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Show The Land Case. The testimony of Sir. W. F. Shelton, C. E , In the land contest case, having concluded yesterday afternoon, Mr. Adolph Jesseu, civil and mining engineer, this city, took the stand upon the re-assem-biiugof the court this morning. He Is familiar with the lands In dispute, and stated that he had been present at some of tbe inspections there. He tested the water In the artesian will, the flow of which was insufficient insuf-ficient for anything except, perhaps, the Irrigation of a few trees close by IL His opinion was that these lands could never be reclaimed tnat there could be no way of making them valuable for agricultural purposes. pur-poses. Ho considered the lands altogether al-together un-iuted for grazing, and that stock could not be supported upon tnem. The witness was cross-examined cross-examined by Mr. Thompson, and was still under question when tbe Nkw3 w ent to press. |