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Show LAND LEASING BILL There is some chance that the m n eral resources on publ c lands mav bo opened up The Terr s general leas ng b 11 is on the house slate for passage th s week and if all goes well it will soon be before the senate for act on The coal land and coal depos t port ons of the measure as agreed pon n the house would allow leasing through com petitive b ds of tracts of forty acros each or mult pies w th a maximum of 2560 acres As the Tribune has fre quently po nted o t development of the vast resources of tho west ceased when Roosevelt made a fad of conservation and vast tracts of ruble lands wero w thdrawn for one u pone or another Tho rcstorat ons have not hnl the ef feet of bringing abo t a renewal of the work of development Thpro are sev eral b lis before ongrcs, under the torn a of which t s hop 1 to revi e nterost The Torr s leasing b II is ono of thon It should I n passo I hoforo adjournment as nn crper ment f for no other purpose |