Show J i ACREAGE ACRA IN It UTAH l IS f FUNDS ND eager r Appropriations and Rising Riding Costs Make Public Domain Inaccessible Ma Many y Seeking Surveys 1 I JIB HE H high cost of living livin 01 I meager eager meager appropriations from Egress ss s for public work and gardly IY wage seal scales for fedal fed fed- al lff are arc seriously ham ham- he ring be settlement and progress ol ot of I other W Western stern states of ot land hunger that Is drive e prices of ot unimproved lands to un un- l figures the public domain is istl tl made available Millions of ot acres are being with with- Id through lack of survey alone ie a surprisingly Small amount of ot me ne would make it possible for JI f settlers to establish mes ocl are the inevitable conclusions I erfa erta review of ot the years year's work of I land survey in Utah and ad vada Similar conditions are known exist in other states but they seem I appl apply apply- with greater force here hero ICH ASKED I h trough gh state and private tS s here are requests on file in the Ice of Surveyor General I. I C. C ores n ol ot Utah for tor surveys of u lI toof to- to of acres in this state alone Ne Nevada hda tda there thero are requests for sur- sur ston acres At t the pres present presenta nt a of ot survey it ft will require six years complete the job in this state and the meantime that land is being from settlement almost as I i as though it did not exist n understanding of the situation H V 8 s gained by the fact that the for the past several years between and 50 f for surveying public lands in this thise e This money is expended under direction of the surveyor sun general the supervisor super of Of surveys with sneer neer G. G D. D D D. Kirkpatrick in fn rg rge rge-of rge ot of the work in Utah and Neat Ne- Ne a. a at INCREASE i five years the cost of ot maintain maintain- an or survey party infield Infield in infield field has doubled and the wages of ot men nen have increased about 30 per WIn In the last year or two s or surveys have mounted rap- rap piling up in the land office until tents ems there never will be a finish i h he job I Rhe t he e meantime there has been no iafe ase 3 in the appropriation and the I is that the work edis cut in half halt while the de- de deI I difo the work has grown beyond ids iring the past year with seven sevene sevene e e parties ey parties in the field averaging to twelve men to a party only 00 00 acres were actually surveyed se season was a short one and was vas with many difficulties in fn inSon Son ion on to which time was lost in in- in gatons and resurveys In Ne- Ne succeeded in surveying only K REDUCED st ot of food and mat material and a at t in wages have caused cutting down of ot this work The is paying top prices for foras forras or ras as well wen as everybody every ody else and vork york must cease When cy hen the l ion n for the year runs out the matter of wages all departs depart- depart s of ot government especially skilled men are required are areng areng ng ing from the desertion of ot engi- engi I o 0 private fields of endeavor e heir talents and ability come comi com- com i e salaries more commensurate the cost coat of living livID I I geological eolo eal survey has just pubs puba pub- pub s ija a bulletin to the effect that 17 ent of ot the engineering force torce quit during the year be- be if better salaries offered elseO elsee else- else e O Men Ien with families art arc f finding II p sible to live o on n government RTH TH OF MEN SEEN I e condition was felt in the land landy y ast spring to some some- extent and b felt more acutely when next n. The situation was saved I season reason by civil engineers return- return I the war who were glad to tonto fJ into nto a Job until they could read read- th themselves Many of these read read-I men mene e 6 holding private jobs jobs' ne next net t year salaries and the government till be asking men to work ford for tor d inadequate scale It to be a very hard Ito get surveyors next year Mr Kirkpatrick unless a new newt of t wages Is adopted Civil eni en- en r i j and draughtsmen are finding and better salaries in fn i Industrial industrial lines tines such as railroad ruction fiction tion shipbuilding structural work work and other lines B se so things are holding back the rent Tient nt and development of ot Utah oS OS S ASI ASKED ED it lt cry is made for hundreds of ot ns ns s for land reclamation and It is the biggest factor In development of ot the West But a special appropriation of ot for tor the survey of ot the lands landa of ot Utah would put forward the work here by four years It would open up 2000 acres for grazing and dry farming tarm In g. g It would provide homes for tor many hundreds hundreds hun bun of ot settlers who cannot now properly properly properly prop prop- erly initiate title and who hesitate about going onto the public domain until they can make proper entry According to the best information obtainable there are acres of land in Utah which will ultimately be utilized for some pur pur- pose Two million acres of this is wanted now for grazing and dry farming For lor the lack of the people will wait walt six years to get it I POLICY ATTACKED Of all an the exhibitions of ot the penny penny- penny penny-j wise and nd pound foolish policies of ot government government government gov gov- the refusal to appropriate this money seems th tho tha most most glaring ex example example example ex- ex ample it is argued By all an means spend millions for fOl irrigation but In thinking about the millions dont don't forget forget forti for for- get ct that will open tyro two million acres to immediate settlement such is the argument Representatives of ot the land office and the survey have repeatedly brought these matters to the attention of ot Utah congressmen but nothing has hu been done The state will get next year as usual and about acres will be surveyed if ff lucky There is a remedy however that might prove ef ef- ef If all the Western states would Join together in iii one loud chorus and howl long and loud enough Washington Washington Wash Wash- et ington might hear and Washington might do One never can tell I ti I |