| Show Utah sA s- s Await A wait Water and Labor Labori i Great Public c Domain Offers Rare Chances es for or Farming r l Once Mo Moisture s is ture Is App Applied lied Army ill Men en to Be Given Choice ice Is Re Report ort B By D D. D L L. Whitehurst the boun boundaries arles of or tho thoS WITHIN Slate S ate of or Utah lie approximately acres of ot undeveloped land It ItIs Itis Is the tho public domain natures nature's natures nature's domain demain Consideration of or tho the possibilities of I the desert of or the state tato is not Included ed Ini ink lur this article Although the tho land where the sifting sItting clou clouds s of or sand and seem seem seeni to be the only element of or nature th has survived e the yc years rs of ot aridity might be brou brought ht Into a state of or productiveness productive productive- ness the possibilities at tho the present are arc vcr very vague ngue The land and where nature isi eternal and unchangeable where the c domes and anti the brick colored mesa have ha produced nothing moro more in interesting interesting In in- than the works of r Zano Zane Gre Grey should be left to the poet pact p ct and th the coy coy- ote For Por the persons who love e to watch nature In the sun painted sun gov I erne world where the lizard and the tho desert hawk know each cach others other's tongue where the mesquite and the gray gra sage are are the leading loading crops this land would I make an excellent home It Jt Is a a. place where the lilac mountains and the theIs visions visions vis vis- ions of the persons who dream ream blend to together ethel wonderfully wonderful Hundreds of homesteaders will within I two years ears it is estimated by byI I government g officials enter upon th the I arable lan lands s. s And tho the last section section section sec sec- tion of the public land has been filed upon the tho tow line between the days das of or ortho tho the red Tell man with his birch canoe and the American citizen with his in int inventions In- In t of oC to today a will have ha been severed for Cor Under r a a. half finished plan which has been promoted 11 by the department of ot the interior the government gO proposes proposes to give I e to the sl soldiers lerl sailors and marines the last block of the vast acreage e still sun held heh b by the United States State govern govern- O ment With ith a foresight which Is so many times timeR not developed b by officeholders office office- lol holders ors the pt PI officials who are he he plan state stale that the they will wIn provide pro funds for the soldiers to 1 develop elop their claims i Because of the wide publicity given en 1 the scheme outlined b by Secretary of Interior Lane man ninny many of the sol soldiers tiers and who others went to the aid lid of or the country countr believe all nIt that will be necessary necessary essary ar for hem to do will willbe be to make the necessary filings and ask tho the gov gov- government government for Cor funds which to make required Ired de developments As a a. matter of ot fact Con Congress ress adjourned ad- ad a ad adjourned at the tho last session without taking any acHon on the matter Xo No o present law upon the statutes of ot any state or an any and amendment to the federal federal federal fed fed- eral constitution will hive give I e any am department department depart depart- ment of the government power to provide provide pro pro- vide Cun funds s for the development of or tho the public domain Just what will be he the outcome of the suggestion m which was made b by Mr Lane Lano no one cue at this time Is to prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared to say sa- saIt It seems Be De It as assured however that thi unless another precedent precedent precedent prece prece- dent Is established that tho the ideas will willbe willbe willbe be so completely lost in loopholes and legal leg phrases s that the average homesteader homesteader home home- will not l know no whether ho has hasa a homestead or a deed to an oyster hatchery hatcher when he gets through with the red tape tane that Is attached to so man many of or the public 1 enterprises Grent Interest t Shown hon Keen Inter interest st in the homestead lands lan s of or the nation and specially Especially Utah Uta has been noticed within the last few i weeks Officials sa say it is on account of or a misunderstanding tho the public has has' regarding th the laws which govern sovern homestead entries s The plan which Mr 11 Lane Lanc hoped to- to tobo beable be bo able to get g-et passed b by Congress would have c given tins th department of Interior funds with v to assist th homesteaders homesteaders homesteaders home home- who filed flied on the present lan lands s which are open for public entry As a a. part of nt the plan whereby the theland theland I land would be bc at least partially sustaining sustaining sus sus- 1 from tho the start It was provided ed I that the government should make certain cere I tain Improvement upon tho the land and tho was to a n. substantial substantial Hal compensation for his hie his his' services Al Although Although Al- Al though Mr 11 Lane did dill not have havo an OlI opportunity op Ol- to make clear man many of or his points regarding the amended land lan I laws of ot the nation men who are personally personally personally per per- interested In tho matter declare de declare de- de e- e clare that from ever every respect the tho proposal proposal pro pro- po l seemed to carry man many points needed d. Water Iter All AlI That Ii Is Needed There Thee Is no necessity in pointing out to the prospective homesteader er the financial chances now covered In the arf aridness of ot some of r tho the Utah public lands landa All that Is necessary It Is said b by government nt engineers who have been here to Investigate local condition conditions conditions condi condi- tion Is for 01 the government to place the water on the soil The The- richness of or orthe the land In the valleys of or Egypt cannot cannot cannot can can- not surpass the powdered lava Inva be beds s of the tate state for fertility should the tho moisture mois mols- I ture turo be applied To the man who scoffs at the Idea waste land landol landof of or irrigating the present o ol of the state persons who are arc making malting a study of or the matter declare tho the Roosevelt darn dam Is 15 only an example of what might be done in some of the valleys of or this hIs state In man many elections of the state government gov SO experts are now at work de deu de- de i u u. u I eloping plan pian plans for lor wells wens located upon the farms The These o representatives of ot I the government are not telling iv what at I their future plans are or why the government government gov gov- I I has SN seen n fit to send them Into the The declared state They l have ha openly that they wish no publicity on the matter matter matter mat mat- ter until the they have finished scientific tests Tho They maintain that any un undue undue undue un- un due publicity ml might ht cau cause e land lanel promoters ers to send out misleading literature on the matter As a preventive pre against homesteaders homesteader's flocking to the valleys where tho the tests are now being made the experts say sav th they cannot have ha the word go JO out that the government will promote an irrigation scheme which would make the sate the richest In the Within the tho last rev rew years ear persons have bae become Interested in the tho potash Industry Thousands of or acres of or the government land and Is composed of oC nothing noth noth- lug ing in bu but t a field of or the richest potash In Inthe Inthe Inthe the world With the supply for the fertilizer cut off probably in indefinitely from Germany financiers declare this resource of oC the tho state ml may develop elop Into a great relt source of or revenue Once the government reaches some definite conclusion on how ho it Is I going g I to handle the public land situation of or ortho tho the west et local government Jo representatives tives lI who are arc Interested In promoting the entry declare the tho rush for tor homesteads will be the greatest the tho nation has haser vcr ever known lenon Although 20 seems tp bo a whole lot of or land for Cor one state to boast of or having haying for en entry entry en- en tr try it is pointed out that If It the present pres pres- ent rush for Information continues all I of the tho land that is fit CIt for habitation will have ha be been n taken up An estimate made b by I. I C. C surveyor or general In charge of or the tho Salt Lake office shows that a n complete survey survey sur sur- V vey y of or tho the e etl lands of ot the state could he be ma made e for Cor approximately pp the donation be made by the next Congress ress hun hundreds reds of parI parties parties par par- ties will be sent forth Into the desert to tic tie In the s section clion corners co I At t the present time It Is said scores of have o made their selections nn and squatted upon their lands to await th the necessary Cun funds s from Crom the government TO tn complete the survey Before Before Detore Be De- fore tore a homesteader can cnn file hi hl his first papers papers pa pa- pers upon homestead a a. J It is n necessary the law says sas that the land be first sure surveyed surveyed sur sur- e ed b by a government go part party Chita lumping To tho the person who erects his home homo I upon a piece of or land lao In the public domain domain do- do o- o main th there re Is always the tho possibility of or someone his claim during I an absence Under the present land laws there Is no legal egal prot protection afforded tho the man matt I who toils on his land and loses It some night while ho he Is looking for his hii favorite fa favorite fa- fa mule He lIe has forever Core Jost lost his right to live on the place unless he goes through the formality of ot making maltIn another niche in the handle handlo of oC his gun un Local business men mon an and stockmen of or ortho tho the state do not trot hesitate to sa say that Itis It Itis Itis is bettor better to have ha a thousand prosperous prosper prosper- ous citizens in a n. community than to toha i ha have vc ten thou thousand in the tho same community community com com- who are ere not making a living lI In n other wor words s persons who want to lo take up homesteads In the tho state should bo ho sure that the they have havo funds enough to I keep them until their hom st ad has arrived at it n a a pro productive stage liven Even though tho the boat best of or tho the land Inthe in inthe inthe the state stab ha has been heen tal taken en thousands of oC acres of or fertile soil ma may be bo had The Tho only onh reason it has not been een filed on onIs onIs onis Is f It i is too far from the tho center center cen cen- ter ler of or civilization to allow the man who makes his abode thereon a a. chance to see bee his fellow tellow creatures often oHen enough h. h 4 |
