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Show PUBLIC UNTO AMENDMENTS MEET APPROVAL OF HOUSE COMMITTEE; TO STUDY BILL Entirely New Section Four Is Written Into Colton School Land Measure And Bill Amended To Give Appeal Rights Washington, D. C The Colton school land bill, with certain modifications modifi-cations suggested by the subcommittee subcommit-tee that has been studying the bill for a week, was considered by the house public lands committee, hut no action was taken. As the bill was read, its provisions generally seemed to appeal to members mem-bers of the committee, but Chairman Sinnott remarked that the bill is so important and some of the suggested suggest-ed changes are equally important that he wanted time to study it further fur-ther before his committee acts. The chairman gave assurance that the bill would be brought up again, but no definite day was set for resuming consideration. con-sideration. Several important changes chang-es in the bill were suggested by the subcommittee, consisting of Representative Represen-tative Colton, Morrow, Winters, Letts and Driver. Section two of the bill, which seeks to impose a limitation on the time within which the government may question ques-tion a state's title because of the alleged al-leged mineral character of school sections, sec-tions, is amended in two particulars; the government is to be restricted only in its right to institute a suit in any court, and the period within which it may be started is made six years, instead of three years, as provided in the Coiton bill. As originally written, the bill would have imposed this limitation limi-tation on proceedings in the interior department as well as the courts, but all reference to departmental activities activi-ties was stricken out by the subcommittee. subcom-mittee. The subcommittee also struck out the first par section three of the bill, making reference to rules of practice in school lands cases. An entirely new fourth section has been written into the bill, prescribing the manner in which the states may appeal to the courts from adverse rulings rul-ings from the land department, the original court appeal provision being abandoned. Wyoming Sheep Being Sheared Rock Springs, Wyo. This week will see the 'big shear" under way in j western Wyoming, and about one-I one-I third of the total 192G clip is under contract to eastern firms. Some shearing shear-ing began last week and several flockmasters will begin soon. The clip at the wells, twenty-eight miles north of Rock Springs, alo will get under way during the week, as it will west of Rock Springs. The number of fleeces in the 192G clip is about the same as in 1925, but the amount of wool is a matter of conjecture until the shearing is well under way and the first bales have been weighed. In 1925 approximately 2,750,000 pounds were clipped in western Wyoming, and a year ago this date saw almost three-quarters three-quarters of the total sold. Only a little lit-tle more than one-third of the 192S clip is said to have been contracted for delivery. Market tendencies in I Boston, the nation's wool center, dur-' dur-' ing the past week have brought encouragement en-couragement to local flockmasters I some of whom feel that 1926 will be a much better year for them than it first promised to be. Indications are that Iambs will bring a better price than the first sales indicated. Poultry Farming Increase Papid Salt Lae City. No form in lustry has advanced with greater strides the last few years than the poultry business, busi-ness, the value of which for 19';1 ha: j been estimated by the departnunt oi I agriculture at ?99 t.000.000, $325,000,000 ' or more than half of which represents the value of eggs produced on the l farm, and ? Iil9.000.000 from poult ry 1 produced. It is believed safe to as-' as-' sume that the final department of r.griculture figures for 1925 will show j (hat the value of the industry hes : passed the billion-dollar mark. Th? total numbers of poultry on farm:; January 7, 1923. was ? U2.ffl0.noo, wilt a value of ?:M9. noti.ono. Of this number. num-ber. 437.000.000 head, with a value ot $""3.177.0110, were chickens. During ihe year 67S,SOi 000 chickens were raised, with a value of ? 1 15.01S.000 I The chicken e-r-.-s produced amounted ;o l.rGS,2T0.000 dozens, worth $521.-I $521.-I V17.00.D. |