Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-12-30
IN
OVERFLOW CASE
GOVERNMENT WITNESSES cox,
TINUE TO TESTIFY An TO
VALUE or LAND.
William Dollar Makes Good Witness
For the Government.

The government hearing In the
Water Power case yes
Ierday afternoon continued along the
line OF fixing a value OF lands along
the So. Joe river Frank Scott, a
resident OF Ferrill. Idaho. and own
Ing land In the Vicinity Of the head
Of navigation, was placed on the
stand as an expert on lands along the
st. Joe river including those on the
reservation In controversy. Scott
testified to the productiyenesa OF
lands along the river adjacent TO
the reservation aud enumerated pro-
auctions he had seen grown on titled
lands In character similar to the
lands in controversy. His enumera-
tion included apples. raspberries. cell
cry, vegetables Of all kinds, hay, both
Wild and timothy. and oats In guam
Titles TO fix the titled land 1T 92OO
TO $500 per acre. His value Of the
lands in controversy was stated to
be from $40 to $500 per acre In their
raw state prior to 1907, when the
w. w. r. Co.'S bear trap dam be-
came effective In holding the water
back over the land. In testing the
witness personal knowledge OF the
character and value of the lands in
controversy, Attorney Gray irritated
the witness several times to such an
extent that he applied to the regis
ter for relief from ANSWERING the
questions given The government
attorneys took hand several times,
twice IN particular. to quiet the Wit
ness before the hearing could nro-
coed.
At 1876 this morning the Wash
ington Water Power company hear
ing was resumed with q. A. Mulch
of st. Maries. government expert on
land values. In the witness chair He
testified that he had pastured on the
reservation / ) head OF cattle In 1899
10 80 head In 1895 on an oral permit
from Indian Agent Morley. for which
he paid $50 per head per season.
He had cut wild hay on the reserya-
ton for which he paid 4i.O0 stump
age per ton. extending each year from
1902 to 1906. aggregating during
those years about 10 tons That he
owned A acres tin 1907 on the
south side OF the river and has rails
ed all kinds OF vegetables. apples.
raspberrles. strawberries. hay and
oats. The witness testified that tim
othy land adjoining his land but on
the reservation was worth SIS per
acre In 1906 and the low land worth
$40. He had a house. barn and 80
acres under cultivation. That he had
cut IS tons OF hay from 3a acres OF
lard on the reservation. He qualified
TO pass an opinion upon sections 22.
16. 81 The more the hay on low
land is cut the better II gets. Il
raised / IL tons clover hay per acre
on IS acres on my place
William Dollar. president OF the
Exchange National bank OF this city /.
testified he had been IN the lumber.
timber land and real estate business
IN addition to banking HAD been ae-
quainted with lands IN controversy
since October. 1899 Had walked
over part OF the lands. travelled over
them by stage over fair stage road.
The roads were dry in October--all
dry. Have been called up the river
by boat aRd stage In summer time
and By stage IN winter time. In the
summer Of 1903 travelled over lands
In controversy by stage: found land
dry: left road several times: travel
ed over sections 6. s. IS. II and IL
In September. 1898 Struck the river
on section s. coming from the north
across the reservation. Walked
across sections 90. 81 and % In Sep
TENDER. 1903. and found the ground
level and dry. In September. 1901,