Show A TO MINERS secretary hoke smith will stand by tho the of mining states HELENA mont april 12 1 george A irwin mineral land commissioner com III ls lioner from montana has returned from washington ashington to butte and speaks of the friendly beelin feeling r of fioke smith secretary of the interior toward the people in the northwest north weLt in their fight for the preservation of their rights on oil the memorial land question oi secretary smith has requested mr irwin to prepare an exact statement of the situation for the information of the department fully llull v explaining all questions involved mr irwin says ho he is convinced the people of montana and other linins tates have a friend ili in sc retry smith and that the valuable mineral lands lying within 1 I the section of the northern pacific railroad will bo preserved to miners of the country as expressly stated in the let act granting an all empire to tile the railroad company |