Show LAND TRANSFER I PLAN OPPOSED WASHINGTON Feb 23 Pj PI Clar Clar Clarence ence L L. Ireland attorney general of Colorado today told the house public pubic pub pub- lie lic ic lands committee that public opinion ion on in his state was against the pending pend pend- ing ng bill to turn the public lands overto over overto to p the 11 western states in which they lie ie Ireland pronounced impractical and Impossible the plan to reserve mineral rights to the federal government government govern govern- ment and cede surl surface rights to the states Resources of Colorado are arc as yet undiscovered he said Opportunity Opportunity should be given to private interests inter inter- ests eslo to discover and develop our min min- Ireland like Governor Dern of Utah was permitted to talk in advance ad vance of the general hearin hearings on the bill Chairman ln Evans told the committee com corn that within the next two weeks he would set a date for those hearings hearings hear hear- ings making them If possible contemporaneous contemporaneous con con- with hearings by the senate public lands committee to save railroad fare for people coming to testify tes tes- tes tit from western states |