Show HEARINGS m ms SET I. I The ii S t te commerce commission commis- commis j. t sion or ordered h hearings In August In I var W. W titles cities to develop evl- evl evl j dence deuce on wi which to base Its action on j I the appl Il of ot the Union Pacific North II Pacific and other carriers for authority to establish rates fob fojt th the transportation of wool in bal bales l sacks sacka from Pacific coast b als and nd other western points to At At- seaboard territory lowe lower than i rates contemporaneously ed ell on like Uke traffic from intermediate of origin Hearings wilt will open b before ore Commissioner Ai 1 at Boleo Iloise Au August 1 i Salt l Lake City La City August 4 4 and later at Pacific bottle coast terminals and at r V r Utah Is Is Assured Support of i the Department of the tIle Interior Utah eau can an count on the Interior department department de dt- to give the state every assistance assistance as as- in the progressive and proper prop prop- rop roper er development of its I immense mense and varied varied resources resources according to E. E C. C I i Finney Finner first assistant secretary of I the Interior i Mr Finney spoke in glowing terms of the future awaiting the state through the development de of ot its re resources resources resources re- re sources a greet great proportion of which now are a part of ot the public domain over o which the interior department has jurisdiction Speaking of t t the e I importance o oi of me the interior depart depart- department Q pan pan- ment to the state Mr Finney said Since the Ule passing of of the lan land leasing laws which mace po possible the development of many of 01 the great mineral deposits in the state much attention is being given to Utah With the several probable oil structures in the state which geologists go geologists olo- olo inform the department otter e ex excellent e opportunities for COl development development develop develop- ment it hardly seems possible that oil should not be discovered rell in commercial commercial com com- mercial quantities Then Then- the coal deposits of Utah are destined to prove an Increasing ever source of or wealth and prosperity for tor the Uli state for generations t to come The state has also its huge beds of and man many of the more mor rare minerals 1 I It Is the aim of the department of the interior to administer the laws law governing the public domain on which much of this this' v. v Is i t be found in such a way as ill m permit i of ot the fullest and most desirable de de- The department I Is an t lous sous to see the Interior country developed de de- and and is bending its cn energies toward that end Mr Finn Finney r Is a western nan man himself him him- self in iu year earlier Ye yeaTa 71 lr he le j was connected with the gen general lan land office he spent considerable Urae Ume in In Salt SnIt Lake Lalle and Utah a to flop gov- Oy-I Oy government business to No o showed thorough familiarity with the tho problems of ot Gt and his appreciation appreciation appreciation tion of the needs net of t no do 0 west in his discussion of Irrigation and nd reclamation reclamation tion matters as well as his expressions expressions expressions regarding the roper proper JU management management manage manage- nabe 1 ment of the public domain for which I t the department t J t la is I now note OW formulating or g policies Speaking or of irrigation and j reclamation work Mr ii Finney y first 1 r spoke of the rich faU he be passed through on his way to Salt Sal Lake Lak over t the Denver Rio Grande comparing comparin these irrigated lands with ith the I skimpy appearance of ot much lands further east He went wenton wenton on on to say The department Is vitally concerned concerned concerned con con- with the problems of Lion Ian and expects to undertake many projects The matter of direct appropriations appropriations ap ap- for such undertakings undertakings' rests of ot course with congress Hut But I the revenues ff from the provisions of ot I the mineral lands leasing bill bIl have J already added many millions to t the e I II I reclamation funds and this mount I GIs is bound to increase as development development develop develop- I ment of the mineral wealth of the b. public ImbUe domain proceeds Utah 1 as alI u al' I seen the beneficial res vita of ot irrigation I tion and the Utah farmers farmer know how to irrigate The department is isI i I a a most earnest advocate of irrigation and reclamation and is prep prepared red to push these matters We Ve are interested as well in road building which although carried out oat by by another department I Is b material t tto I Ito to to the department of the Interior because because because be be- cause cause of Its vast domains Under the tile land land leasing law funds ate aro II wade d. d I available for the various oh s for road building and we err art J anxious to see adequate highways throughout the country Cattle a and d sheep men of ot the west who for tor Jt years rs have been adro- adro j sating eating some regulations of the public for gra inaZ i g g- g purposes purposes are an i I ai ab Sto to realize their l ir wishes Secretary See See- I I i i Fall now has lias finder advisement advisee advise advise- meat ment e the shaping Inq of op pol policies to regul regu- regu l te the ll domain domal a I IThe The reg regulation will i ill probably be I It administered th through ough tho the i general gea ri ral rallaNd al land office under Commissioner Spry j jIn in order r to avoid the waste and d duplication du du- I of setting up another bu bu- t reau Due consideration will bo be given given en the administration of the land laud u es urage I rage to best conserve the land I t principally suited to range purposes purpose for tor the most economic use I J The sheep and cattle men can rest assured that the p provisions revisions will wUl willbe l i ie be e shaped to meet their needs and at atthe atthe the time time conserve er t the of oC I same came am 1 j the public domain I I f |