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Show GOVERNMENT IS AFTER RAILROAD Portlandl Ore.. June '.'.. I'liholdiup the right oi "the fe-k-ial government to have cnncelle.l t'uo Nud rant made to the Oregon & CaUv'orir.a railroad company by congiem: in 1Si5 and LSiiH of about :!,t'K,"Uu iWcs of land In w?stem Oregou, II. IV Townsend. special assistant lo ttie ntloM.-v general gen-eral of the Culled S.'ats. yeVierday flbd in the Cnite.' ivates dMrlet court the government's brief, auk'wer- I Ing a demurrer intei)xjse(i by the Southern Pacific conioany, successor to the Oregon & California Railroad company, which attacked the govern- I nient's complaint In manv partlcul- j ars. I Anurnc the chief points urged were alleged lack of pmi'dietioii ani loss of right by lapse of time. The brief is a ponderous one of 82U printed pages, and goes exhsiustively i Into the history oi the grant and the charges on which the government claims the right to attack It. The relief prayed for is the return to the public domain of about I'.nnn.vin acres of land si ill held In the company. com-pany. Thete lands are Miniated I" be worth between $4.1.''iU.('nii and ?"",-O'lO.nno. |