Show EFFORTS TO RESTORE PUBLIC LANDS dills leilli pass dihe senate if exacted into law will restart acres of land special bp ecial correspondence washington Nas hington april 18 among tile the public land moistures moi ineis ures that senator smoot chairman of the committee lon ion public lands now has haa before befaro congress are two measures that ali a to of especial interest to the people of utah one of them provides foi to agricultural entries on oil lands landa tho oilier extends the called oal led iti quat right light to settlers on oil linda that ivie hie been beell designated by the becie tary of the interior as coming under tinder the provisions of tile the moot smoot 1 homestead act bonato smoot has haa secured tho the passage of both of these bills through the senate and they are now under tinder I 1 0 by the committee on public lands of the house of rep it I 1 b on rho file firby bill vs will it if it becomes hw open up to Bett lament about J d SOO acres of public domain that if ib now low withdrawn from entry lis aa oil lands the smoot bill proposes to permit settlers to enter up on oil these lands and cultivate them eventually c acquiring the surface ownership at the same time reserving to the government the oil that la Is nod ned in III theiu thein in southern utah there are vast nast tracts tr acts of public lands that have been withdrawn from anti because of their classification 1 lie geological eo logical guiney oil lands ot 01 being valuable alu able for oil As the tbt law now stands those lands cannot be de but must await the final din lon loll the government sers seffi fit to or of them thein if Spi senator smoots bill becomes a law these lands land can be developed and transformed into honus for the people the second bill which extends the so called sc lutter right to the smoot enlarged homestead act Is necos sarn aar to complete the object of th the 0 niort ket ct which is the development of c the arld arid lands landa of the west in I 1 til tab idalio idaho nevada t montana colo rido and wyoming coming there are large areas of uns land which come lindea the provisions of the smoot act many persons persona have initiated upon these lands and have and made improvements upon their claims mere justice bould i demind that these people should hoi ild be a preference right of entry when ben the lands are surveyed surN eyed and thrown open to actual entry llila ida is I 1 hit the bill proposes prop oges to do both of tile the bills here mentioned mention pI 11 have a no been approved b bv the interior tnt prior delai ament |