| Show YES RETURN THE lAND Federal Holding of oC Western Vest rn Lands Should Pass Let tho the States Have It Uncle Sam Should Quit President Herbert Hoover among a among among mong his many commissions had one for the purpose of investigating ing the public land question the question being Should the govern government government government ment turn over the public lands to the states 1 President President President Pres Pres- i ident Elmer G. G Peterson of the i Agricultural college is the Utah I member of that commission I The committe reported back to i President nt Hoover its opinion that the government should return such lands to the states or pass title to the states There is acres of these lands and nearly allin all allin allin in these eleven western states Of this total Utah's share is acres It is taken for granted by this paper that this total remaining doe does not include lands withdrawn for power sites oil shale coal and for various other purposes As we understand it of the acres in Utah only about approximately is privately owned and of course that means that about acres is owned owned owned own own- ed by the federal government Forest reserves naturally make makeup makeup makeup up a big item and likely account for most of the difference between th figures fig given C. C C. C More former governor of Idaho is now of the at Washington and that thatis is good He was through the basin two weeks ago In with Frank N. N Johnson supervisor of surveys I I I But the Uintah Basin aside from froDa the large forest reserves a worthy phase of nationalism has huge tracts for nearly all purposes for which the dear old public domain may be reserved Comparatively we are hard hit by these mammoth withdrawals While we have enough land privately privately privately owned to support three times our present population that 50 which is held back should be beI I handled by Uncle Sam or he heI should private capital to do doI s so |
