Show STATE GRANTS lEASES fOR RESERVE LANDS I Board Accepts Offers for Use of Acres of orest Tracts r leases for 2300 acres of ot state land in the t te forest fore t reserves were wen passed palls upon by the state board of land com commissioners commissioners missioners at their meeting yesterday making a total of ot acres fleres leased this year under the new plan of the board I In handling the state stat lands through the board Instead of through the forestry I department of oC the government The leases were granted for one year ear to tha the follow following ing ins ingE insE E R Summers acres 12 cents per acre Edgar Madsen MO acres 10 cents Charles Charl s B Stewart acres 10 cents John Y T Rich acres 10 cents W V H acres 10 cents Andrew Les Leslie Leslie Leslie lie 40 acres 10 cents H T Jorgensen acres 10 cents and J K I Madsen acres 10 cents The board purchased waterworks bonds of Cedar City amounting to which bear 5 I per cent Interest and run for 20 years The board has received a tender from the Jordan school district to pur put purchase purchase chase in bonds for the improve improvement Improvement improvement ment of the schools of this district in Salt Lake county This will probably be acted upon at the next net meeting of the board The Oasis irrigation project was not ac accepted accepted accepted as a whole but the board ap approved approved approved proved several applications for land un under under under der this system With the Oasis proposition proposition proposition the land board now has ten Carey act projects to look after sending In a great amount of work each month The Carey act propositions in this state are Kearns McIntosh Oasis Beaver Sevier River Land Water Vater company compan Lott Ward Vard Green River and the Ho Honore Honore Honore nore Members of the board left last night at 1145 on the Oregon Short Line for Twin Falls Ida to Investigate the Irrigation system there They will re return return return turn to Salt Lake Lade shortly before noon Monday |