Show COLTON TALKS WITH HOOVER ON GRAZING AND PLANS TO TRANSFER PUBLIC LANDS washington D cin C in view ot the stubborn opposition which for years has blocked action in congress on all bills to the regulation of graz ingabe unreserved public domain representative colton of utah chairman of the public lands committee and author of a number of grazing bills which have failed has talked with president hoover about a current suggestion that the public grazing lands be turned over to the states to regulate the use of their own range and apply net proceeds to their school and road funds mr colton has become discouraged over the prospect of getting favorable action on any of the old grazing bills and wanted to get the presidents view on the proposal to cede the grazing areas of the west to the several states he found president hoover extremely well posted on western land conditions and having clearly in mind conditions both on the unreserved public domain and in the national forests with a comprehensive understanding of the difference between the two he also found the president well informed on the grazing situation in the west and in harmony with the idea of doing the best thing to pre servet the range in the interest of the livestock industry alie proposal discussed is to the ef the grazing lands of the government in all western states be turned over to the states or rather the surface rights to such lands the federal government to reserve all mineral rights in such lands once the transfer la made and it can only be made by act of congress the states would be at liberty to administer the lands in whatever way they deemed best this would transfer the federal government to the states the duty and responsibility of regulating tha range and the states would assume the expense they also would enjoy the full revenues froni grazing on their own lands this proposition is in its initial stage as yet but if any considerable sentiment ta favor of the idea develops in the public land states it may ripen into legislation at the regular session of congress there can be no such legislation nor any grazing legislation during the special cession elston blatt a former star athlete of the grand junction high school who was well known at moab received injuries tuesday when he jumped from a moving train as result of which be died that evening mr blatt was timekeeper for a railroad gang working near Una weep and had been to grand junction on a visit to his work on a passenger train he jumped when the train failed to slacken its speed and received fatal injuries young blatt came to moab many time during his high school days to compete in athletic events he graduated from the school a year ago |