Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-11-13 | Page 10 | Ballinger Does Not Wait for Legislation

BALTilNGEIl DOHS NOT I WAIT FOR LEGISLATION WASHINGTON. Nov. 12. Secretarv 1'allinger today is.Mied an order for the conservation of the water power right.-, on public, lamb. Without wailing for legislation, to learn what eventually will be done with many lands valuable for water power, the secretary withdrew from disposition moro than S00O acres of such laud located in Montana, Idaho. ' Colorado, Washington, Wyoming and 1 New Mexico. This land now being held in' tho pub lie domain will probably bo affected by legislation to bo enacted during the next congress. Until congress decides just what is to bo done with land and tho terms upon which .it is to be uti lized, tho secretary will keep a tight hold upon it. ( Tho land is located as follows: Six ! hundred and eighty-four acres on fed ' Ifock creek, Montana; 1027 acres on ; TMnrlr f.,rl. In , .....1 T.l I. . .if. ivin .U1..UHI1I.I mill tUlllllf. Ons-I acres on the Criunisou river and tributaries in Colorado and Now.eMox ico; 110$ acres on tho KliekiLat 'river in Washington; 200 acres along the Judith river in Montana, and 712 acres along the Green river and tributaries in Wyoming.