The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-04-13

ranged from 81 to 50 per M. feet. De
mand was made for So per M. from
the Akeley Lumber company. They
refused to pay it.
The State auditor finally settled for
about $3.50 per M. feet for the entire
twenty mine cases, obtaining a lump
sum of S9,233.65, which was paid into
the State treasury June IL, 1900. It
was shown that State Auditor Dunn
added 200 M. feetto the amounts scaled
by the cruisers, believing that the
State land examiners might have
overlooked some cases where the tim
Der had been illegally cut and sold to
the same company. Over fifty per
cent more than the cruisers estimate
was realized in this settlement.
MILLIKEN & MCGUIRE TRES
PASS.
Case No. 297. This timber was cut
on lands selected by the Little Falls &
Dakota Railroad company under its
State swamp land grant. While so Sc
lected, the railroad company sold the
timber to- Milliken & Mcclure, who
cut it. The railroad company never
got deed from the State. The State
cruisers threatened to seize the timber,
aggregating 645, 010 feet, which they
appraised at about 81, 800. Settlement
was finally made for $1,000, which was
paid May IL, 1900.
Case No. 290. This was for 1872, $50
feet, cut from five sections by Magin
& Johnson and sold to the Red Lake
Falls Lumber company. Settled with
the company for about $500 per M.
which was the stumpage value of the
timber.
Case No. 295. This was for some
ties, posts and poles cut in 1900 for
use in railroad construction by Lilli-
bridge, Brown & Co., sub-contractors
under A. Guthrie & Co.; 81, SCI. SO was
obtained through Guthrie & Co.,
which was all that was due Lilli-
bridge, Brown & Co. It appears
from the records that this amount has
not been accepted as full settlement,
but that from the evidence before the
committee, the State auditor got all it
was possible-to collect.
Case No. 3l7. This was for Sol, 800
feet cut by several parties from four
sections and sold to Bonness g. Co.
They admitted that they had bought
242 M. feet only, but were compelled
to settle for all at S2.65 per M. which
was more than the cruisers value;
So; sa25 S. Wsss id July 50, 1896,
Case No. 319. This was for AGO NJ.
feet cut by Magin & johnson and sold
to the Red Lake Falls Lumber Co.
The lumber company was compelled
to pay 81, $40, which was considerably
more. than the estimated value made
by the State cruisers.
Case No. 800. This was for l,O99.-
939 feet cut by several parties from
twenty sections and sold to T. r.
Foley of Aitkin. Mr.. Foley exhibited
timber contracts with the Northern
Pacific Railroad company. who
claimed to own the land. The timber
was appraised by the cruisers at ST.
O98.O6. The case was placed in the at
torney generals hands. who found
that the State could not prove it's
claim, so settlement was finally made
at S2,09S.06, the stumpage value, on
October 20, 1900.
Case No. 376. This was for 176, $40
feet; valued at 1918, cut by c. Davis,
and sold to c. A. Smith Lumber Co.
The company said they had paid
Davis in full for the logs. They were,
however, compelled to pay the State,
the stumpage value of the logs, s61S,
on December 30, 1901.
Case No. 377. This was for tama-
rack ties and piling used by the Itasca
Lumber company in the construction
of logging railroad. State cruiser
says they were poor quality of culls.
There were 10,95O ties, $40 feet OF
tamarack piling and 4,760 feet of tam
arack. The sum of S455.3O was OBJ
tanned and paid into the State treas
ury December 30, 1901. The commit
tee believes that the price obtained,
311s cents for the Gull ties, 10 cents a
foot for the tamarack piling, and $500
per M. for thhe tamarack, was under
the circumstances the best settlement
obtainable.
Case No. 379. This was claim for
14O,21 feet against G.. E. Lyman for
trespass in Cook county. Logs were
sold to Akeley & Co. Lyman ad-
mitted only fifteen M. feet, but the
State insisted on full scale report
made by the cruisers. or threatened to
sue and, the State received $500, which
was paid January 4, 1902.
MINERAL LEASES.
Your committee examined into the
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