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Show r Ing company. He admitted on tho stand that he stood ready to purchase one-half of the section from' tho railroad rail-road at $5 an acre and that he wanted want-ed It for its mineral value. Col. Harkne.is was tho second railroad, rail-road, witness Wednesday, but his evidence evi-dence was of a general character. CONTROVERSY NOW ON OVER SECTION OF LAND Union Pacific Railroad and United States Are the Contestants. Salt Lake, March 18. A controversy between the Union Pacific railroad and ( the United States is being aired before a special examiner in the Federal building over a matter of whether some land, known as section 19. located locat-ed in the Argenta mining district in Morgan cofnty. which was recently takeu over by the railroad, is mineral or agricultural land. The railroad contends con-tends the latter, whllo the government declares It to be mineral land. Tho government case Is being prosecuted by Nathan Gammon and W. I- Walker, whllo Parley L. Williams represents the railroad company. The hearing has been in progress some little time and the govorument closed Its case Tuesday. Witnesses were placed on the stand Wednesday by Mr. Williams. The first witness was MU Dougherty, Dougher-ty, manager of the Carbonate Hill Min- |