That’s wrong
Also a first owner on part of this land: Oregon And California Rr Co, by railroad grant patent 70 under Grant-RR O and C, January 30, 1897, 190.17 acres in all (the record covers land in other townships too); it covers about 15 acres of the outline (7%), not its center. The township's historical index lists it as railroad grant patent 70, January 30, 1897, 40.00 acres (08S 01E); historical index page 5 of 6.