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Show GOVERNMENT I WINS SUIT I Southern Pacific Com- I pany Must Return I $60,000,000 Worth of Land to the United States Case Will Be Appealed to the Higher High-er Courts Portland, Oro . April 29. Land stipulated to be worth $30,000,001). and estimated bv experts to have a alue of $4(i.niiii, iKni to was taken from the Southern Pacific Railroad company and returned to the federal government today by or-der or-der of Judge C. E Wolverton In tho United States district court. The famous Oregon -California land grant case Involving more than 2.-300.000 2.-300.000 acres, will be carried now to Ihe circuit court oappe;'! sitting at j Ban Francisco It io practically cei - I tain that the case will go to the United States supreme court for flu- j al adjudication, no matter what the decision of tho appeal court j The case was submitted without argument following an agreement of counsel out of court. |