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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 37 1 Eighth. That oontr%tors shall p;tga.Pnir, roasolxable, and tuilal rate of waxes to their amistsnts, and shau, unrler the sopervisiou of tile superintendent, f ~ t r ~ i atlhlo agent with s monthly ststemant ehowingtheamonntdoetoeaahllsborerattheandofererymonth. Ninth. That no ontside Indims be allowed to aasist in brrnking xsnomonne logs without the con- . . . . .. " .- Eleventh. That no ountraator shall be interested in more than one oontrnrt at the aaloe time. Twelfth. That ail transrs or other per8ons sugplging the Indians vith guods for tho logging be requirsd to furnish a prioe list, a statement of their accounts with the Indians, and, whenever so required, an itemized statement of goods furnished Thinr~mth.T Lrt rhl hxdnt ru.a~d ire ihr Guotrreu r :t rl.lr>#>enr~ 1.ouil.d ihr .tmuunr Then clua and tlte.l~ns,#lu1t5 1..rlrxtt, nrrses ! farlalmr: I'rerz,l+d Thir rr rs oxpws-1) stirell rhr! ns.#chcrt he (iovornwent nor the n"c- nr rtlanurces auv Dart o i llsr indrhrednrrs t h u thc IOL'PI m. 6 ~in c'nr. - " - ~u " Eonrteenth. That no logs are to be soaled unlesr propndy landed and marked, andlandings and rollways cleared before logs are landed. It will be observed that the agent, after having consulted with the snperintendent of logging, aonaludes that an addition to the rules is advisable, whioh woulrl permit the various lopgers to bank and sell for shingle bolts the hntts and tops left from lumber they eut this season in nddition to the 20,000,OW feet of timber allowed by law. Thxs office is in favor of allowing this refuse timber to be utilized as suggested, as, unless so disnosed of. it will eo to waste and i t is e sonroe of danger from tire., and.. therefbre, so reoomolended to the Department nnder date of 29th Septemhor, 1891, and the Deoartment renlied under date of October I . 1891, mthoriain,o- its sale. After a time, however, it transpired that owing to the Indisns having acted inhsd faith, and lax supervision on the part of the agent and soperiutendsnt, green stand-ing timber, fit for logs, was ent up and sold contrary to law. Tila inducement the loggers bave to do this is that while for shingle bolts they obtain abont $5.50 per 1,000 they are paid for baukii~glo gs only abollt $3.23 per 1,000 feet. Inspector Ganl-ner investi~atedth is matter and rsoorted- A con8idembIe nnmlhr of thoas shingle balta measured l l b feet in length. These 11) feet l o p were - . . Inview of all the facts I nu1 of tho oninion that it wonhl not Be wise to include in thernles for logging this senaon any provitiionfor saleof shingle halts, end respoct-fully recommendthat the rules sboveq~~otewdl,l iah vpere in force during the logging aeason of 1891 and 1892, he spprovecl without change or addition for the senson of 1892 and 1893. I have written Agent Kelsey to kuow if he and the soperintendant of logging o m make slloh arrangements us would effectively prevent any abuse in fntnro of the privilege to sell shingle bolts, provided it he granted, to *&kc effect after the regular lopgi~. mo -o eri~tionso f next season are coonoluded, nntil whioh time I would not recommend that ally 8nch a~lthorityb e ganted, or the Indians given to under-stand that it wonld be allawe
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