| Show STATEMENT BY STATE LAND BOARD Upholds Its Action in Increasing Price From prom to IN ANSWER TO PROTEST Airo lIA of Land liS Sold uhl at lit the In answer nn ter to In C time the th protest t of ot the rep r p rr of le the nines niece meeting of land owners from 10 to countIes N held heid In Ihl city on ott April 7 the action of 0 the hoard houri In lit increasing tim t PrIce of at state lands from 1 I to 10 O per p I acre aCtA the state Iato board of oC land lani commie COin III donors Inner h haN h Issued the state meat upholding Us Its action In that mut mit mutter tel ter MIff After due consideration of ot the que lUM tint lIon ns II raised by IW b your held at lit atS S Salt Sail lt Ink Iak City ell April 7 06 we tib unit nit the reasons for the lost position 0 1 lion tion taken Inken by b this I h III board Th land board 1 is IR a 1 of oC and to 10 the Iho Ill and Ic Is governed by hy the tho I WH on tried by II the 1 through their which said cain must hf he a to 10 nil all the tho IndiscrimInately and In lit the thi interest of oC the tho public In general The acres of ot laud land to 10 tho the stat of for the ilia Into of various nubile Institutions hive hae been hecim disposed of ot and all nil of ot the thi theland land remaining that ma may now no he be se oe selected by br h the Iho ito state ilia II from the public domain consists f about acres of or Indemnity school I hool maths lands which to Bethel Ithol with over oer acres Ire of tit state land to bo be appraised I and anti sold old comprise the aggregate Amount of nC land now no nt at the disposition of If th the state eA CA NOT 01 The tar fill greater creater proportion of land now belnA applied for Cor N Is II wanted for tor glazing purposes JA and while ue we realize that moll mole ic itu bv II I HI war vity of taxation would be 10 hereafter 1 derived by b the titu stub from rein the th sale Halo of ot tillable lands landi we ve have no llover io er under I the time n tu tn i dl In iii price between applicants dependent upon time purposes for fo which the tho land when hen put chased ell IK is to 10 toh 10 h mod and urn IH a re that soUr jour our contention that the thc Ih advance In Inthe Inthe the prIce of land Inn I 1111 i lii curtail cUHaJ th amount to 10 bo hI purchased for n html purposes eR Is IA not well 11 taken lou foi louthe the leason reason that the tho In lii InI I H very pr ery brief period of time take luke nil 1111 the tho land that imo inns now nol no l h hr by bythe h the state should the price e bo he reduced thereby I entirely depriving the I rl of un aim opportunity to 10 pur aur purchase pU pUcha chase cha e Kind bail and we do not nol consider i that 1250 nn on acre Is III high for that can camu an be he used for or a pur PilI purposes po poses e In view stew of ot the east IA I terms of purchase afforded by b the lie Stilts Not to 10 exceed 5 per ver 1 er cent of ot the peo people people pie of the state are arc purchasers of or state mute land while thile the whole population IH is In In lit the blue revenue derived there from Since fince the th advance In price th the lands itte heen selling at 01 the ther role late of If about acres neres per pel mouth with vu tv n ien 1 complaints on the part of or th the pui pur chasers which suit said advance practically a n month additional revenue to 10 time the state ind eventually ii it total gain of about to 10 tho public fund that thai are life now no so PO made quate n il largo large proportion of which will willBO BO gos to maintain the tue district schools and andare We tC are satisfied that there will con continue tintie to bo be b A 1 real read ren demand at nt th the price 1111 fOr foi all the land tIm th state has haA to dispose of While your pour contention that much of or the Ihl best hlAt lands land of 0 the state have hae been sold nt at the lower prIce Is 1 largely arRi nr lj true nevertheless we t e consider conduct that the ha uteri gen genera era oral ertl advance In lii tin thus market price or ot c cleans leans lands throughout the tale state Justifies tt thi Increase we have made m lle In itt the price of or orl state talo l lands landA IA COMM mr We WI believe that tint our predecessors predecessor In attica were svere men of good genii judgment and 1111 situ ability oust and Ir h fixing the price of land lid did what whA I they thought Vh IR for or time the best beet b ft Interests ts of oC tins the th state slat under the them therm ex IX e conditions and while It Il 1 have hil been heen easier for fOl ot us u to have pur suil IU J the seine came Im policy a 1 sense cense of du thu duty ty Ii t under the conditions Im lira Impelled us to cm the time action we have taken laken nd from the favorable comment r ne from leading citizens of or different portions of tho tito state we W believe bellee that our fir Jill action Is I endorsed by h the people In general and bet bag bl to remind you ou of ot the th fuel fact that your called for or time the express purpose of ct u ii I protest t It II t 1111 far fill from In ilu its request for tor or a 11 restoration of or tIme tho for Cor former Cormer mer mar price of ot land and we WI an nfl of oC the opinion that thaI had bath sour sotir lIr ll l ed lid of ot Hit an a n equal anil fair tall represent ti t m from flom rom the respective counties of st th the tate state tint that our would hut hu been su by h It Wherefore le In lit consideration of tb Ih Is In Pm hi interest of 51 the schools of our Dill and amid In hum keep kep lug Ing ng with what iv Ve uvo conceive to 10 be he oui 1111 duty dill as da servants of time the hole people we n decided to 10 maintain the nt of or lands V YU ems ry WM wi I J IY H JOHN D V I D l AN DI AND D W i 11 II 1 THAIN ii 1 N 11 nR State Board of Lout SOLD COO The board yesterday sold of ot grazing gnun land at 2 0 per lIar leI acre i iH Is III H taken as IA a R Kool I od indication that Illat time the price charged for tor state Italo tat i lands Is not t too x high fh state engineer was niu hull IK ted to tomake make n ii survey of the Ihn proposed rl el voir near fleas I it a guI I Ihl It ll it sv I Ii loH nE t about and if it it Il i 11 is deemed a n haB ibis ble inn the time dun will be tn h built In by the I II suite chile tf The Iho hi waters front from 1111 lie imposed d lr Mill tv Iii e bout about acids acu of or land Inne It was waA also n de dc tl to msUe mille an all he of oC time the reservoir pits Jt near Rich county count e 1 |
