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Timber Trf«pa«%^ri Ib StBBe«otA.The Slt;-cri*tary of the interior halt;i tran«-mitted to the utturney ueneral pajer« (jf the t'nited Stnt^M lt;lintrict attorney €fNfinne^ota in relation to theeuit |i‘nd aig agairmt the (iull Kiver Luraler t om-,Hiiy ui Mianlt;‘euta for tlw; cuttins; ofT'j4,OO0 feet of lumfwr fntrn the publiclands of Minne«ota. The district ittorney says that the company offers to roriipron.ise by paying 4-i per l.uoo feet The «''rretary. tn his letter to the attorney jt-nera!. saysin vi-¥f of all the facts in the raee. as some conr«*HSion to the company a claim that it did not intend to approprate the icovtTcrneiit tind»er, anlt;l to avoiil lt;le.lay and Jitigatiiin in the settlementof the caae, this lt;lepartment will riinaider favoratily a proposition by the cuiiipany to nettle the trespaas upon the payment of $5 |isr Sl,olt;)0 feet for the tim-Imt, amountinis to T‘.*4, OOO feet. Jf this •uiti is not paid, tlicn the law had belter take its course. If this case of treMpass were the only lt;me in w hich thU company were implicatelt;i, and the amount of tim-,*er were not so larg**, more favorable terms might le considered; but the fact shows A great and continued disregard for the proferty rights of the govcrniuent.
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Brainerd Dispatch
Brainerd, Minnesota, US
Fri, Oct 22, 1886
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