Salt Lake Herald | 1906-12-16 | Page 1 | Order Too Sweeping

ORDER TOO SWEEPING Most of the Western Lands Will Be Restored to Entry I Special to The Herald Washington Dee Dec 15 Representative Mondell of Wyoming has had a confer conference conference conference ence with President Roosevelt and For Forester Forester Forester ester Pinchot in reference to the whole wholesale wholesale wholesale sale withdrawal from entry and settle settlement settlement settlement ment of lands in the western states sup supposed sut supposed posed to be valuable for coal mining pur purposes pur purposes poses The total area of lands so withdrawn amounts to acres When hen the question was taken up by Mondell with the president pr the latter was surprise to learn that the order of or o withdrawal Included all forms of tad entry home homestead stead timber Umber and amI stone and desert entry and not coal entry alone as he had sup supposed supposed posed The president suggested that Mondell confer with Forester Pinchot who is a member of the public land com corn commission commission mission charged with reporting upon pub public public lic lie land conditions and recommending leg legislation for the correction of undesirable undesirable undesirable able land laws Pinchot is in 1 Mr Mondell in the opinion that the order orders of 0 withdrawal is too sweeping and will i recommend to the president some modi mod modification This will probably result r sult in the i restoration of lands to entry under nil forms of selection excepting under coal land entry