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Show SOUTHERN PACIFIC MAY . LOSE OREGON LANDS ' WASHINGTON. .May 25. B. O. Town-I Town-I send, a special attorney in the Depart-I Depart-I iiR'iit of Justice, will leavi; here tomor-I tomor-I row for Portland. Ore, when; ho shortly ! will Institute legal proceedings on behalf j of the Governnu-nt to dispossess the Soul hern Pacific of land In western Oregon, Ore-gon, valued at $3,500,000. and to secure a decree annullng tin grant and restoring the lands to the public domain. The lands In question wore given to thf old Southern Pacific several decades ' ago to Induce the construction of rail- road lines. The rouds were built, but i It is charged that th" holders of (he land t grant have failed to live up to other parts ' of the obligation to the Government. |