Show MUST I GIVE FAIR EAIR PRICE FOR lAND Land Commissioners Refuse to Consider Offers Under Per Acre The state board of land commissioners will in the future consider no offers to buy state lands at a price less lees than an acre For all alt land appraised at more than an acre no offer less than such appraised valuation will be considered The reasons for this tills is i that the board Is Isnow isnow isnow now reappraising all state lands This will take several months time and in view of ot the fact tact that some of the land was appraised many years ears ago as low as 5 cents per acre which Is In reality worth much more It has been deemed best to tomake tomake tomake make this rule ruleA ruleA ruleA A formal resolution embodying the above aboe provisions was waa passed yesterday Another Important action taken by b the board was to consider the advisability of purchasing city warrants as an Invest Investment Investment ment men The board re elved a proposition from S Birch the sidewalk contractor offering to dispose of worth of these warrants They all draw 5 S per cent in interest interest Interest terest and are considered a sate safe Invest Investment investment ment meat The board announced that as soon as the legality of the warrants warr had been passed upon It would purchase them and that It would at all times be willing to tomake tomake tomake make similar investments inv under favorable conditions The board however did not take kindly to the idea of purchasing city scrip although this matter will wUl be taken up at the June meeting The board made a loan of at 5 per cent to the Deseret Irrigation com corn company company pany and the Irrigation company of Millard county count The money will be used to complete the Sevier bridge reservoir |