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Show BEPOBT OF TEIE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 53 Bad River Resewation.-During the fiscal year 9 cdntracts were J entered into with the J. S. Stearns Lumber Company, authorized contractors, by allottees of the Bad River Reservation. One con-tract was made with this company under the act of February 16, 1889 (25 Stat L., 673), for timber burned by the forest fires which raged during the summer and fall of 1908 on the unallotted lands of this reservation; 129,397;885 feet of timber was cut from the allotted - lands and 33,390,850 feet from the unallotted lands, a total of 162,788,735 feet, which at the contract price represents a value of $944,639.59. 1 Lac Cburte OreiUes Resewation.-Three contracts were 'made with Signor; Crisler & Co., authorized contractor, by allottees of the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation. The operations during the year re-sulted in logging 3,119,865 feet of timber of the contract value of $8,663.20. Red Cl~f fRe~ewat ion.~nNewo contracts were made and no opera- I tions were conducted during the year. During the early part of the fiscal year a scale and estimate was made of timber left by Frederick I L. Gilbert, authorized contractor, on allotments the contracts cover-ing which had expired. The contractor was asked to settle for the timber left in violation of the contracts, and the matter is still in controversy, no settlement having been reached. The office has a claim of $29,937.42 against the contractor for thistimber, which is being resisted. Fond du Lac Re.semratwn.-Nine contracts were approved in favor of ' ~ a r t i nB rothers, who were authorized to purchase timber from allottees on the Fond du Lac Reservation in Minnesota, but no operations were conducted. An effort is being made to have the contractors make additional contracts and remove the timber. One hundred and fifty-six dollars and nineteen cents was collected from the St. Louis River Mercantile Company on account of trespass on four allotments of this reservation, committed in cutting logging roads. Grand Portage Reservation.-A. V. Johnson, who was authorized to purchase timber from the allottees of the Grand Portage Reserva-tion, Minn., entered into 47 contracts, which were approved; 2,195,- 365 feet of timber was logged of the contract value of $13.012.90. 1 Lac du Flambeau Resmation.-The Indians on the Lac du Flam-beau Reservation in Wisconsin hold allotments under the treaty of September 30, 1854 (10 Stat. L., 1109), and are authorized to sell their timber to J. H. Cushway & Co. During the year 14 contracts expired and 4 extension agreements were approved; 4,888,580 feet of timber was logged of the contract value of $10,438.04. One contract for fire-kiied timber on unallotted lands of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation was approved under the act of February I |