Washington County News | 1912-02-22 | Page 1 | Important Ruling

important ruling ban san francisco feb that the offer of a corporation to pur chase lan ian Is from entry men as soon as the latter have hive corn com plied with the provisions necessary to obtain from the government title to such lands is acal is the gist of a ruling made today by judge W B gilbert in the united states cir cult court of appeals the case de aided was that of the government against the barber lumber company and others foi alleged conspiracy to defraud the government of large tracts of timber lands in I 1 aiho by the use of dummy entry men