Show LA PLATA CLAIMANTS WIN F E secretary of the interior lateri cr do de chaos JA against L the 7 11 A copy of the decision of the secretary of tb the interior in the la plata mining cose case of fred W V et al vs the central pacific railroad company lias has been received by da auais is lt the attorneys a for Tl ackwell and his fellow fellon claimants this contest involved the question n hether or not the section containing the townsite of la plata in cache county wa mineral land the section had been selected by the railroad e coal out if 1 owr three W bocal ng claims within its limits the local land office decided in favor of the mining applications holding that ala land embraced within the east half and the east cast half of the quarter was wae mineral in chai character acter on appeal the commissioner of the general landof land office ace affirmed the decision the secretary of the interior in his recent decision holds th atthe I 1 judgment should have included the entire section the testimony of the protestants protestante prot estante he bya tays shows that on in the vart oart of ane section held beld by the local land office nol to be mineral a number of mining claims had been located and that mineral had been disco discovered ered in many places and bl h finds that the prima facie case made by bulhe I 1 lie protestants is not overcome by the evidence for the railroad company it is questionable he says say if an an acre in the section could be used for agricultural purposes and its value for grazin gracing amounts to but little more he g therefore orders the cance lalion the railroad companas comp anys selection the section tribune |