
piration of permit, which under the at
torney generals opinion, should have
been paid for at trespass prices: q,
T f p irwin II Nov. IA, 1900, at ST. There
were 2.444,O2O feet cut. in winter OF
l 1on2- Ol FOR which auditor charged IN
terest of $1,259O5. Should have
charged $15,s49.09s additional as tres
Ipass. -. 60 o 90 n
]W. F. Brooks, Nov: Il, I?oo, at 94'l ~
tl903-4. Should have paid $3,SlO.54 ad-
4 ditional for trespass. =.
Section Sc, township 60, range 20, to
4 w p Brooks. 400. at $4.35, cutting OF
. S5a670 feet in 1904. Should have
maid $7.478.39 additional for trespass.
Other sections covered by the report.
with the purchaser and the amount quo
as trespass for, cutting after the expiIa-
ton of the permit, were as fohoWs:
Section 1e6s-23. W. F. Brooks ...... 81 ,sls.s
Section ss62-a George MeGrea .a 49, oe
Section Section 2Ss2-2s, Bonness & Howe soy e
Section 81 62-23. Bonness Howe -. |'os1'''
, Section 1s45-24, Foley-Bean LUMBER . or q,
se oonnenv ..................2 O4s .Sl
Section Section 1923, ". F. Brooks sss '''
Under the head of cuttings unpaid
the report gives cruisers reports OF
r unauthorized cutting. on tWenIy-el aaa
8 sections. handed in since Jan. 4, l9V3
: on which no collection has been maoe
! The sections are as follows:
Section s-4e-22: section se6o,24;- section 3
% 81 section a6-56-13; section 1922 sec
ton section l214 o. sset sectan
nction 361 1865; section 2S-14635 sectio
a a section 144s-2s: section 32-442s sec
y fion 2O6s22: section 6-53-22; section l046- q
q saction 16-1493O: section 2046-23: section 6-4s
d 80: section 26-5s-20; section s6-61-s vest sex
), tfOn 1892 east.
i The Dispute with Iverson.
Part FIVE Of the report, which wa
= al n 5Gnvernnr Van SAINT Nov
. as. 1908, was further analysis of tn
t report made Aug. as to timber pei
O. uIIssI - 81 Pm, ~ Column.