| Show DLO BLOW I IS AIMED AT lAND FRAUDS I BY STATE BOARD Report Urges Censorship on Advertising and Licenses for Agents Ie Legislation I providing for Cor ci of oC II literature tern turn purporting p to tu give matlon relative to lands nf or Utah am and empowering th the land 1 hoard o or 01 some flome ut other her compe competent t a authority thorl t to Is Issue sue Mile Ik land salesmen l only upon the time applicant a good and ln suf bund bond is r In ill the tue hi hl- hl report port of or th the tue state tall land boan bO which was as filed yesterday with iti th tho ho governor elI h by 10 Secretary YV V. J. J f Lynch This proposition was W 5 first suggested gathering of or state land to tOl a board rep rep- In Chicago o May In m II 1912 1012 and was embodied in iii a n resolution which wan nR sent broadcast over o th thou country with a view Ie to having hayIng th the Idea presented to tn tho 1 legislatures IMI turfs turf's o othe or of orth th time the western states tat for tOr notion action It I Is understood tood that In most of ot th time tho states state the proposition will bo be placed the legislatures iI In to Urged d. d The Utah board urges that the governor gov gom- make recommendation that the time Utah legislature provide to for I this safeguard safeguard safe safe- guard to tu tho the states state's Interests The object of or the proposed tion Is II to put pill land nd sharks of hll business an and to tu give out t IA L n In u guarin nn f forth t dl In regard to o lI the L available i pUll pub i ie lie e lands of Ie Utah Is accurate The Time 11 II- II of oC salesmen and requiring o or of bonds from them would It Is believed d limit tho the list of or salesmen to a- a hie ide m men nimi tl and amid would aid tho tilO state tate gloat gloat- ly 13 In the time matter of oC Inducing settlers to top p purchase U rc Seek New Nci lW Legislation To eliminate danger dangca of or loss to the tIle state stat 3 of or school lands through private entries and anti otherwise it is recommended mended mendell that hInt Influence be used n nt at Washington to hay havu th the tue laws changed so that the state ma may secure patent to th timo school land selections It Jt 1st Js pointed out Jut in the report that tha under the enabling net act provision 1 Is made for the selection of oC school lands but none is made for 01 the time state to sc secure so- so cure patent to them Then under a R. ruling of or tile the interior Interim department the state In Is liable to lose 1080 titie to it Its land through coal entries and such like claims which now flOW take precedence ov over r the tie states state's claim It 1 Is said that big withdrawals o of coal lands lauds has so nullified the school chool lan lands selections that tho the state cannot canno sell sel them in man many Instances wIthout an uncertainty 0 of title tUe arid and this causes no end of or trouble to tho time state In relation to the Hatchtown reser- reser project one of or tho the most Important reclamation projects which the stats state has ilas ms undertaken the report shows that tha the state tate has ilas spent SpOilt 1 on the project which I Is now practically com com- About 00 of or the thc acres of land Ind under linder r tho the canal have 11 0 been sold at prices ranging from 30 20 30 to 35 an acre Project The great Inn dam of the thE Plute Piute project I has water to the tIme amount of about acre feet and this will vIll willo wS bo be o Increased this tills year ear according to th the tho re report ort The he Sevier Se Valley alley canal has been on- on arged and extended so as al to terminate at count county Tho The sum of or has been expended on this work worl and the canal Is to be ex extended ox- ox tended two more miles mies this year ear The Time state has sold old land with wih water to time the amount of or about acres and to private owners water for or about acres has haM been sold The Time price for Cor to lands varied from flom a about out 3 53 for to 25 for Irrigable lands lanis The Time reservoir fund I Is now overdrawn to o tho tile extent of ot Rules Rule have been een adopted b by the tho board limiting a purchaser miner Inner tho the Hatchtown HatChtown project to acres and to eighty acres under the time Pluto project Numerous claims have o been filed with wih he the board for damages because o ot of and overflows 0 of the time canals limit jut the report says sas that thai only an n ap- ap P- P h by the time legislature can sette settie set set- tie te le them as the board Is not author author- zed to take e care of oC an any such claims tot fOI or damage e Under the law In giving the tIme board the right Ight to invest state monc money In Sn secure reclamation projects tho tile board has mad nade three In estment Investments including tho Green River Hier Irrigation district distrIct I Cache Yale Valley district and amId tho the New Hope HOlle district distrIct Rules have been heen adopted b by the board oard In relation to these Investments b hI y which the time board hoard will vill wi not hid bid In tho tim timonen open onen market for bonds no more mor than thun will wl be he Ine Invested tec in Jo an any ono dis- dis no bonds win will be iC considered where the ho Issue Is more than 50 GO per cent of ot the value of or the land and the state engineer must make male a a report on the toa feasibility of or the scheme and ma may at discretion of or the tile board hoard have ha c super simper vIsion Islon Islon of or construction vr work rk p pI I Experimental Well el Experimental wells wels have been driven In n various portions of or the state In an nn effort to secure water for tor culinary and ond other ther purposes in dr dry farm tarm districts Flowing water has not boen been encountered ered as 5 yet ct but water has been found which can be pumped and ma made o avail avail- al a able It I Is III recommended that the leg leg- leg leg- appropriate 2000 with wih which to o continue the tile well wel boring work Investments have ha been made b by time the hoard board In to the sum of ot In municipal school an and irrigation bonds farm arm loans and reservoir loans the tile mone money loney bringing bringing- tho the state from 5 to Ger fr G per cr er cent interest The Time demand for foa loans has Increased l enormously In the last year or two tWe so o much so that that lh the orn office e force cannot co cope ope po with wih the work and for tor that rca rca- son soil on the board hoard Is behind In its work In tills thIs line Ille 1 From lom May Ia 1911 to Novem her er 30 In 1912 the tho board received o ap- ap O G for or loans as against ag 84 SH for tor toil nl 11 time the time from fromi statehood up to 1911 The Time applications during last 1 year cal were 1800 per cent greater Teator than timan in Jn lob 1010 an and ho time amount of ot loans applied for 1000 cr cent greater rca tr Under the time Calc Carey act projects In- In acres are on file In Sn ho tho office orico It IM T is III shown hon that tie the state has Ilas about acres acrea of school lands In iii tho the na- na lonal tonal Co forests res t scattered In various reserves re- re serves CS and the problem of or what hat to do with wih this thi land is perplexing Ono plan Is s to sell them and surrender the tIle least a for fol indemnity lands another Is s to exchange thorn thom for other lands land In a compact body Od It I is recommended that hat an nn appropriation lon of ot l b h j made for tor or tho time board hoard to uso use In Its title tte to school lands Is It I Is shown that during the time I past bIennIum bl- bl the boards hoards expenses receded c ded l its ts appropriation b by the sum or of of GOO To cover coyer all al expenses expense for Cor tho the C Cashing biennium the board asks |
