Show PRICE OF STATE LANDS At a meeting o of the State Lan Land d board yesterday a rule was was' adopted unanimously unanimously that no land laud hereafter be selected selected select select- ed d by the bo board r on application from unending intending purchasers unless there i every every reason to believe the land wt wi will bring an acre Heretofore th the price has been and severa several thousand acres notably in Utah county have been selected and appraised a ahat at hat price j Commissioner Commissio er McFarlane brought up the matter and made the motion which was ul ultimately im t li adopted He said he thought the board ought to establish a i minim minimum m of where selections are made of lands on which no DO filings have been made He had insisted on such suchs a s minimum hi selections he had agreed to m make ke for lor people in Washington and other oher s southern counties and he believed it would be a argood glod general rule for the board t to adapt adt pt Lawyer Lawver Evans had appeared before the the- board for a number of people in Utah Utah- county aid aad had secured se secured secured se- se cured cured the selection on of several thousand acres which had been appraised at al and d would woud probably have to be sold b by at that price It was vas not fair tb to the people of other counties to make one price pric to them and another mother to Uth county The The Theland land could not be had from the G Government for less than counting the fues fees and costs and the St State te should re realize lize at least that much Secretary Vahon Walton said he was opposed to the he It would deprive dethe de- de the St State l of f selections that would otherwise otherwise be offered and the result would b be bad people had bad the Government price of fixed in their m as the right figure and would not riot take int into costs of Government G filing I l' l STATE STATE OFFERS ADVANTAGES Fisher Hart Harris said he was satisfied thein the in increase iea e in the thet price would ben benefit the St State t very m t allY The set settler Jer who gets his llis title from from Irom the State has las se several ra aCl advantages over the pur the ie Government The St State State t purchaser purchaser s 's does not exhaust his GI Government right h he gets hetter better terms than th a the offers and he gets the benefit of the tl the e fund und created by the sale of f State lill lands s. s Mr MI l Hammond was also in favor of increasing tl the minimum price The TheLan TheLand Lan Land and ioa Board d 11 he said is a trustee tee for the people of f the tiie State and is under obligations obligations obliga- obliga ions to re realize all the money possible front rpm the the sale ale of lands lauds The Th ultimate ff or s su sucha hia policy would be to tore reduce reduce re re- duce taxation in hi the State and the people people people peo peo- the benefit of it Alter After this discussion th this the motion was wali put awl and cal canted canted Jed unanimously Mr l Walton Walton Wal- Wal ton explaining that he was evidently alone a and d did not nut want to be lonesome in n lh the voting Th adoption of the rule cannot affect the tile law governing the sale of lands sel selected by the board where such land has lias not been entered before the sele- sele tion Lion i All su such h selections will have to tobe tobe tobe be sold at public sale but the minimum price at t which the sale becomes valid will willbe be instead of as heretofore heretofore hereto hereto- fore The board understands that the sales sates will nearly nearh all be made at the value since it is thought un unI unlikely unlikely un- un I likely i of the land selected will be tf trie subi o of competitive bid bid- bid bid- ding TLe Tte board discussed at some sonic length the advisability of employing an attorney attorney attorney ney in Washington in-Washington hington to look after contests contests contests con con- tests and other legal business connected with the die s selection lection o of lards lands by the State It was wa finally decided to refer the matter to th the executive committee recommend recommend- recommending nd- nd ing the tiie aw award rd of a contract for filing cases ase ito to the th the St. St Louis Art Metal company company com com- pany at t its price of for or the full office equipment according to specification submitted The recommendation was adopted |