Salt Lake Herald | 1909-07-31 | Page 2 | Water Grabbers Foiled

WATER MER GRABBERS FOILED Government Withdraws Vast Tracts of Lands Suitable for Power Sites in Utah and Other States Washington ton July 30 To frustrate a aplan aplan aplan plan on the part of ot the combinations to secure s ure control of the water power sites of th the country and to carry out ou the fl policy of the administration for or the con conservation conservation of the nations natural re resources resources sources approximately acres acrea tf f fland fland land for water power sites were tem tern temporarily temporarily withdrawn in Colorado Mon Montana tJ tana and Utah by Acting Secretary of Ute the Interior Pierce today The with consisted CO teel of ot acres of land along the Grand river In Utah J 9 7 acres along the Judith river in Mon Montana tana Lana and 3 acres along the Blue river riv r rIn In Colorado