Mayse

By the Act of March 3, 1869 ( 15 Stat. 340 ), the United States granted to the state of Oregon, to aid in the construction of a military wagon road from the navigable waters of Coos Bay to Roseburg, alternate sections of public lands, designated by odd numbers, to the extent of three sections in width on each side of said road, the granting act providing: “That the grant of lands hereby made shall be upon the condition that the lands shall be sold to any one person only in quantities not greater than one quarter section, and for a price not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per acre.” The state of Oregon transferred the •grhnt to the Coos Bay Wagon Road Company, and the title thus acquired thereafter became vested in the Southern Oregon Company. The land here in controversy is a part of that grant. By joint z’esolution of April 30, 1908 ( 35 Stat. 571 ), the Attorney General of the United States was authorized and directed to institute and prosecute any and all suits in equity, actions at law, and other proceedings which he might deem adequate and appropriate to enforce any and all rights and remedies of the United States in any manner arising or growing out of or pertaining…