Show CALL FOR A MEETING I Governors of Arid Arif l Land S cs toCOl to m tf to I DATE SET FOR APRIL 13 18 F I A CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT WASHINGTON YESTERDAY I There Were Present Wells of Utah and the Executives of Colorado Nebraska Idaho Wyoming South Dakota and Arizona Ask Con Congress Congress Congress gress to Defer Action I Special to The Herald Washington n Feb 23 A meeting ts of the governors P of seven seen of the western we tern steles was wu held hekl here today to discuss dl the problem and the ques que question question tion of ceding the unoccupied lands of ot the west to the several states Those who sho attended the Ute meeting were Gover Governors Governors Governors nors nors Welts Wells Utah Thomas Colorado Richard Wyoming Poynter Nebraska Nebraska ka Idaho Lee South Dakota and Murphy Arizona The governors were practically unanimous in the opinion that the lands should be ceded by the general government to the states as it was deemed certain the states could handle the tho lands to better advantage for the people than the government is doing A resolution was adopted setting forth the importance of the public land question que Uon and calling fora meeting of the governors of all the Rocky moun mountain mountain mountain tain and Pacific coast toast states to be beheld beheld beheld held at Salt St t Lake April 13 next to discuss discus and determine just what legis legislation legislation legislation lation should be accorded by congress on Oil the subject The resolution requests congress to withhold action upon public land meas mess measures measures ures urea now pending until after the pro proposed proposed posed po ed meeting ug shall have been held The resolution and call cull were signed by byall byall byall all of 0 the governors in attendance upon meeting |