That’s wrong
Also a first owner on part of this land: Oregon And California Rr Co, by railroad grant patent 138 under Grant-RR O and C, November 29, 1899, 72.67 acres in all (the record covers land in other townships too); it covers about 10.7 acres of the outline (5%), not its center. The township's historical index lists it as railroad grant patent 138, November 29, 1899, 17.55 acres (03S 01E); historical index page 5 of 6.