Show i. i Utah in Same Sane Boat I Ii i t i Attention recently was called i in this his column to th the fact t that in l recent t years as the result o of irrigation irrigation reclamation for forestry st y 1 v and and similar government undertakings Bureaus bureaus' had been created in number number to such an extent lt t t that at practically every federal building erected in the various cities cities of the West Vest had become inadequate I for f r government purposes A recent statement indic indicates tes a total of bf two forty government bureaus now housed in Denver with ith the tre number still growing r v While Salt Lake is not in Denver's class in this this' respect a census r of government installed here might prove quite interesting The question of the continued withdrawal of lands containing oil oil Oit and metals and which movement is responsible to a great extent in the multiplicity of bureaus recently was discussed in his inauguration address by Oliver H. H Shoup the new governor of r Colorado Governor Shoup who has been a big factor in the development of the West and particularly arly mining and oil lands t x said among other things r 4 t If lIf we will but take advantage of the resources of Colorado ti i 4 nothing but a a. a great period of of prosperity prosperity will result The state t. t has las been to a certain extent the victim of the federal feder l governments government's ti policy of conservation They have conserved our forests and our ourY v Y lands and if we dont don't watch out they wil vil be conserving us The problem of the returning soldier and all the problems of the the there reconstruction re reconstruction reconstruction re- re construction period for Colorado will be solved by the development develop develop- ime ment t of her natural resources The opportunity is all that is asked by the business men of the state and we hope the federal government government govern govern- i ment will give us this by lifting the ban on some of our cur ur natural I resources Considering Cons the number of forest res reserves cre created ted in Utah and the additional fact that more than 20 acres of prospective t y oil oil lan lands s have been withdrawn in this state and now comprise A i- i v naval naval oil reserves Utah can voice sympathy with with its sister state A t of Colorado and c confidently anticipate a little tittle condolence in return |