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Show -.2722. "TINS' SUIT :-. ; . CIOSHONE FALLS Suprecc Court Awards Possession to Dim of the Valuable Power Situation. BOISE. Ida.. Jan. 30.-The Supreme rourt today handed down an opinion -aiming the right of H. L. Holllster to ground that controls the power situation sit-uation at Shoshone Falls. .Holllster brought suit under the eminent domain act to secure possession of this small Piece of ground, the defendants being the State of Idaho. W. A. Clark of Montana and others. In its decision, the Supreme court Si'lSn' w t f Confre8s ting Idaho Into the Union as a State does not prohibit 'or restrain the right of eminent domain over the .lands granted to the State by said act.' The State contended that the ground in controversy was worth $200,000 because of its location with reference to the falls. The Supreme court opinion affirms af-firms the Judgment of the lower court, assessing the value of the land at $1000. The object of Holllster In securing the power is said to be to transmit electric elec-tric energy to the mines of the Wood, river belt and to use It for an electrie railroad between the town of Shoshone and the falls. |