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Show GOVERNMENT MAY COMPROMISE1 CASE WASHINGTON". Feb V. Compromise oettlerneut of tho tltlo to urili.OOO acres of valuable timber land In western Oregon was considered today by Atorney Gen-eml Gen-eml Wlckerxlmm after conferences with representatives of twenty-seven purchaser purchas-er of tho tract from tho OreKon & California Cali-fornia railroad, a subsidiary of tho Southern South-ern Pacific In wIiohc land prant tho land was orlslnally Included. The sovernmcnt conlndP Ihat th.' railroad rail-road has not fulfilled Uh obligation under tho rant and h'ts Insiituted auit for Its foife'ture, L'ndcr aut'iorlly of i-un&roaa tho attorney grenoral Is (riven dlaortlon to permit Innocent purchasers from the ralli-oad to surrender title to tho government govern-ment and buy back the land at ?L50 per acre. |