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Show poard Agrees to Rc-Squish Rc-Squish Claims for S $S5G,4CJ. iiations Give Promise jge Steel Industry .for Utah. , tP.ird of U:iJ commissioner.; ,.0',j to rc'-ma-feU "'hatcvor f ''-it Imvo to acres .of coal f V,.. cBrttv to the Milncr m-"..''-y tiio Carbon County :'""vfor WM. The nitreo- Uic end of the day closed '.tuitions which had lasted P'--i:ien which persuaded the .Vb-i-'S the matter speedily .W fact that A. O. Milner, "'.'jvicJ tho negotiations, as- b; www r roiuly 10 s,Bn ,,y uraler which in lite neiKh-I1, neiKh-I1, I'iOOOOiiO will be invested Lc:,..-"ui iron and steel industry V 50rve the I'ac'.tic coast '.. -'-ct-; Tins, it is pointed Vv'lcr-- haul by rail across ?,f'-"i r'.ttsbui'i;; and it lias durinfi the nctfOtiations tu'l alone on the steel Llt,,r distance is enough to j1;,.1;;' proposed for Utah, every .,-es"5 a"-e backing the 'f, s" muni.ued, represented L - Miie.al interests m 1 url-o url-o It is also said to be L5",;' .position will come from p Spend $60,000,000. rfitvo initial expenditure is r -t if a 1'i-ser plan invo.vms .K diliTte of frjO.W.Outl. !: of Utah coking ecus on the in Carbon county, and E- dcsits held by the same r.; 1-cn county, are planned, (I ir.vo'.vins blast furnaces on rtah lake. f, of tie agreement under i board agrees to dispose .Jr..-, jn it may have to the Evj. are that payment of -r.-.-i"t i to be made within i-Wh interest on deferred -f-X- ive vears. at the rate ol i wiH mean that alter . "'., .Vj; or thereabouts, the S4Vlf ccltecc ! receive an :ifx: i" as" income from us urani of about ... ZtA-i al0 contemplates that tV'nve the right at any .i: v part of the principal, : h-di'to be released irom the i M-acre tracts, in prppor--'ies.-cur.t of principal paid. Skgin at Once. '-- at all ate required for the bat the state will bene-"' bene-"' L-.;ii:r.t of taxes on the land I At cresent the state is re-s4 re-s4 oi'iv on the equity of the ' 1 id, or $1.25 an acre. At ; k 5 av "s, which has prevailed t fnr sir.e vears, this will mean r-'vT.ent to the state of $: . 2-' 2-' 'ot'-.n Carbon county and i.'.e E-'v tc'rool district will receive Tt-'e amount of their levy on ra; assessed valuation of $oj.-!-rttse s'-im of the county and lt-.:t "rates in the stale i s 12 "ki "ou'.d rr.ake about ?'j.ti, !"-fc; between the county and the , f tile co'ar.iy. "lis- cf course. Irrespective of . s-s in valuation which may 1; cour.tv ar.d the state if the -H-.il industry as pianned mate- 7 fas Begin In October. .- fc:,s hung fire for some time - ion the question of the security - (r. by the purchasers. The ne- their orb-'in in an offer the Mi'.ners last October to re--t state or.e-haif the land, pro- !f. state would give clear title ler haif. When the state took fca that it did not want the v.e nio-ev, it made a counter 4 to deed the entire area to B, takir.g as payment an amount -'t cer.ts per ton on the amount -fc-il estimated by its geologist, : '-Vii'.iara Peterson, to be on .. '.i ftT.ieh the Milners had of--V.:r- to the state. It was re--tDTe-.-er. that the entire 5-j'".4 id re eiven as security, instead ft ier-.-s on whii 'n tiie coal de-te de-te tay.en as a measure of the . Reject Proposal. I ti-.e Milners objected strenu--friws proposals were made dur-t?etiations, dur-t?etiations, the state's offer of trorninir being to sell its claim (I'Jtre tract for G cents a ton, H'l Ji.34S.OfjO, no payment be-frei be-frei for five years, and the fiQ-are 4 pc-r cent interest after i the mortgage to cover the en- tf"s said that this meant a total ' aoout 53.000.0jO for the tract. 9 'wds, that the state was re- - ,"t.t0 Pay S-iii'S an acre on its ' -elO acres, or -?2-14 an acre Jtl'iie tract, which had been tue 1,'overnment at an average T-e'.h:ng like 160 an acre. Simi-Ouil Simi-Ouil be purchased from the gov't gov-'t 'as asserted, at that figure. ' r:"- talking point of the , presented by Attorney Rus- ' ? U1'':r at the morning session, f- blunder and Attorney S. A. a.ternoon session, w-as that ,i''i-je -A-ouia put an end to all "? ur-der which the capital W'-e-U to Utah. Security Asked. t0 refer the negotiations ': , I an expression of policy rj,'?. lhe security. This was tr.s afternoon. When the 7-cn explained in some de-al de-al t:v;n": Oovwnor Bamberger . i-.'t tr.e present negotiations - --lure o. a compromise; that " Iicm a Mll'-ers claimed - to?-'"1.,1" V lar"1- So far as ' ntir'-i", went, the governor ti t i"0 thr- iand board, which '" V P , moru eompotent to 'f'L as,a matter of busl-be.ieved busl-be.ieved the state would h ',-1';l stc,ck 'f it were to s-11 . Eh'Sh1?. Wi:-h0llt any advance ' tKferrt 10 to E-j-.-o,,),;- on tnat land as Ifti .' WOon. said Oov-' Oov-' Of ri "aatever vuhio were ' fc;d pro'r'ertvUKnt t0 fc0 sccured V'fW0"'v offered to pay -N wttrJhe m ar.r8 or'gi-' or'gi-' ,c;'l rr-',; 'U! as cornproirnse. K:.f Vl;,'u SJ.I'OO a? '.he five" J0 pay 5 Pf;r cent in-. in-. r OB'y-Vft10 Sf-'c"r, rl '-'J' l' a r l,J-hlcl? brought the ne-r.rtp.,;,.0-;'' w.hen he suggested V l-'-stior,' .Fv'in on the entire if"1 wmnvl 1 th0 Cijrbon lt!wi to V P y' 0r lt3 successors, ' t''''"1 of ,11s? ,r,"m the mort-lld mort-lld t a tin,.- 8 ' ' 5 amoun'- of principal is , h5)1 fOhsultation wilh - J? U-ev ""lider s.t tlsix point, ' - -u-hen. a.ikcd that, j,-, V, , lai' ,i: 'lie Mllner Interests ad I. Ide.l n the innller n,e :;,-eurllv, ' ,'U''' ''U " i l on "ere 1 the eutiro trael. The govenou- 1 " " I'l'leo -.; ., numer lor tho hiiul 0;ei!', to work ,,, ; , ,h , W1W ..J.vh..n. In n ease ,, S kind, to 11 an,; purl of tin- l.uu ;ls ,.,-,-,,;-, when the princip:.! on that part us paid. " '""k 1,111 -i lew minutes after lhe session wus ,vM,,m-,l In the office of tlm s .-i e la. nl board to rk-a,-h this settlemeut el 111,, entire tran.siU'tloii. In !i.lOil!,.n I., the fitio ;,n f,- t),e eo. tl in i.L0 l.iml. ,h0 M n.ifi-s are paving 1 -el nil acre lor tiio .surlaeo pfieile'ue.s. 1 -o-lf . l.nm to Hi,. l.n,,i .,iS u,,,,. aM aei-eeniert to imreh.uio it as grauing land, lhe l.in.I !,,, Uipos,.., r ln. ,h government io theuu,. ami bv tho'stalo about .stxteen oats ago to the Mllner .iilei osts as grauing land, pure and simple, sim-ple, i.overuineiu iieenls had elassltied It as grai-.m:; hm,!. In ad.lllion. the original orig-inal appheant, in his application to iinr-eli.ise. iinr-eli.ise. h.ol a.-ert,-d umier oath that this was uonnunei.il land , was valuablo tor grar.iiig purposes onlv. The land ooaid records show that the applicant aereecl t.i.it any mineral rights should remain with the state. However, the contract con-tract to piM-eho.io did not entry this provision. pro-vision. Later tije government' instituted' suit tigamst the aril nor entries, on tho .ground of tinml.-'but never pressed tho c.so to a '00110:113:011. Ask to Use Slate's Name. In the meantime the government did not ni.ike the state a paitv to tho action ac-tion and thereby, it is claimed, the government gov-ernment recogni-.-es that lhe title to the land rests in the slate. It is claimed tna; the statute of limitations now runs to prevent the government sotting up tinv cairn as ag.i'.nst the state. What the .Millions ask Is to bo permitted to use tne slates name to got tile title to the laud In the name of the slate, and the state to turn tho hind over to the Mil-it Mil-it is recognized that the stato might have a possible claim against lhe coal In tlie land, but to prove that claim might entail long litigation In the courts and might prevent the negotiations with the Japanese and Pacific coast capitalists from being completed. Under tiiese circumstances, cir-cumstances, it is deemed best bv the land board to compromise its claim, which it does in consideration of tho pavment of $100 an acre for lands which are said to have been appraised by the government for an average price of about S1G0 an acre. |