Show r STATES AND U. U US U.S. S. S f CLASH IN COURT Government Alleged to Be Usurping Rights of Commonwealths iI i I RIGHTS ARE INVOLVED I Q Question Involves ves Control of I S Water Power PoTer Sites on I Public Domain i I 1 Washington ton Oct 11 The The supreme court had on it its docket for tor argument tOda today several Ie conservation cases In Involving In- In n flying ol federal control of ot development de of or the public domain and questions Question of or federal and stat stain control of ot h- h hydroelectric hydro ro- ro electric and other rights therein These Thee Q questions arose nrose In government So suits 1 against g the Utah I Light t rower Power company com corn Pl n pany the Beaver HeR River RI Power compan company com corn pan pany and nd others in the Utah federal fe courts Court M Maintaining limited state stale JurisdIction Jurisdiction tion exists over O public lI land situated within 1 thin the states stales and contesting the themore themore themore more extensive authority claimed by by bythe bythe the government Io five states state worn represented represented rep rep- re resented in today today's healing Utah Utah Utah I I Colorado Idaho Nevada e md r- r Nebraska Their attorneys general on had filed d 1 briefs with Ith tho the court stating that th the cases capos under consideration ion involved j vital questions l of Mate rights and I J state h powers I 01 Old Involved I I That the f federal government is seeking seek seek- ing to usurp the of th the teJ st i l In the le regulation of or was wa the Iho contention nUon of five rive stales In the argument b accompanied the of ot briefs brief before becore the supreme t t court of the United States e esterday i The government seeks to the theop J op operation of cur t the hI poorer r companies on national l tor forest est l nl without permission permission 1 t sion Iou from the tho United states The rho government gay gov won von most of Its Import nt c contentions In I the h lower r courts and lIua i ii r five fhe states Utah states Utah Colorado Idaho NeVada Ne i I Vada ad rand and An N n I through their attorneys at- at r ial the th pO po power por r or com com- 11 panics In t th- th q to lo l' l tIei c h highest cst federal tribunal Vital questions of state staler rights are I Involved in thC er controversy v y accordIng accord accord- according I In Ing to lo the Elmo's Elmos courel vho umito main main- j i l a that th dl of Dr ent nt I and unused are ares s will vIll h he In Interfered Interfered In- In t Ith If Ii the government jO carrie carries car lar in I rie rc ries the paternal 1 law spirit to the tho limits outlined In tho the cases trl tried d und won von In th low lOWr r courts I Limited state tot jurisdiction o over conc con con- I r c rn which are rl to rec- rec w 2 of wild Ud lands Is th 9 held hehl to lo be I in the Iho rl J-rl r filed bY bv coun coun- l 1 I pel eel for or the Iho corto o. and j 8 approved od h by the attorneys general L ofir f I r a athe t the he states state wherein th then n companies op op- opI ope I t c e er erale crute te c a J I 0 n T T I J o |