Show FEDERAL LAND IS NOW IN SESSION commission appointed by president hoover to study the public land question with the view of federal government ceding all public domain to the respective states in which the land Is located Is now in session in washington D james R garfield of cleveland 0 formerly secretary of the department of the interior is chairman of the commission secretary aubur of the interior department part ment and secretary hyde of the agricultural department are members of the commission for the present the commission Is operating on the basis of voluntary service but it is expected that congress will make some provision for their remuneration the personnel perso onel of the commission Is aa follows george horace lorimer editor of the saturday evening post james P goodrich former governor of indiana col W greely former chief of the bureau of forestry gardner cowles of des moines iowa a newspaper publisher elwood mead commissioner of bureau of reclamation I 1 M brandjord of montana commissioner of state lands and investments P K tiffany of the hydraulics and reclamation rudolph koechler of arizona president of the arizona taxpayers association perry W jenkens wyoming charles J of colorado an attorney specializing in land office and forestry cases george W malone of nevada state engineer william peterson of utah geologist with the state agricultural college of utah and I 1 H nash of idaho state land commissioner mr and mrs carlos of elgin returned tuesday from an extended vacation trip to california they visited in all of the principal cities of the pacific coast state and report having had a very enjoyable time |