| Show i ACTION TO T SAVE SE SOOL SEN SMOOT PRESIDES OVER CON FERENCE CONFERENCE ATTENDED BY DY REPRESENTATIVES Measures Lands to Assure Title itle of States to Granted Government by Federal Gov In the Congressional al Conference As Washington I As a result of the meeting the senate anti and house public land committees will be asked to hold I joint probably hearings on the question ably next week anti and t to hear bear representatives ot of public lands states and the Interior department Chairman Stan Stan field field of or the senate public lands com com- committee corn corn- committee an Chairman SInnott of the house committee assured delegations th t hearings bearings would be Legislation already Is pending to todeal deal with with the problem and another bill has been drafted by senators from from the public lands states Senator Jones introduced Democrat New Mexico recently In- In in a bill 1111 under which the tha feder federal al government would relinquish any claim to these lands and a message I which has been drafted dratted would limit the governments government's contest to the title ot of lands already granted grantell to the states within six years after aCter the tho title ha had been heen passed over to the states V W Halverson Farr deputy attorney general genel-al of Utah was one of those at- at attendIng attending at attending tending An effort will be made to agree on legislation to prevent withdrawal bythe by bythe bythe the government of lands granted at statehood and which have since been boen found lound to have mineral value Under supreme court rulings It was assert assert- asserted asserted asserted ed the government may now retake such aresa Senator Smoot Republican Utah I presided over the meeting which also was attended by members of congress representing Utah Wyoming Califor Ca California lIfo 1 I nia New Mexico Nevada Idaho Cob Colo Colorado rado and Arizona Proposal that a meeting of the land band commissioners of the several public land states be held in Salt Lake on M March 1 was made by Clark dark V Savidge ge ge land of Washington In a communication to John T Old Old royd royd secretary of the state land board The Tho suggestion was in reply to toa toa toa a query by Secretary asking support of the Smoot bill pertaining to title to school schoel lands recently intro Intro- Introduced Introduced introduced I In congress |
