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Sections 26 and 35. There may be a question as to what constitute the "foot hills." The valley or bottom of the Lapwai averages in this part of its course about one quarter of a mile wide. From this bottom the ground rises, increasing in rocky character until the hills become too steep for travel, and frequently show a wall-like front from 200 to 800 feet high. If the agricultural land lying at the foot of the hills is meant to be covered by the description, the claim will reach past the 7th Standard Parallel North, into Township 35 North, Range 4 West, & extend through Section 2 until it strikes the line of the Military Res. where it crosses the S.W.¼ of the S.E.¼ of Section 2, T.35N, Range 4,W. If the"foothills" should be construed to mean the lower bench or rise of the land, the claim might stop at the 7th Parallel.

From all the evidence which I have been able to obtain, thro. the various documents and letters sent me, and from local sources, it seems clear that the question of the ownership of the land covered by Mr. G. Langford's claim,