Show MARBLE AS MINERAL in the meaning of the land grant laws DECISION MADE BY BLISS I 1 m j I 1 secretary of the interior holds that it and other minerals tire are excluded from grants to railroads find and states the decision of great importance to the northwest but doe does s not affect utah which has i grants different from those of other states railroads affected st louis sept S pt 10 A special to the glube aloni War hington I 1 D says say of tile tho In interior hlass has rendered a decision lec islan which affects nil all tile the railway giants giant the case on oil chih tin ilia decision nit a made Is 14 that of the pacific const coast marble company against the northern pa 6 ila omu aay and state of washington it invokes tile the title to maible land in the state stace ol 01 0 washing lon it a portion of which aich v vas as claimed by the company as indemnity for lands landa lust tail and a portion by the state of Wh wahington ington as batt di I 1 of a school grant L k tin the question in involved alved was as 1 a hether bother mal ble N i a a mineral i athin tile the meaning or 0 tile the illing ILs I Ls und slid also under tile the grants to the railroad companion and state the aly decided after an all exhaustive of former form r decisions by land CommiNs corn nal loners boners kit krikwood Klik wood and teller and vailous state colit co uit that marble 14 1 4 a mineral nath in the meaning of both bining las aws and glants gianta ind and lit iff therefore bere fure abt tul jcck to be lection for patent latent to either railroad or state inder the ho terms of their grants the secretary also alao that thib ruling applies to all substances known as mineral by it will mill haie hac the orect of confining the future patenting of I 1 brids to railroad companies to landi that are i valuable alu tor fat agricultural than for or mineral I 1 purposes ani and is 1 rax far g in ili that flint 1 it t affects IVI landa ands aloi alone g the hn haps of 1 ly Y all alanl grant oads in fit the united staica fares mineral aier ral landi fis as defined hy by the re ased statutes of the ahe united states find declared to be available for dle to andt vidal in III limited Ill ted ta le in order ell thai at their le sources may be b developed ate aie ia as mining upon veins or nr miles lodda of quartz quarto or other oilier look cok lit in place caming gold sl slur lr load lead tin till topper lopper or other oilier Naltia bic bellosits lell li toffie located kepr since pinco the pret rit cent law quoted aboe lins has been lit in operation moie than rivo five years the pe de pait ment of tile the interior ban ha permitted settlers to btttle on oil land antl deposits chich abich chile nt lint legitimately aro arc ander the afe i ules of the rit to be rio ol 01 between the foothills of cf tho the rocky mountains on the ast and the shoran of puget sound on tile efio wet thare have been hun hundreds died s or wro light out of or b bod d upon u p all t tin lit natural resources of nf lana land which whit h the government settlers sett beltar lets is to taice sonne some of these Inthis tri S valued at al many militona I 1 or of dall ira today draw their raw material ma matei lal from lands ri ulai ily ly filed upon and awarded by the fovel to 10 its ila citizens upon energy at and id ingenuity the elie balue of heir cla claims I 1 ins defends more mom than twenty valti valuable able products are embi embraced aced lit in the lie list of natural deposits found I 1 here lands landrt find and declared a c to be b inet they are asphaltum petrol euni mineral hydrocarbons borax aniber amber gypsum land and fand plaster of parts limestone marble marbie diamonds clay aldy nitrate ind and carbonate of silvera und and alum kaolin china clay iho ho building belld stone atone stones of commercial value coal and slate for nelling noil nell ng the ral railways lays have been that see cc retain bliss mould astlin tile the view 3 placed by the he com of cf the general gac land onica rhe rex till hlll result lit in their conston nation nathin and then alion they will rill appeal to tho the united supreme court velch Is now tho the only alter nathe left to them the settlers of tho west who ho have tie dc vc loped the rich le posits rf of asphalt asphaltum urn lit in utah borax in nevada gypsum in tho he dakotas lne ina t in it washing tail lon and fire clay and building stone in montana mill v not no bo secure in their poss tons unless the supreme court fit to the opinion of see sec gotai y ja bliss ila Se cretai y of state bat mho IH a or af lh he band and board 1 I said lie he thought the decision du ciston of 0 the Sere secretary tary lit elie Iti intel tealor lor would not affect the th giants to 10 tile ilie lalo of biah although he could not bay aay definitely until unlit I 1 he to saw the th axt if the decision the to this S tae said ur sir hammond Ha inmond differ from ne lie giants to the ihu other states in rt one me aery ry lAtant ant in all of tile the other states stales the expressly excepted from elect lols hat tire humin iq min ral lanus lands the grantis to utah for state do nut not ex dept these minera ml lands nor are they definitely ceded to lo till stat stai in ill washington lapton title llie ilia lands aft ted by the decision are arc located lucAl fd tho the mineral lands ate and the important point Is ih in tile hie 0 of marble as aa being mineral under ler the land grant laws las our bencid L bait has nao nade a ol cllon of if lands anti knoma I 1 an nl ad noral sad a ul tile ahme anne la Is now before the he lep on oil appeal api alli fi amm I 1 m the th land alice of course it if it should be deello ik im d that the state canuck selca epli ct nun nin fral ral kinds andr lla its grant grantt Kr antt then marble marbie el t pulla be riom state fen akun together with wilh all other it livria I 1 lanu un as defined by this rull nir it vas mas to mi Ilam that tile khoh might erect tile he states stales light to volet caci satono le baud sit ch s lip aalde it could not tho ile government ha had expressly 11 1 1 oil a grant of land to the enli ralty fund including all ian lands ianis Is iner this grant alch 1 Is vordie IY there la in some borne question os as to the amount of f land ceded tu to the university but there JA it iio doubt as to the intention of the act ace to grant saline lands to tile state taic trying to convert bacou bacon atlanta It lanta sept 10 A 41 aiom ci one ma afa con conf rays caya united status states sanator bucon alta con fl ho a opposed the hie annexation of hawaii at al the last session rt at the son to has received recel ved it letter ani minister thur thurton ton W otina kin 1 nini to isit isil hawaii an and d se RV for blai himself a elf the Londi flon of alfalla there mr nods that if agreeable to mr hacon bacon the entire expenses of ills journey to the iho islands and d back will ile be borne by the hawaiian government loverni nent senator bacon has ham declined the invitation stating that ills hla opposition 1 tion to annexation a basic and ahat t 1 lila is acceptance of a by the I 1 hawaiian la wallan government it this ihla junei tur tia might bo be misconstrue cl selle ator ligeon has ha also a letter from zellator lel latOr him film to po go to Ila Nall chinese ruling kulin washington 10 the of 1 the h treasury ha ba d collectors that ihal chinese 4 lati w ito ho it ave this thin country under tinder the icv existing treaty with china must und land at al one lne int ril froni from well they depal led |