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Show 70 REPORT OR THE CJOMWSSIONER OF INDIAN A ~ F A I R ~ . also confirmed by the General Land Office December 30, 1898, except as to the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 13 and the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of sec. 12, T. 147 N., R. 28 W. November 5, 1899, Seelye, as attorney in fact for Ella M. Seelye, also entered into a contract ~ i t Pho rter to 8811 him about 2,000,000 feet of logs which were to be cut f roln secs. 17 and 24, T. 147 N., lt. 27 W. December 30,1898, the Commissioner of the General Land Office con-firmed this contract. The logging op~rationst o be conducted on these land8 were to be mrried on in accordauce with the regulations prescribed hy the Depart-ment August 84, 1898, as modified December 14. 1898. Paragraph 8 of these regulations i3 as follows: Thk Indian agent will wume control of the proceeds of the sde,of which $2 per 1,000 feet for white rine and $1 per 1,000 for Norway shall be deducted by him for the benefit of the Indiana and to pay all expenses of the sale, such as advertising, telegraphing, additional compensation of superintendent, and traveling expenses of superintendent and assistant superintendents; provided, that in any ease where the logs are sold for an irmount exceeding $6 per 1,WO feet for white pine and $5 per 1,OW feet for Norway, the amount to be deducted for the benefit of the Indians, sa above ststad, shall be proportionately increased, in the discretionof the Commissioner of the General Land Office. I The 111.t prwtxhl+r en~alningrh all IN divi<kla nd paid ar follows: (.I .) I I e fila~lp.l a .) 1k.e w~16.1of~ P IIVII log.3 TIIC~ rtlo,lnld oe 0 1 1 thv nxrt .>f the I~adinn logger. (2) He shall pay the laborers of the logger, including foremen, blacksmiths, team-stem, filers, clerks, and oooks, any unpaid balance which may he due them under their contract for labor performed in the cutting or delivery or kanking of snch logs. (3) He shall pay the party or parties furnishing the advances under the contra& authorized in section 9 to the logger who delivered said logs. (4) He shall pay to the logger or contractor who banked auch logs any part remain-ing of the amount to be paid under his contract. The records of the General Land O5ce show that under the Dong-lass contract there was delivered 917,710 feet of Norway pplne and 54,380 feet of Norway pine-for "boom timber," the aggregate value of which at $5.50 per 1,000 feet, the agreed price was $5,346.49; that under the Maggie A. Seelye contract there was cut 820,370 feet of white pine, 1,912,930 feet of Norway pine, and 28,000 feet of whitc pine and 65,770 feet of Norway pine for 'Lboom timber," which, at $6.25 for white pine and $5.50 for Norway, the agreed prices, amounted in the aggregate to $16,185.17; and that under the Ella M. Seelye con-tract there was cut 1,413,560 feet of white pine and 1,551,770 feet of Norway pine, and for "boom timber," 66,950 feet of white pine and 23,000 feet of Norway pine, which, at the agreed prices, amounted in the aggregate to $11,664.37, making in all $33,196.03 worth of timber that was cut under the three contracts. This amount, it appears, had been paid to the United States Indian agent for the White Earth |