Show I TIMBER ON PUBLIC LANDS I I Bill to Prevent Its Fee Use Under Consideration Washington Dec HThe bill to prevent pre-vent the free use of timber on the public pub-lic lands for commercial purposes being considered by the house committee commit-tee on public lands The bill has been passed by the house heretofore but killed in the senate Mr McRae of Arkansas Ar-kansas the author of the bill is confi dent of its passage in the house and believes that the recent aggressions of the governments timber in the western 1 stateswi tend to secure favorable action ac-tion in the senate The matter is being pressed by the commissioner of the general land office t ls a matter of vital I economic importance |