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Show I 42 REPORT OF THE COM~IISSIONICR OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. the south branch of the Ooonto ~iver ' s tar teda t. $2.35, and were bid in by Stelling Bros. at 54.10. The 955,146 feet on the Wolf River and tributaries started at 52.35 and were bid in bp S. W. Hollister at $4.56. After the sale Xr. Stelling presented tlte i~~closapdap er with the request to far-ward, shoring an agreement bg Indians to roll timber into the stream, sad to pay certain intlobtetluess, as a conditior~ofp orchnsing bolts by Stelling, with a view of obtaining approval of said agreement. Thia was not s con(lit,ion of the bid, because not made public; but thero is nu rloulbt but a.mucli higher price was realized in eon-sequence of the Stelling bida. I n wnsideratiou of the l%tenesa of the season, aud the diffio~~ltoyf procuring money losns by lumbermen, theprioes, are, I think, as high as can be obtained this season, therefore I reoommend npprovnl of the sale. ! On recommendation of t,his offlce the Department, June 29, 1893, ac-cepted the offers of Stelling Bros. a r~dS . W. Hollister, and confirmed the sa.les to thcm as follows: 6. TY. I-Iollister, 963,746 feet, at $4.55 per 1,020.. .............. X4,348.6& Stelling Bros., 191,376 feet, st.$l.lO, per 1,000.. .............. 4,88J.13 Total ..................................................... 9,233.37 This will result to the Indiaus who did the work and to the tribal poor fuud as follows: Gross receipts .............................................. $9,233.36 Scaling and incidental expenses.. ........................... 386.85 Net receipts .............................................. 8,846.51 10 per cent for stcrrnpage or poor fwd.. ..................... 884.66 -- Anlount to be divided arnong the loggers.. ................ 7, 961. R5 It will be observed that the quantity sold fell short of the origiual scale by 572,658 feet. This is the result of a fire which started in the woods after the first scale, and before sale was effected, rendering a new scale necessary, and this fact in part accounts for tlie excessive expense of scaling, advertising, etc., as compared with the quantity of timber handled. No intimation even has reached this office that illegal cutting was done; alid as a quantity of timber was utilized, which would otherwise have bee11 lost, and as such shingle-bolt logging gives employment to many who would otherwise be idle for months, it is my opinion that it should be allowed next season, and the matter will again be brought to the attentioil of the Department. Pond d z L~ a c Reserwatio~zM, inr~.-No timber has bee11 marketed from the Fond du Lac reservation since the stopping in 1891 of the unlaw-ful logging operations of J. S. Stack, a full history of which was given in the last Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The office submitted a special report to the Department, September 10,1892, on the facta brought out in the investigation of the trespass committed on the timber of this reservation, made under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. In that report tlie opinion was expressed that "both Mr. Stack aria Mr. Leahy should be proceeded against in civil suit for the recovery of the value of the tim- |
