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Show GiGANTIG LAND '" SOITJR COURT SEATTLE, July 24 Suit was filed in the United States district court today to-day by counsel for the Bunker Hill Smelting Company against the St. 'Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Rail-way company for- possession of land In Snohomish county, alleged by tho plaintiffs to contain IS copper claims, a smelting plant and other property valued at more than $0,000,000. There is a dispute over the valuo of tho land for mineral purposes, but there is no conflict of opinion as to the enormous value of the water power pow-er which may he developed on tho land. The land is at Reller, on the STtyhomish river. The government is co-operating with the smelting company com-pany In the present suit. The land is now claimed by tho Cascade Power company, which Is a branch of the so-called water power trust" alleged to have gained control of nearly all the water power in the Taclfic northwcBt. The land was deeded to the power company by tho SL Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Rail-way company, to which it was patented pat-ented bV the Unitod States. An order was issued today by Unitod States District Judgo Cornelius Corne-lius H. Han ford, granting counsel for the smelting company the right to In-lervcne In-lervcne In the case brought by the government and now pending, and a voluminous cross bill in equity was filed for tho contestants. |