Show I CANCELED OIL LANDS LIE IN KERN COUNTY By y Associated Press preas SAN FRANCISCO Nov 18 The The acres of ot C California oil lands re returned returned returned re- re turned to the government from the Southern Pacific c company through cancellation of ot patents by the supreme court yesterday are situated in the Elk Ell hills region of Kern county near the town of ot McKittrick They are part of a a. grant made by th the government government government govern govern- ment to the predecessors in Interest of the Southern Pacific company in 1866 for tor the promised development of ot the region Patents t to the lands were not perfected by the company until D December December Decem Decem- cember cem- cem ber 12 1904 Suit to return the lands to the government gov was vas started in 1910 when it was determined that they were partly mineral whereas the original grant covered lands solely Government Government Government Gov Gov- geologists determined that the lands should be in the Taft presidential thai withdrawal order of 1912 and they were thereupon added to the naval re reserve re- re serve The United States district court ordered ordered ordered or or- dered the dissolution of the patents but this ruling was overturned by the United States circuit court of ot appeals here The decision of ot the supreme court ov overturns the circuit court |