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Show HEARING OF II. S. Unlawful Patenting of Mineral Lands by Southern Pacific Company Is Charged. Los Angeles, Jan. IS. Hearing ol the government suits against the Southern Pacific company and it? sui -Bldlary corporations were schedule.! to begin today before Judge Rober' S. Bean of Oregon, sitting in the 'United Stntes distrbt court here The actions are known as the "Elk him- cases in which the governmen contends the defendants unlawfull patented mineral lands At the con- f ! elusion of the arguments which are : expected to consume ten days. Judge Bean will be confronted with 11.00U pages of testimony taken by Special Cxaminer Leo Longle dtirinp the : last four years. Willis X. Mills, site ; cial assistant to the attorney gen-era! gen-era! will rewesent the government. Charles R Lewers, will appear pounsel for the defendants. Two other classes of similar suiis are pending In ihe courts against the Southern Picific company and some of its subsidiaries. One of these are p the withdrawal suits in which the qo-ernraent qo-ernraent alleges that public lunds were entered upon after they Were withdrawn by proclamation. The other rlars is eomposed of suits alleging al-leging the use of dummy entrymen. |