Show FILINGS FOR SALE SALEIt It will be a move in the right direction direction tion lion for Congress to agaInst the right of any man to sell his filing on government land Any An law tending to induce the man making the filing to proceed and reclaim will be helpful to the nation and especially helpful t tsuch to such states as Utah where there 1 is government land awaiting reclamation There may be b instances where th the citizen files in good faith and later late finds it impossible to complete the work necessary ry for perfecting title But Bu against those rare cases stand the grea great number where the filing tiling has been made mad solely for speculative purposes an and where the person filing keeps actual settlers from improving the land by de demanding demanding demanding manding a higher price for his pre preliminary rights than the equities o othe of the case warrant Many a good citizen has been kept kep out of or Utah by b the monopolization o oland of land by b nearby residents who seize th the early advantage and hold it in a hope hop which can be gratified only by putting an additional burden on the newer ar arrival arrival rival rhal In the state I |