Duchesne Record | 1914-10-23 | Page 4 | Utilization of Public Lands

UTILIZATION OF PU PUBLIC LIC LANDS In the Secretary of the Interiors Interior's report we get some very in in- in information regarding the classification an and utilization o of public lands in the Mountain states For instance in Utah in th the period from March 4 1913 to June 30 1914 with a total state area are of acres was as withdrawn from entry acres was wa restored to entry acres was designated as enlarged enlarged enlarged en en- homestead land Jand acres represented the tile original l entries filed In Colorado wonderful changes took place in the above period the enlarged homestead designations being about acres and the original entries being near acres In New Mexico co there was nearly acres filed upon in this time But Bu Montana takes the prize during this period for original filings th the amount being about seven and one half million acres or more than seven per cent of the states total area and Montana had designated designated I as el enlarged larg d h homestead t ad Ind nd over eleven leven million cres or about abou c ten per cent or the states state s lana iana A brief survey y of the evolution of the land question in ern states te plainly that thousands of homesteads are still stil being filed and that extremely rapid d' d ti is taking place While the development is comparatively slow in Utah it is still o of vast importance and indicates a growing g WIng population as well as a greatly increased crop area J