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Show . A TIDE LANDS DECISION. Judge Hanf rd Bolde That They Are Not j Subject to Entry. Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 23. In theUni-'ted theUni-'ted States district court today Judge Hanford rendered a decision affecting large number of persons who sought to told tide lands under the Valentine .scrip. - The opinion is in the case of JacoV Mann vs. the Tacoma land company. com-pany. The court holds that under the land laws the Tnited States line of high tide is the boundary between land and 'water; that the act of congress cannot be construed to authorize-an entry of mud flats or tide lands, bare at low tide .but subject to daily overflow. An appeal ap-peal wil! be taken to the United States aupreme court. |