Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-05-25 | Page 2 | Restoration to Come in near Future

rf i I I N T TO TOi 1 I M IN NA I L. L I II I of Acres Held as Stock Watering Places Places' Will Be Returned to 1 State Under New Order 1 I Thousands of acres of land in I l tah said to comprise some of the I hest sections of the public domain H Sill be restored to entry in the near Kiture according to Information reliVed re- re ed by Ralf Half S S. Kelly chief of the t eld division of or the general United f liVed i fates tates es land office 1 The important announcement fol- fol wed d the recent ruling of the United 5 tates tates supreme court regarding the 1 by r the government of public i n-ds n withdrawn under the law pro pro- I idding ding public stock watering places The supreme court ruled that the government had no right to hold or I such lands from the states h he decision resulted in a prompt ling bUng from the secretary of the in- in I I I directing that all lands thus thus thus' Withdrawn r I and held be thrown open glen en entry try I t According to the records of the II ind nd office some of the best public ds in the state have been with- with l wn as stock watering places In jost instances the lands withheld had Catering ing places which can be conI con- con I into irrigation sources Prot Pro- Pro est t against the holding of the lands f the government brought the ease 3 A the supreme court and resulted in ino to t o decision that will wUl restore thou- thou ands of acres to possession of the late Under an act passed by congress tune fun 25 25 1910 the president was au auto au- au i to withdraw all public lands unable for public stock watering laces l ces Thousands of f acres in all of the state were thus with- with rawn wn and held over a period of y years ears rs Subsequently the state es- es I public stock watering Maces laces and protested the holding of i ands by the government for similar poses