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Show ONE SIDE HEABD. The Cue for the Proleiite !i lie Land Di,pntD Opens. The further hearing of the beach indseontelt case was resumed the UnlUd abates Land Ofncethl. morning before Registrar Hobba w?1 HoJt Shermn. Wheti the court rut embled Mai o r Bird recalled Pror. Marcus EJones, who now made tests of various simples of water taken from the Wells, etc, on the lands In dispute and gave tho results thereof. This occupied a considerable portion of themornlng's sitting, but revealed nothing of 'interest to the general public, and at 11:15 an adjournment was taken until half-rost one o'clock. When the Court re-assambled this afternoon Mr. Levi E. Reed, of the nrm of Jeremy A Co., was requested to be sworn as a witness on the part or the protestee, but refused. The case for the prolestea was then entered uoon, the first witness called being Mr. A.O. McCornlck, i 'LiVtuI?iqItJr-, b was iPtcrrcJ gated by Attorney ThorrJpson as to his professional qualifications and the various works in which he had been engaged during his eleven years' experience as a civil engineer. Since ISS7 be had been acquainted with the Salt Lake Volley, and since 1K63 had become temlllar with tbe lake shore, from tbe lands in question around by Garfield, through Tooele Valley, and to the. point of the mountains about fifteen miles from Grantsvllle, known as the Skull Valley range. Beyond that be was not acquainted with the lands in tbe vicinity of tbe east and south shore of the Great Salt Lake and the Jordan Jor-dan River. He visited the lands in dispute, for the purpose of making a survey, on October 16th last, accompanied accom-panied by Mr. Henry Fiishugb, and was so decupled dntil October 26th continuously. On a subsequent occasiou Mr. Alfred Thompson aud others were with him. Witnesa uextgaveevideuceastolho taking of levels on the disputed lands and the lauds adjacent contained in tuu claim of Jeremy & Co., and was being questioned In regard to the locality coming within tbe ecotie ot the present Inquiry when the News went to press. |