Show TO BE should arid lands he ceded to the states and terri torie needs editor 1 j there seems to be some inquiry as to the object and questions to be considers 1 at the meeting on the ath oi this month of lh utah jaunty w the irrigation con grep which fill he bald in salt lake guity the and dinst wo will say that whereas the general government has vast plains of good arrab leland hi the arid region or belt that arc now valueless but with proper reclamation by conducting water upon them would be a source of largo revenue to the government and a bless eing to the inhabitants of the various stated to be cons dered n ia aliu best way to do thi vr hether tu ask bior the ceding of the arid lands to the etalea and territories or to ask con aress to appropriate sufficient means to build reservoirs to store the waters daring the spring aud winter months aud driva artesian art isian wells on the plains of the arid laud and then sell the land nd water to the citizens at a ance to the govern ment for the outlay tor water As is well knowd the luthard lUt hand section in each township ia given to the states and territories ri for purposes but in the inter country a large pro portion of the land is and agun in utah the valleys were nettled before the land was eur eyed and in consequence all the school landa of any kalua were taken by the pioneer settler and the schools of ur territory deprived ef their en dormant baay laay of the eastern and sort ham stales haye been endowed with 1 rac tracts of swamp land there rire it ie thought property pr al congress this winter to cede the and lands in the states and tern tonea to the respective baates and territories the committee of arrangements at the on alie evening of the and 2nd decided tc all a meeting of all the utah delegates at salt lake city on the and it ia desired that we have a full at tend ecce of the utah county delegate ia brov on the otheo discuss the above question sand make arrangements fortha of the debbs ites 13 it ia alo intentions to have a special train bring them to provo and to lehi suar works on the anat ahe above are questions that will be at our in on the oth that tho delegated dele gateb from utah conaty may go to he general meeting of the territorial delegates in salt lake cita with a fixed and settled object view we therefore request a lull attendance from all the cities in the county at tha in provo on the ath dinst J JONES S S doxas delegates at large for county |