Show Northern Pacific Lands Washington 10The bill relating I relat-ing to the forfeiture of Northern Pacific lands introduced today by Dolph provides for the immediate restoration to the public domain and to the operation or the public land laws that portion of the grant lying coterminous with its main line between be-tween Wallula Junction and Portland Port-land a distance of 214 miles It also provides for the forfeiture at the end of five years from the passage of the bill of all lands adjacent to that portion of the Cascade grant which shall then be unbuilt in effect giving giv-ing the road five years to build the Cascade branch The bill proposes to authorize persons in possession of any of these lands to purchase 320 acres if so much has been improved by them The railroad is required to file its assent to the conditions of the bill so as to avoid all question as to the title of the forfeited lands |