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Show RAILROAD WILL WIN. Government Will Lose Suit to Recover Oil Lands Worth $500,000,000. Washington - Jnat iik the novern-ment novern-ment Ik hitting In for the blg(?ent lenal game It ever played the dimovery U made that it Ik bound to lose mid thn Southern 1'acllic lo win $:.00.00.0(0 If the play goea on. The stakeH are a great area of Call fornlii richest oil lamln. They wcrs granled to the railroad with a iIuuh In the frant expreKHly eiceptlng all mineral IiiihIk nave thoso containing coal mid Iron. Mont of tliena laud were patenled to the Krantee, more than sii yearn ago. Tim joker In the situation, i up clal statute of llmltat Ioiih, nllpped through coiigreKg In an act of March .1, I Mil, and perfected by another act of March 2, I MM!. The effect of Uh'ko art, as con-Hrued con-Hrued by the t'nited Slatea Hiipreme court. Ik aliHolutely to bar proceed-IngK proceed-IngK by the government to annul a patent of land to a land I'rant rail load after lx year from the iHHuance of the patent. I'ntll theHe act are repealed I he government ha not a chance on earth to got back Its land. |