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Show IDS STATE HAS NO JUJ11VEJWTERESI State Senator Olson Discusses Dis-cusses Big Coal Land Case. State Senator Culbert L. Olson of the law firm of Weber, Olson & Lewis, returned re-turned yesterday from a trip to Washington Wash-ington and w York. In Washington Washing-ton Mr. Olson represented the eontestee in the oral hearing in the case of the state of Utah vs. W. F. Olson, involving involv-ing certain land at Storrs, claimed by the state and the Spring Canyon Coal company, its gTantee, as state laud, and by Olson as mineral land. Mr. Olson, declaring that the state has no real interest in the contest, said yesterday: yes-terday: "The supreme court of the United States having decided in the Sweet case that known mineral or coal lands did not pass to the state by Utah's enabling en-abling act, the only question for determination de-termination was as to whether this particular tract was known coal land at the time the enabling act took effect. The oral argument was heard as to this question of fact, which was decided by the local land office in favor of the eontestee. The land was sold by the state as grazing land at grazing land prices, and the decision unfavorable to the state is merely a decision unfavorable unfavor-able to the Spring Canyon Coal company. com-pany. The state secures lieu land." |