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Show THE SUN, PRICE, FAGE TWO UTAH-EVE- RY FRIDAY, AUGUST FRIDAY. 28, 1925 been suggested. It is a knotty question, and no men are more .dm- - to that fact t him the members of the senate committee mid the herd .if the two departments most eoiieeiued. TO INVE Our public lands a subject of keen controversy pvcr since the United State bream a nation, are a bone of contention again. So loud lately ban the clamour grown over them thut the senate has planned, and will noon undertake, a wide investigation of the administration of these government great projiertir. The Went, where snoat ot the public land lie, is intensely interested in the inquiry. The whole rountrv is bound to be concerned in it, for the policy of withholding the lands Irma private exploitation or of restrictin' their use a policy that has ruled so long as to be almost sacred at Washington is to lie inspected, and atmn? efforts will likely be made to overturn it. The .Henate committee on public lands, the committee that investigated the Elk Hills and the Teapot Dome naval reserve oil transactions, has been charged with the duty of looking into this still larger problem. Americas biggest landlord is Uncle Sam. He is in a class by himself when it cornea to holding real estate. The lands that he owna or eontrola, although he has been giving them away for a century, still constitute an empire of the first magnitude, and their present value is almost impossible to calculate. The astneas of the conservation of his may be appreciated when it is said that the total is four hundred and million acres, or about six thirty-on- e hondred and seventy-fiv- e thousand sqnare miles. Must of it perhaps 1)7 per cent is in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona Utah and New Mexico. Comprises Wide Domain. The federal holdings in almost any ne of the eleven public land states are greater in exten than all New England, with a pair of medium sized outside stutes added. The cry in the far West is that something useful ought to lie done with this enormous and more or less idle territory. For years Uncle Sames western lauds have been a source of worry and vexation to the people dwelling nea them. These lands hold resources worth millions in minerals, in timber, ia grazing grounds. Aggressive Westerners and Easterners, too have never been able to take an eye off them and the fortunes that they contain. Efforts to invade the public lands by ambitious men were aeeouiit-abl- e for the troubles of the late Richard A Ballinger when he was secretary of the interior. They were the basis of the famous Mitchell cam; in Oregon, one of the few on record in which a senator of the United States was convicted of fraud against ois government. The recent oil scandals, as everybody knows, grew out of attempts to make private use of public lands in Wyoming and Caiturnii All the way back through American history, even to the ojiening of tiie Ohio for settlement by soldier of the Revolution, the desire for lands lias been the source of irritation between the government and its citizens. And the irritation goes on in our day, as the senate committee is soon to hear. Many Questions to Answer. A swarm of vital questions ill come up and demand answer when the committee begins its sessions. What, if anything, is wrong with the public land policy f Is it true, as asserted bv a member of the eommittc, that the nublie domain is now a "no man s land. a property administrated without any broad and settled pulirv at all to guide the administrators f What, if anything, is wrong with the administration of the Inndst Is the investigation prompted by seekers after sensational political ammunition ns a national campaign draws nearf Vflm are making the complaints! It is true that more than ninety million acres of the one hundred and thirty-si- x million ncres of national forests nnn-u- e of the public lands by the producers of beef is one that involves the cost of living in millions of Amer- - un liikiiwm tint tins ft) 4 tll Sklf.llAf.KiTt is onlv one phase of the investigation. There are the national parks; the homesteading lands, officially known as the l'ublic Domain; the Indian reservations; the jsiwer site reservoirs, ami the mineral lands. The Public Iknnain finqs-comprises 8(1,004,833 acres, being in area the greatest of federal holdings. The forest reservations, totaling about a hundrid and thirtv-simillion acres, rank second. The national parks approximate acres; the power sites and reservoirs alsiut seven huii Ired thousand, while the other holdings, 'ncl tiding coal, oil, jsitash and mineral lands, thousand Hrres to the add forty-twtotal. TIicm Inst holdings, however, Hre also in other states besidrs the public land group, und for thut reason were not taken into account in drawing the map of fedrrql-owne- d lands in th eeleven public lan 1 states which is printed in conn.. n with this urtie'e. Will Be Rigid Inquiry. These mineral and oil holdings will figure prominently, nevertheless, in the investigation, esp.c:riyi .carding to report, the great Sa't Creek holdings of the Midwest Refining company in Wyoming. Senaror Walsh, of the committee, lias ana menilM-nounced that he will insist on a rigid inquiry, the purpose of thirh will lie, he explains, to find out how the established a complete domination of the Salt Creek oil veils. The area of the eleven pnhlie innd states is alsiut seven hundred and fifty-on- e million acres, and that of this land the government itself owns four hundred and eighteen milli . i acres, or about 55 fier cent of all the territory within those commonwealths. The federal lands pae no taxes, and the stutes hove no voice in their management. Also it should he said that d of these fedapproximately eral lands are in reserve and not os-d to entry or settlement, and this is often Lhe most valuable of all the luud. In this third areu the water jsiwer sites, the oil and eoul deposits, the scenic snots and the tree forests. From the stutes most vitally concerned in the public land problem comes the complaint, say representatives of the senate eoiumittee, that it is unjust to lock up so much, of their most valunble resources when in other stntcs no such policies control. It is asserted that in the main these states are sparsely Mipulated, that their wealth is largely in their hands, and yet the government withdraws a large jHirtion of their mineral lands, their forests and their (tower sites. It is aigued, again, that un some of these forest reserves it takes two hundred years to grow a (tine tree, and that an acre of such trees will not produce, according to estimates before the committee, more than five thousand feet of timber, while in Florida the same tree will mature in twenty years, and an acre will produce instead of five thousand feet, a million feet of timber. There is another side to (lie reserve problem, and that side is the government . The government has to an extent recognized the problem, the public, land states are confronted with, and hns provided by law that a (mrt of any revenue derived from the public reserves shall be paid to the stale. Whether this (Himjiensa-tio- n is enough is one of the questions the rinninittee will seek to answer. A Typical Stats. A subcommittee of the public lands eoiumittee recently conducted a series of hearings in Arizona, and the result of thnt investigation, which was of a preliminary nature, mill soon be mnde public. The situation in Arizona, said a representative of the committee, is illustrative of the whole are treeless! Is the administra- problem confronting the public land tion of the Indian lands, in many inst- states. Here the people complain that ances, a farce, so fur as the Keduian the government has not even left them is concerned f Is it true, as charged the scenery; also that much of t! bv Senator Ashurst, a member of the land over which they are permitted committee, thnt the timber reserves to exercise eont ml is a desert where are managed, to a large extent, by even a jackmbbit rnnnot live unless Eastern Mollycoddles, or, as one he carries a haversack. The proporof the committee's counsel put it, liy tion of the cattlemen of Arizona who Boston dudes f Those questions have pme to the wall is estimated at give a few inklings of the direction f Ann 75 to 90 per rent. Senator Ashthat the investigation is Ikely to take; urst says the federal hus but they do not exhaust the subject contributed in no smallpivernnient degree toward before the rotund tee. There is, for bringing about a situation which has example, the sieeial and desperate few (uirallcl for bureaueraey, even plight of the cattlemen. Is it a fart, in Russia under the czars. The senaas told to representatives of the com- tor adds that he in nowise designs to mittee, that prulmbly half of all the impugn the honesty or the sineerety cattlemen whose herds graze the pub- of Dr. Greeley, the chief of the forlic lauds are bankrupt ! est service. You ran't give a man absolute Cattle Industry In Peril. The assertion if made Hint IK) per ower and not expect him to develop cent, of all the cattlemen in one state into a tyrant. It would be the same are down and out, and that in another way if 1 had surh power, only I would state 70 per eent of the banks have probably be a lot worse than those I failed because of the crisis in the cat- nmnow criticizing, he says. Contle business. What part, it any, have ditions that apply in Arizona, said the pnhlie land and the forest si'v'.ees one of counsel for the committee, apply in the other public land states played in the disaster to the rattle raisers f That question is one of the to a greater or less extent. All sorts important ones that members of the of solutions, varying from leasing to committee say must be answered. The cession of the lands to the stages, have cattle industry in Arizona, says Senator Ashurst, will soon be exterminated unleg something is done, and dune Steaks on the plate are quickly. almost beyond the reach of the comTreatment, both mon citizen, he says, while steak local and Internal, and has been successon the hoof brings no profit to the ful In the treatment of Catarrh for over From that he argues forty yesrt. Sold by all druggists. cattleman. that the problem of the use or the F. J. CHENEY & CO Toledo, Ohio r x o r Mid-We- Interior Department Ready. Secretary Work of the de(mrtnri,; of the interior nays of the coming in1 arm glad that the senate quiry: eoiumittee is taking up these mutters. I have been investigating the different bureaus in the interior department for two years, have chungd some practices and upproved many others. 1 am nut through yet. The senve committee should be of great assistance to me, particularly in getting legislation much needed for tiic administration of this dejiartment. Nothing more would the see etury say. He lias heard various charges which, it is said, have been lodged before the committee, some of them involving the adiii'uMrutmn of some of the moct iiiijmrt.mt of thn bureaus under his jurisdiction, and he will answer when the time romes, say his friends. Senator Walsh of Montana, the prosecutor of the Teiqsit Dome and the Elk Hills naval oil investigations, will not lie present at the outset of the hearings, but is exrrted to join the committee soon thereafter. He will undoubtedly have a leading part in the investigation of the oil and mineral land phases of the inquiry. Senator Roliert X. Stanfield, who succeeded to the chairmanship on the death of Senator Ladd of North Dakota, will preside at all of the hearings. The senators, beside those who will have part in the investigation, are Kendrick of Wyoming, littman and Oddie of Nevada, Smoot of Utah, Jones of New Mexico, Ashurst and Cameron of Arizona, Xurbeck of South Dakota, Dale of Ver.ii.cnt, and Dill of Washington. st Kansas claims the first radio commencement in history. The Kansas Agricultural College sent invitations this year to one thousand eight hundred aggies of the air students enrolled in courses conducted by radio, to attend this notable event in ed One thing thnt may he said for the weather it never takes a vacation. OpHirtunity knocks, hut is never a knocker. one-thir- n one-thir- Halls Catarrh Medicine the Comer Would You Burn Your Grain? You might as well as to let it rot while you wait for a new binder part. DON'T WAIT I HAVE IT WELDED I going down town to fight their way through the crowds in search of a roast for dinner than they would of walking to the factory to get a pair of shoes. City women know that their neighborhood stores can supply them just what they want and that, in most cases, the service is more alert and friendly. The same thing is true of this neighborhood. Our merchants the men whose ads you read in this paper are in position to furnish your home with the best and most popular brands of goods. Not only can they save you money, but they gladly relieve you of a lot of worry and loss of time. Read the Ads in this Paper and save yourself money by trading at home CORPORAL JOHN C00LIDGE We will save you hours and money by welding your worn An appropriation of one hnndred and sixty thousand dollars was made by the last session of the Tennessee legislature for additions to the negro state normal school at Nashville. This appropriation is increased by dona tions! from the general education board and private sources, making three hundred and twenty thousand dollars available for the expansion of that institution. Wsddlnx announcement Tba Bun. and broken machinery AT ONCEI An oxy-acetyle- ne is as good as new. welded part PRICE WELDING WORKS Ia Davis Auto sad Machias Buildiag Price, Utah Spring Canyon Coal Co. John Coolidge, son of the president of the United States, has laid aside his rits for a month anddonned the uniform of a coqxiral in the citizens military training corps. He arrived at Camp Devcns, Mass., on August 1st, and was placed among the five foot eighters. Due to his previous camp training lie won his chevrons as a corporal and is in command of a squad of rookies. To his companions of the eamp he is just one of the bunch and the fact that he is the presidents son does not weigh. ; Miners and Shippers of the Celebrated Spring Canyon Coal Mlnee at SPRING CANTON. UTAH General Offices, 817 Newhouse Building. Salt Lake City, Utah Your Problems lag service that is unexcelled. 7 feature ef your home win contri ute more all the year round cm fort than the heating, plombfa and sanitary Installations whi bached by eur nbseluto guarsnfe Let us figure en your work. Ton make no mistake by tolling ns ysi problems and letting no do the for yon. REED PLI1HBINC & HEAI1HC CO. IS North nighth Street Phono 190 PRIOR, UTAn CONCRETE SLAB IS DESTROYED BY FLOOD WATERS As a result of heavy rains and the cloudbursts in the Book Cliffs above the lower valley. Mesa county will be put to considerable expense repairing roads and bridges, says the Grand Junction Sentinel of last Saturday. The concrete slab under a big wash a couple of miles beyond Mack was so badly damaged by the flood waters which came down the wash with a rush that much of it was washed away and it will be necessary to replace the entire slab or bridge the wash. Chairman Qua Johnson of the board of county commissioners stated this afternoon that as yet it had not been decided what would be done at this wash. A new bridge constructed last year on a postal route out of Mack was also washed away late Thursday. This new bridge is loeated near the reclamation siphon under the big wash. State Latin contests are held annually in Indiana. They are the outgrowth of interachool contests, and district meets, Anally resulting in a state contest with a definite program for a series of contests for each of ths four years of Latin. WHA T IS NEW FOR FALL?, Fashion has four favorites for fall velour, velvet, felt and satin. Often she combines two of these into stunning hats, trimming them with embroidery, feathers, distinctive applique, gold or silver braid or metal cloth. Satin hats confine themselves to black, but the others advance in a gorgeous array of color pansy, blue, green, brown, rose and, of course, black. Main Street, Price, Utah |