Show I 1 LEASE PUBLIC LANDS congress Is worrying the mat lerot ter of locating public laoda lands nearly the be bhole public domain has been taken up except in ia certain of tile tho 1 etero states and territories much ol of which is sterile until irrigated and touch much tuoro more irreclaimable desert ilc eert fitted only fur or limited pasturage the ibo government told sold tho the valley to settlers sett lors ut at 1124 per acre certainly Certai uty it ought not to require soy auy more for tho the sterile anti doer divert lauds I 1 do oe at alie far wat why would not a general law authorizing tho the leaning ot of tile land ct at ill a ce ap ame p arr your mith the provision provi gam ili that it if so etuy nina man or his bid beirl paid that sum eum to or twenty fly cod year yeam a patent should elio otil ebely on oa land annd tho the cinat should bo be acres acre oil sterile I 1 lind d that may bay be made fertile by bringing water upon it a full section should be granted graDl fd whits up la in tho he barren hountalas woun talas and bookou country there nee nol bo be no hmil in that way the bate region of the ft T ml est mould eventually bo appropriated and the would recalls full pay tor for it as much as aa it received acre fur for acre for tho the richest lanila lands of the republic we can see no DO hardship that would cold bo be worked to any one by each ai I arrangement except in the eased cayot of mi atal and timber I 1 landa ands the first should bo be exempted exempt od so aa they now aro tile tio second should be paid for far as they dolly BOW are A great many men who W he would lease landi and pay tent rent for a few years yeara would abandon there them slid and they would bo be then open to relocation through such iowa to individuals tho the government Gote would eventually obtain more acre for acre fur far her bar deverts than silo sho did for her rille t valleys there tit ta no patent on the above and congressmen bete baie a right fight to use UK U K it ft to in thu the interests of tho the country |