Show MILLER URGES WEST TO WAGE SUGAR BATTLE Wyoming Governor AI Also o Emphasizes Em Emphasizes Emphasizes Em Em- United Action n nOil on Oil Public Domain United action to s speed ed transfer of the public domain from rom fede federal al to state control and nd to allow expansion of the sug sugar r beet industry are major problems facing western states states-Gov Governor Gov Gov- Leslie A A. A Miller of Wyoming i said Thursday on an his arrival in Salt Sail Lake for fora a brief visit While here he will confer with Governor GoVernor Gov Got Henry Helry H. H Blood and will be guest speaker at the fortieth annual banquet of the Utah society Sons of the American R Revolution in the Alta Alt club at 7 p p. p m. m Thursday State of the public domain will hasten the placing of these thes lands lancis under private ownership so they can be taxed Governor Miller said The tax lax problem affects the situation situation situa situa- tion c considerably rabb especially in matters mat of ro road d building because more than half hall of Wyoming 1 for r instance is nontaxable public land States Unable to Agree Arree The chief trouble how however is that western states have never never been able to agree as ilS to what should be done be-done done to insure state control Wyoming wants full fun control of both subsurface and surface rights and we wc feel o our r record in handling state leases justifies the belief we can handle the public domain in a businesslike bust bus I. I manner r. r i Governor Miller said that M Montana 1 Arizona and Nevada officials hold the same view as he does Lengthy discussions in Utah's last las legislature demonstrated that opinion as to proper disposition of ot the thc public domain is sharply divided Many cat cat- tiemen especially those with large holdings were opposed to state control control con can evidently fearing it would v uld mean the end of the op open n range Sends Sugar sui-ar Representative Governor Governo Miller a former oil operator operator oper opere ator is keenly aware that sugar beet bee growers face a crisis He sent a personal personal per per- representative to Washington D. D C. C Wednesday to aid the states state's congressi congressional nal delegation in its fight figh I to keep measures harmful to western sugar men out of pending legislation Sugar beets are the best cash crop western farmers have he said Rep J. J Will Robinson o of Utah and Senator of Wyoming have hav already obtained assurance from President RO Roosevelt evelt that the sugar suga measures are re ri not t designed to harm western interests So far so good but the fight must be maintained if to to see that this assurance is carried out the governor said He was I welcomed at the Union Pacific Pa railroad station by Governor Governo Blood N Newell B. B Dayton Utah pres president dent S. S A. A R. R Benjamin L. L Rich vice president general of the national society Chauncey P. P Overfield Utah secretary and Sheriff S. S Grant Gran Young of the Utah board of or managers S. S A. A R. R |