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Show COMPANY TO I LOSE LAND! Road Fails to Complete Line Within Time Specified by Law. Spokane, Wash., Dec. 10. Tho Oregon-Washington railroad and Navigation Naviga-tion company' will loBe a strip of right of way 27 1-2 miles long; and 200 feet wide on its main line between North Yakima and tho coast If the govorn-mont govorn-mont la able to prove Its contentions contained in a bill In equity filed today to-day In the federal courL The atrip Ilos in tho Rainier national forest and constitutes an essential link In the Harrlman system main lino. Tho government wants the land for reservoir purposes In connection with the Tieton reclamation project and clalmB that the land should revert to the government under the law requiring requir-ing tbat a railroad complote its lino within five years after the lino has been located and profile maps of Its route approved by the secretary of the Interior. The company has not built west of North Yakima, but surveys of the proposed pro-posed route have been completed |