Important Decision

Portland, Ore.. April 12.- Judge Deady, of the United States Circuit Court, has rendered an important decisión as to the scope of tha State Commerce act, which virtually nullifles the long and short haul clause so íar as it affects roads compoting with routes. The Judge rules that the Inter-State Commerco act does not apply to all carriers engasred in Inter-State commerce, but only to such as use railways or railways and water craft under common control for the continuous carriafce or shipmont of property from one State to another. The case in point was that of the Oregon & California road, and the Judge rules that as its carriage of certain goods is performed wholly within the State of Oregon it is therefore specially exempted by the terms of the act from the operation of th law.