| Show IS OF CONGRESS the determine effort of the fed cral interior to recover to the united stated government title to lands granted to utah ana other western states half century ago which lafe proved to be alu able for their deposits i now congress abill hag beci introduced to the states to the land action there on is being demanded by western congressmen senator reed smoot and congressman don coltan I 1 utah are especially energetic in the nent and the chances are considered av orabe for enactment 01 i tha bill by the fp resent congress the efforts of ane federal govern ment to recover lands granted in good faith have aroused widespread criticism among the political leada of the states affected the first d effort made by the govern ment was directed at state or school lands in utah are now known to be valuable ccaude of oil or other mineral decosi s following the at tc TI cheit ah lands the interior op ned its guns on colo rado claiming that large in the southwestern part of the state are mineral bearing and therefore improperly included in the grants of more thana years ago if the con as to southwestern colorado lands prevails a similar effort may be made to secure title for the fed eral government to state lands in northern colorado lands which are now known to be coal bearing secretary work of the interior de rp mant is said to have receded somewhat from his original position acer which demanded an immert alte he lying without giving the states time prepare themselves the hearing tt be directed to th dj estion tl e lands were known to be mineralized when the grants were fiade at present how ever he is quitted as being willing to ratify title of the states to bands already but to be determined that in the future minerals shall be reserved to the federal government in any grants to states in teresta in the issue ow before con gress are in the hands of the corf gressional representation from this and other western states and W 1 farr deputy attorney general who is actively interested in the matter lt moab has experienced a real cold snap the pa st week following the snow storm ioja last week the terr per aturo dropping with the of the skies and zero wearn er has been the rule since then th coldest night was christmas eve when the thermometer registered two degree below zero tuesday night showed a um of on be low and last night the mercury reg two it Is the coldest weather foi A two years ai decemver Dece moer 1924 all records for old were broken when the mercury dropped to the unprecedented ce level of eighteen degrees below zero 4 rt M |
