Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-10-08 | Page 38 | Public Land States to Organize Congress

Public Land States to Organize Congress Westerners Will Meet in Denver to Form Formulate late Plans for Protection of Undeveloped Resources To voice the needs of the men engaged in the work v of development development development develop develop- ment of the unclaimed resources of the West and the South a public land states congress is to be organized at Denver next month according to word received by Gov William Villiam Spry Governor Spry will appoint Utah delegates to the congress and plans to attend himself Delegates Delegates Delegates Del Del- from twenty-nine twenty states and the two territories In which are located public lands under federal supervision are to attend tho the congress It is Intended In Intended Intended In- In tended that the governors of ot each of ot th the states statE's represented shall be present Governor Spry Is hearty In his recommendation of ot the movement I which haa has been selected as the most effective way to prevent Eastern states I to o control the progress of development of ot public lands The feeling has existed in Western states slates that sentiment regarding conservation con con- In the East o st particularly on the he Atlantic seaboard was waa preventing Western and Southern states from de deriving deriving de- de riving the full tull benefit bendit from their public lands ands This view of ot the situation which confronts the th-e West Vest was express expressed d. d by I VIce VIca Marshall recently when he le declared that unless the people of ot the he West decided on what legislation they hey needed the people of ot the East would decide for tor them and make their decision law The Eastern method has hasen hasen been en to either allow private exploitation llon tion or none at all and Westerners take the he attitude that this Is unnecessary locking up of ot resources which should be thrown open to the public According to word word received here Governor George A. A Carlson of ot Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado has bas consented to call the land congress The public land states which are asked to Join In this congress and the number o of acres of ot and unreserved served public lands In each are as follows Alabama Arizona 0 Arkansas 1 40 California I. I I I I Colorado Florida Idaho Kansas KanJa Louisana 1 Michigan 10 Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada evada New IW Mexico l North Dakota Oklahoma Or Oregon oD South uth Dakota MM I Utah Hah Washington t Wisconsin Wyoming T Total ToW Utah tah has nearly acres of ot lands the development of ot which depends de dep depends de- de p upon action taken at the land congress as It has been pointed out that representatives of ot the th th twenty-nine twenty states In which there are public lands will wUl control both oth houses houles of or congress when that body takes up th the enactment of ot laws J governing governing gov gov- the land lands bands Governor Spry outlined the th plan of ot 1 the dell dell' delegation Uon to lh the proposed congress In Denver I as follows The governor of or each of ot the represented represented states and two delegates ap appointed appointed ap ap- pointed by him two delegates de ap appointed appointed ap- ap pointed by the county governing bodies bodiE's of or each state slate one tint appointed by the mayor of or each Incorporated city In the states elates tat and one delegate additional for tor each inhabitants or those cities above and one delegate from the membership of ot each commercial I club or board of ot trade are to be ap ap- pointed These delegates will represent their section of ot the country in helping to outline a method of procedure that thai s shall all conserve conserver yet at tit t the same time develop the public lands Many vital pr are to be considered considered con con- such as mining raining regulations leasing of ot public lands withdrawal and reservation of ot lands storage drainage drainage drainage drain drain- age and flood pr problems and protection protection protection tion and use of ot of forests The mining regulations especially apply to Utah and we are vitally interested in takIng taking taking tak tak- ing action to assure this state of ot the best Dest possible laws dealing with mining regulations so far tar as as' public lands are concerned