Show N N P R R LAND DEAL I ERRORS CHARGE CHARGED I W WASHINGTON April The 11 11 Northern Pacific Railway company compan received valuable agricultural and timber land lands In exchange for acre acre- acreage acreage age recaptured by the government on the ground that It was mineral minerai lands bands 2 M W V IL H II Woodward portland Ore a fores force service mineral minerai engineer testified today toda before the congressional Mon Investigating the company's land grants crants Woodward salda said a a re examination re-examination ot of the surrendered lands showed that their mineral mineraI classification had ha been erroneous and that the value of the surrendered acreage was below that ot of the acreage received by the company in exchange D F McGowan r counsel for the forest service pointed out much of the acreage recaptured by the government Included moun- moun mountain mountain lain tain peaks and rugged hillsides which upon show show- showed showed ed no rio mineral minerai deposits whatever James B D Kerr counsel tor for the company had testified that the railway protested the tho surrender of othe the lands at the tha time of ot the origInal Ina inal I classification The commission at the close of today's meeting adjourned subject to the call of ot Chairman Sinnott The sub-committee sub selected yes yes- yesterday yesterday yesterday however was summoned by Mr SInnott to convene rues Tuel- Tuesday fay day to continue with the Que question |