Show 7 LI p h. 1 i R 1 Grants T j t V- V x Denvir Golo oy tant 71 s hin tt t cO a of la should be- be forfeiting ri n mr 1 ta wil i Vms Vms-of a ftC l I a OP J il n- n M i v i 1 J j r het flUg r pF p.- p. F C itt ncy ra v n as asto to the A h i thee the Union I ie thet ilp gen genral ral eveta pi bi Q L ili aV e- e it art tt hit fi tL i 1 d b mi rr t it OX t land an l fiat this railroad hart had been leen acq ac- ac q u I rod together the hunt grant grant- ti by the thu Southern Pacific system and it Is now nov the tho latter roads road's regular regu tar lar line lino from Frisco to Portland and that contrary to the provisions of this grant the road had absolutely refused to sell any of Its lands claiming claiming claim claim- ing that having acquired them from the original company they are arc not hound bound by 13 the grant from morn the tho govern govern- rn ment en t. t Other Oilier States Affected It is stated that the tho significant feature leaLure lea fea Lure ture of tills newest nevest action by the government to get hack back its lands Is that when the Union Pacific received a grant of land from Omaha to Ogden Ogden Og- Og den through Nebraska Colorado Wyoming Utah and the Kansas Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- from Kansas City to Denver through Kansas and Colorado the tho same provisions were embodied In the grant and successful action In Oregon Ore Ore- gon gort Is sure to result in the commencement corn com of actions for the recovery of land In these and other adjoining states stales through which the Union Pacific Pa Pa- elite anti and its branch lines run An Au eminent Omaha attorney has written the department of justice at Washington relative to the same matter matter mat mat- ter and gives it as his opinion that the clauses in the grants to the roads are identically the same In meaning and effect and it Is evident that al already at- at ready some early action Is contemplated plated against the Union Pacific should the Oregon litigation get on a solid foundation It Is a well velI known racE fact that In certain tam tain localities the Union Pacific ha has refused to sell certain oC of Its lands because it Is saul said it realizes the great value from a mineral source This Is true it IL Is claimed around Rawling Raw Raw- tins ling Wyo and tributary territory and the same policy will be pursued by the government as against the Southern Pacific In Oregon S From the tenor of the remarks of tho government prosecutors and from the activity against the tho Southern Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- anti and the possible taking up of the arne Kame matter against the Union Pacific It is evident that the tho are showing no special kindness forthe for forthe the Harriman system |