Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-08-16 | Page 3 | New Mexico's Oil and Coal Pay State Big

1 NEW OIL AND COAL PAY STATE BIG 5 N. N A. A Field State Land Commissioner Tells o of Roy Royalties Received New Mexico Is lea leasing in its coal lands at a royalty O of 10 cents a ton on the output and its oil lands on a royalty of oC 8 3 per cent of the gross ross proceeds from the sale of oil produced Public Public Pub Pub- lic lands of ot the state Blatt are being han han- handled handled at an expense of or 41 I per cent of the revenues re which arc are derived from the lands This was as the statement of N. N A. A Field lold st state tc land commissioner of or New Mexico why who was a visitor at atthe atthe th the capitol yesterday I E E E. 1 K Young and II H. II Jr Brook sol soldier sl- sl sal sal-I i dier settlement commissioners of New Ne Mexico are also here They Thc came to I attend a conference of representatives cs I of soldier settlement commissions o of I other ther states which It was e expected to tobe tobe be held here in connection with the I governors governor's conference but for tor some some reason was as abandoned Commissioner Field FicicI Is one of Governor Gover Goyer- Governor nor Larrazola's part party and he Is here hereto hereto to te support the proposition which has been advocated ad by the governor that all nil public domain should be turned over o h by the government to the control control control con con- of ot the states