Decided Against The Government

San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 21. - By a majority opinión of the United States circuit court of appeals, in the case oí the Oregon & California railway company and others vs. the United States, better kmown as the "overlap land case," the case has been decided adversely to the government. Tho lanJ lnvolved in the case is about 200,00(1 acres in the immediate vicinity of Port: land, Ore.