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Show I FIFTY THOUSAND PAID FOR WORK IN THE FIELD Cantuln Hair, chief of the Hold division of the local United States land office, which comprises the state of Utah, reports re-ports that his office has expended $50,000 in the past year for salaries and expenses. In the greater portion. of the year Captain Cap-tain Hair had nineteen men in his employ. em-ploy. Of the number sixteen wore in the field and three in the office. Seven of the sixteen field men were employed in the mineral department that' is, examining exam-ining land entered upon to ascertain whisthcr It contained mineral and had been entered upon as agricultural or other land. There arc only tvo in the field at present, pres-ent, because the appropriation made by rongross Is almost exhausted. Some of those who were in tho Held have been transferred to the local land office temporarily: tem-porarily: others are on a vacation, and pome have gone to other fields. About a month from now, when the now appropriation appro-priation made by congress becomes available, avail-able, tho entire force will again bo at |