Show important land decision billings mont mircle lo 10 this evening the local land office received an opinion from the general land office in which the decision dismiss in e alie contest of eugene J auge again virginia E george 13 affirmed the decision mide defining lilt is a desert entry is in apparent contradiction to the claims of the dry farmers and consequently is re girded as being the most important of recent sears BO far as alie and west is concerned airs george located a half section of land under the desert act of march 7 1905 and at once took steps for its reclamation bj irrigation tho land was planted under the expectation that voter would bo in time for irrigation but owene to the failure of the ditch constructors to finish the work water was not placed on the land however a fair crop was realized and auge seeing tins contested the debirt land claim upon alie ground that agricultural crops could bo raised without artificial irrigation in the decision it was held that the proposition of raising remunerative crops without irrigation in the west had not been sufficiently established to warrant the changing of he character of the land while on he contrary alio government reclamation cla mation projects and alie expenditure of large sums for irrigation enterprises terp rises demonstrated alie fact that alio lands were by alio finding the contest is disunited and the claim of mrs george 13 affirmed subject to possible appeal to the secretary of the interior |