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Show ROASTING ORE IS A "DOMESTIC PROCESS" WASHINGTON, J sXnO. The Supreme court sf the United States toAy decided the case of the United States vs. the United Verde Copper Mining company of Alisons, which was a - proceeding to recover $31,000 on account of timber tim-ber cut from the public lands and need In roasting ore. A regulation ot tha Interior department de-partment directed that timber should not be used for smelting 'purposes, whereaa tba law authorized miners to cut public Umber for . "domestic purposes." The opinion wss by Justice lfcKenna, who held that tha words "domeatle purpoaea" included in-cluded the roasting of ore and that the mining company was entitled to cut timber on the public land for that purpose. He also held that tha Secretary had no authority to pro-iBOlgat pro-iBOlgat a regulation extending the scope of tha law, as would be the effect in this city . if ore roasting was to be .construed as ore smelting. Tba. opinion affirmed the decision of tn Arisona Supreme court. Justices Her la. Brown aad Packham united ta a dissenting jopin ion, baaed on the theory that are roasting is not a "domestic process." |