Show SECRETARY fISHER REfUSES REUSS TO CIVES GIVE UTAH JURISDICTION S Request to Transfer NeS Nevada Ne S vada Land Business From San Fra Francisco cisco Denied S Apparently for lor tho the present at ira least Iran t an all effort enort made maJ b by the tile Commercial club aa- aa l b by Senator Geo George C Sutherland to Induce the lie secretary lal of or thi the tho Interior to detach tho ho state slate of or Nevada from tho the San Sah Francisco field division of or the general land office and al attach uch It to the Salt Lake L. dl division has hns This Is Indicated l by a recent nt letter from Secretary Va Walter cr I L. L usher Fisher of or the Interior department to Senator Sutherland Suther Sut land hand which has hun been forwarded forward rd to tine thc Commercial club Tho The letter follows fuJO Hon lion George Sutherland United Stat States s Senate Sir Your letter eltor of August ull t IT Ii 1012 1312 forwarded for tor my consideration a no copy COP of i passed at a meeting of ot Utah min owners and operators held at al tho the Commercial club Salt Lal Lake e City Utah lI 1 August 2 1 1012 lZ and nd 1 b by Duncan l J. J 1 F. F Smith 0 G. G If H. Y V C. C A Alexander and C C. F F. Sherwood re- re that the tho state of or Nevada XO hs juc detached from the San r Francisco field I division lon of or the tha lie general land hand office and attached to tho the Salt Lake City Held field di hi- hi vi vision Nearer Nearer to San Franci Francisco eo The Tho matter has bee beau l given cn full con con- and In Investigation atlon and It ap- ap from Information furnished me mc that the larger portion of mining and other public land lanil eaSel cases Involving consideration bv bi- bilie the lie field service of tho ho general land office arises cs In the westerly portion of ot tho state slate of or Nevada Xe ani and that tho thio business bust bust- ness IB Is tran transacted acted largely cl through h the tho local ocal land at ut Cit CIl City the tIne orn e of or the United States attorney at tl Carson City and nd the surveyor c o generals general's office at Keno which are ar much nearer San Francisco than turin Salt I Inlo City The TIle larger mining camps of or Nevada ada arc are also nearer Ha San n Francisco t than hun Salt s. I Lal Lako I o. o There Them are arc points In California which are reached by travel through Nevada Xe thus titus permittIng the lie Held Uehl officers rs of the tho ban bun Francisco district to transact t business M pertaining to lands In both states staten awl and It that hint economy of ot time Ume an and anil money and tho hue expedition of thu th the business in to so far as at Its transaction Involves the United States and the greater number of persons Interested can be br best hest accomplished h b by retaining the state slate of or Nevada aua within the ilie theBan San Ban Francisco n fluId fir ld division dl While reco recognizing the fact tact that thai Salt Lake business men are arc Interested in fri the development dc of mining minIm and other land properties In the tato to of Jr X Nevada c It Is also a fact tact that Californians and particularly par par- tho those e residing or transacting business s in San Francisco are also In Interested Interested Iii In- in Nevada Xe properties to lar large e an-e e extent tent From the standpoint of the residents resi I- I dents p of or Nevada Xe th the location of or tho the field service at San is an advantage Under existing conditions then therefore fore I conclude that economy and good administration admin l require the retention of or the state tate of Nevada e within the Jurisdiction o of or orth th the San Francisco field division dl Very er ery respectfully SI Signed m WALTER L. L FISHER Secretary |