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Show SUPREME COURT I TO REVIEW CASE I Will Consider All Questions of H Oregon-California Contest H Involving Vast Land H Tracts. H jvALIDITY OF LAW I Transference to United States H of Grants Made to Railroads H to Be Decided. H Washington, Nov. 6. A request by the department of justice to co'nsider " on its merits all questions of the Ore- gon-California land case involving title H to thousands of acres held by the Southern Pacific and other railroads IH was granted today by the supreme court and oral argument set for Feb- ruary 26. The government requested H consideration of the validity of a law passed last June transferring owner- ship of the lands, originally given to IH the railroads under land grant acts, H to the United States. To Review Hindoo Case. Washington, Nov. 6. The supreme H court today consented to review a decree of lower federal courts order- H ing deportation of 35 Hindoos from San i-Tanclsco who were ill and like-ly like-ly to become public charges. oo 1 |