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Show C - i . ' : . . . . . . t 77,. z.-.-. .: . . . . . . . . . - . , , , , ..,' -7 - ., ,: ~. ' '. .. , ' , ? I , ., . 92 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIOX'ER OF INDIAK AFFAIRS. Chicago, Ill. (daily), and the Pioneer Press, of St. Paul, Minn. (daily), viz : ,6 . MENOMONEE IRDIAR MQS FOR SALE. . . Seded proposals, marked "Uids for Meuomaoee loga." addressed to the uoder-signed, will be received until 1 o'clock p. a. on the dsy of March, 1891. These logs asgregrte '20,000,000 feet of pine, more or less, sod are banked, or are to ba banked, partly on the Routh Branch of the Oconto River and llortly 011 the Wolf River and its tributaries, on the Menonlonee Reservsrion, Wis. The logs banked on eaeb river will be sold on separate bids. Propovals will be received for about . . , 6,000,000 feet of logs bauked on the Wost Branch Creek and W8st BrauCh of Wolf 'River. Thelogs me or will be scaled by competent aud isvoru scalers, whose work can be ~ s n d i l yte sted, and logs mmt be baid fur in ossh \vithiu 10 daysaftor noceptence of bid. The bids will be opened in the presence of bidders in t l ~ ua% & of the Green Bay Agency, s t Knabena, Wiu., at 1 o'clook p. m, of March 4 lml. Awarrls will be made to the hiphesfi bidder or biddera; the si~le to be srBprovad by the Co>nnrissiouor of Indian Affairs and the hhonorablg Secretary of t,ha Interior, who reserve the right to reject any or all bids, as they may deem best for the iuterest of tbe lu<linus. , Checksof parties whose bids are not accepted xvill boretomet1 to them. If accepted bidders fail to comply with the reilairamur~tnof tho Du~lortmeut in tbu purchase or paj-meat for lo,os s s s~lvertiaedt,h sir oerti8otl chocl<sw ill bu furfei tetl aorl the t~mb e r resold. CIIAHLESS . I~ELYEY, Cxiled States Indian Agent. RESHENA,W I ~ . ,F ~ ~ ~ L 1Q7,T 18Y91,. . . Authority mas also given for the printiug of posters to be (listributed among lumbermen, and conspicuously placed iu the viciuit,y of the . , agency and elsewhere. March 2,1801, the agent reported that he hail ~eceiredth e following bids: oconto~iver.' r~olfltircr.i TnbutNariesot olf nivor. i 1 Per 3I. Pcr X. Per X. F. H. Hurlburt ............................................ 8 $0.22 ...... I D. senninea ............................................. I .............. : w.es S. W. Holli~ter. .......................................................... 10.50 ! 9.00 Tom mall .................................................. ; 9.37 , 10.36 j 8.17 Oconto Company ........................................... 1 10.80 9.05 1 9.05 Awards mere made to the OoontoCompany and to 8. W. Hollister. Taking into account the quantity of timber at each point, Bollister's bidfor the logs on the Wolf River and its tributiries mas $1,940 higher t,l~anth at of any other bidder.. On the scale of logs being complete(1 it mas discovere(l that the limit as to quantity fixed by the act had been exceeiled by 2,760,560 feet, viz : On Wolf Rirer and tributaries 1,365,470 feet, aud on the Ooonto River 1,404,090 feet. The agent was therefore instructed to withhold this surplus, and to deliver only 20,000,000 feet to the pnrohasers. The bidders claimed that they had bought all, auil that by the terms |
