Show State Loses Suit The famous case starting back in 1907 involving considerable coal land over in Carbon Caroon county was finally disposed of by the U. U S. S supreme court this week the court holding that the state and others I held no rights and agreeing with the former decision when the Milner Milner Milner Mil- Mil ner interests were involved Ordinarily tl this s decision unanimous unanimous unanimous as It is should be passed over by a country weekly not di directly di- di defending the county or district dis dis- I di-I But the case is of great concern concern con con- cern to the Uintah Basin con I Utah was admitted into the I Sisterhood of States a law passed by congress and known as the Enabling Act In section 3 of that act the people gave complete complete complete com com- control of all public lands to the government or we might sa say the government retained control thereof But in section 6 congress expressly passed passed passed pass pass- ed to Utah sections 2 16 32 and 36 in each township excepting lands retained for Indians and otherwise and further provided that where such sections had passed passed passed pass pass- ed to private ownership lieu lands might be selected Gradually the desire to reserve wealth in Utah and other states I i admitted under enabling acts with various limitations on state control control control con con- of the public lands within their borders began to be pressed by states having little or no public public public pub pub- lic domain January 28 1917 the well-known well case of U. U S. S vs Sweet concerning mineral rights was de de- tided against Utah the court deciding deciding de de- I dc-I that lands known to be valuable valuable valuable val val- valI I for mineral when the states state's right attaches is not state land landIs Is Is excepted But in that section 3 congress ma made e a provision reserving the I right it seems to withhold these lands given to the state slate for permanent permanent permanent per per- manent reservations reservation for national purposes made at any time Evidently Evidently Evidently Evi Evi- dently under this clause Utah loses loses loss los los- losi i es s her most valuable lands andis and andis is bound to take mice only that hal which congress does not want Is it not time to do something like Senator Carey Care of Wyoming is trying to do that is change th these se enabling acts Either do that or ask our representatives in congress to inform the other states that we are not states as they are but that we are to a large extent reservation territory Under such conditions it ill III becomes such men menas menas as secretary Hyde to protest against a- a reclamation so long as it itis itis itis is truly such and in states laboring laboring laboring labor labor- ing under these handicaps Utah tah is to a large extent a national national national na na- na- na reservation and that is government government government gov gov- ownership which in turn is socialism If we must have socialism socialism socialism so so- then we must have paternalism paternalism paternalism pa pa- because they amount to the same thing |