Show IS LAND PLACER OR AGRICULTURAL V I BOISE DOU Nov cov O 2 n An interesting conas conas con con- as to whether the of Idaho are richer in iii gold sold or hI in raising fruit qualities quail quail- ties is now being heard in IU the United States land office The Tho case involves be between between between be- be tween 1000 1009 and 1500 acres of land valued untilled at from to a WIt prospective fruit orchard land for the growing of or peaches According to the claims of tho the contestant Captain It IL L. L Lambert rambert the value of or the tle land landrun ma marun niaz run into the lie millions of dollars as as assays assays as- as says sag of or the tho sand land show u u presence of sold gold goldas as high as 50 cents tents to 1 1 i per per cubIc yard and the thO supply is practically ble I TIle tract under dispute is located on the Snake river six miles below Grandview Grandview Grand Grand- view and occupies all of what is familIarly familiarly famil famil- known as RS BI Big Biff Foot bar The plaintiff plain plain- tilt tiff Captain Lambert has a 0 number of placer claims covering covering- BI Bis Foot Fool bar which arc are in conflict with dt desert entries made by James William Jones David J. J McGowan Lillie 1 13 Daniel Albert V. V t er John K R. Rhodes and Ella E E- er rile Tue Northern Pacific railroad is also interested in that it holds part of ot the bar under a lieu selection allotted the railroad j in exchange for other lands which the tho company surrendered to the government So The contention of Captain Lambert is isS that the tract trac is moro more valuable as placer S land than as a agricultural soil and that it is more valuable than the gravel alon along the river as it lies in a big cove which is a natural settling place for the mineral deposits Although h th the the- defendants will not be placed on the stand stanl until Friday morning through h of or the counsel it was learned today that the theold old gold cannot bo be profitably gathered by any known process and that they hold this land as particularly valuable for peach orchards as the BIg Biff Foot bar is located in the river 11 the bluffs which not only shield it from the thc blasts but conservo conserve conserve con con- serve servo tho the warmth of the tho sun sun giving it off oft in the chill of the night and making an ideal hothouse for peach trees |