OCR Text |
Show Eccles Family Wins I . In Land Suit I Government Loses,. Contest That n. H volved the Right to $2,000,000 H Acreage M Ogdcn, Jan. 31. Tho fnmous Ore- B gon land case, In which the govern- ftjk ment chnrged the Oregon Lumber 9 Company, David Eccles and others with having obtained several thou. H nnd acres of forest lands through PB fraudulent entry was decided in tho H federal court at Portland today when H a decision was handed down In fa. JH vor of tho Eccles Interests. "'"B About ?2,000,000 ns Involved. Not H only was tho ownership of the lands Q Involved but an adverse decision H would havo meant that tho Eccles in- H torests would havo been called upon H to mako restoration for tho millions H of feet of lumbor removed from tho H lands. H Ogdcn heirs of tho Eccles family H 'received Information of tho decision H Into this afternoon. H Tho original Indictments wero re- H turned against tho Oregon Lumber B bor Compnny David Eccles and oth- H crs five years ago. His death In 1912 H resulted in tho temporary dropping H of tho case. The new federal dls- H trfct attorney for Oregon brought a H bill "of rovlvor last Juno In which ho I Included ns defendants tho heirs of H David Eccles Including David R. I Eccles, administrator. |