Show suit for a reservation washington D C april lo IO tho united states supreme court Is today to day hearing arguments in the case ot of the corporation of 0 the catholic bishop of oc Ne squally versus john gibbons appealed from the united states stales circuit con cobit it for or washington district the case which has been before tho the executive departments and tile the courts for a great many years involves the title to the fort vancouver military reservation I 1 I 1 on in washington the claim of the church Is based upon the establishment ot of a missionary station at vancouver with the ahn consent of 0 the hudson bay Com company pliny in 1838 and brings into question the construction ot of ill tho a organic act of oregon territory and other questions laws growing out of the laws of the united states touching public lands the government denies the validity of the claim |