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Show MINING COMPANY WINS. United States Supreme Court Affirms Af-firms Decision in Arizona WASHINGTON. Jan Tho Ptiprrme court of tho Cnlto-1 State to-lay d.cld.-l t)-o ,-in of the CnlL-U States va. tho United Verdo Copper M Inlnc company of Arizona, which waa a pn -reding to recover $JS,0OJ on account of timber tim-ber cut from the public lands and ued In roaotlng ore A reirultitlon of tho Interior department de-partment directed that timber ahould not bo uaed for smelting purpoara, whereas tho low authorized miners to cut public timber for "domestic purpoaes." Tho opinion wna by Juatlro McKenna. who hold that tho words "domretlc purpoeea" included in-cluded the roaaUng of oro und that thn mining company was entitled to cut timber n th public land for that purpose. Me also held that tho Secretary had no authority to promulgate pro-mulgate a regulation extending tho scope of the law, would be the effect In thla city If ore roasting waa to bo conatru-d as -to amcltlng. The opinion affirmed tho declal-.n of the Arizona Supreme court. Justices Harlan lln.wn and Perkham united In a dissenting opinion, baaed on tt. theory that ore rcevetlng Is not a "domestic process." |