Show I I a a IV TO BLAST II N UTAH iAH LAND lAN CLEARING lA IN Huge uge Surplus of Munitions Turned Over to Interior Department to Aid in inI I Work of Reclamation I NEARLY t T EARLY worth of explosives will be transferred transi trans- trans i I to the department of the I interior by y the army ahny army ordnance 1 department for use in clearing land road building and excavation work according to Information Inform re received received received re- re by Major Fred lied J Jorgensen adjutant adjutant adjutant tant general of oC Utah from tram Franklin K b Lane secretary of or the interior More than thun worth of these explosives probably will be used In the tho j reclamation of or acres of land landin in the tho Colorado river basin acres of or which Ho lie within tho the confines of ot Utah as homes and farms for re returned returned returned re- re turned fighters and war workers and andin andin andin in the building of government post roads in the intermountain states officIals officials believe The bill before congress providing for tor the reclamation of or this land and other land by the department of the interior probably will be passed at the special session of congress this summer DISPOSE OF SURPLUS The army ordnance department al already already already al- al ready has made arrangements arrangements' for the immediate disposition of oC 34 per cent of ot the tho surplus stock of or pounds of ot sodium nitrate on hand through h transfer to the department of or agriculture sales of stocks In Chile through the British pool and sales through the United States nitrate board tho the communication states Approximately Approximately Approximately Ap Ap- Ap- Ap proximately one-half one of ot the total surI surplus surplus sur sur- plus stock of ot sodium nitrate will wUl beheld bo be held b by the tho ordnance department for tor torI future disposal as subsequent Importations Importations and conditions of oC tho the market and of ot industry warrant AGREEMENT REACHED The Tho nitrate to be handled by the United States nitrate board will be handled through the American pool for sale at nt the market price in ac accordance accordance nc- nc cor ance with the agreement of manufacturers manufacturers manu manU- I an and Importers which pro- pro Ides ldes for tor the unrestricted sale of government government government gov gov- I nitrate prior to removal of at Import restrictions and subsequently I the tho sale of one pound of government nitrate to two pounds of or manufacturers manufacturers' ers' ers stock The Chilean stock which constitutes third one-third of the quantity to be disposed of ot immediately will be bo sold at a figure figure fig fig- ure not below cost price The de department department department de- de of ot agriculture will bu buy pounds on the basis of ot cost price to the United States Tho The 1 pounds of at nitrate Is Js valued at nt |