Show MINERS DOWN AGRICULTURISTS Fight Over Lands Develops Sensations ANOTHER UTAH INDUSTRY Fire Locators Locator Loco tor at Lehl Lehi Al tiso 10 o Upheld ill lu Their Gin Oia Ou Ins liu 11 lly Ily ly Uncle Saul Owing to t the lie absence of oC H II I V A Ferguson special agent for tor tho the depart depatt department ment uncut of oC the tho Interior the lie matter of ot thom thu of ot various areas arens ot of alleged coal oal bearing lands for tor grazing purposes aes eS eSline been postponed until June Juna C f The line has lua ben nl f matter muter Is creating considerable Inter Interest Interest est cat and threatens at ut this timeto time to cul cui culminate initiate minate In a scandal of or generous proportions proportions hells and Ind to result In tho the suspension of at thousands of ot acres until the time matter U is I definitely decided In lu the motion moton on which the tho continuance was granted Special Agent gent Ferguson sot set forth the lie following First That tho thin order directing said hearing Is IB ambiguous In this that t It I does docs not clearly appear there tho tie front from whether tho hearing Involves Involve riGht of ot the State Slate of or Utah to make colleg selection No 72 Agricultural where coal In toto or only In cases case afe declaratory are arc in conflict with wih the tIme State Statu of ot right In the tho promises ieee t it I l Is of ot great tance to the tho plaintiff to have havo the scope of ot said order determined and without such smelt determination no proper determination allan can bo he lint bad hUll the special agent cannot attend upon the land In II Salt Sal Lake City on tin he day du of ot April 1903 by hy reason of ot tl a special assignment a to tl duty dUlY nt it rason Vancouver In tho the state of Wash Washington In ington ton 1 the special agent has ba peculiar knowledge of ot the lie facts oth othor other cd il In iii this tills proceeding and aud that no t or er can adequately protect the tM Ito rights In the time premises with omit oat special preparation The subjoined allegations which are ale TI embraced In nn an order front from Washington addressed to the tIme and er or last hid tall al declare that th the selections made lulle by h the lie state were re nothing mon fraudulent attempt on oil onit nor mint less Ies than thal a it its part vart to s turl cun valuable ls i ins ing In properties ns lie grazing lands In this recently It was waR a shown that one ono lit had Induced 47 4 others lo to U tile te teon on cool coal lands buds In Iii Carbon county from tine time to time line anti and that these thew thel men ten had hind no Interest tre In time the properties beyond be being beIn belag lag ing In mere mer straw men who as 18 oon 11 ns nit lS the time things ran mn out would woul ut gt 11 others otherl to re ye renew t new nw them In order antler to ent bonn Ode miners mIler from thins filing Oln on th Ito lands anti and de tie thorn them The bearing In which these matters mater were Welt brought out ter tar terminated suddenly In tn compromise e The order front from Washington Is as us fol tol follows follows lows 32 22 Z the th State of Utah filed died tad In your our its selection list No 72 7 of ot selections for tor Agricultural college which you m approved P pt It 10 l ot t Sold Said Salt list lit shows with wih tr tt tract rt lots hots 1011 J 2 3 6 and C G K g fc of ot N W U 4 and amI S W Wat U it of at sec sea se 4 alt all al see or t t I lots I 1 6 7 1 K K I H 4 ot of S 5 U II I Vi of or sec ler H s E s H of ot S R W WH V it K It H 4 of if f S K I 1 U i of at see sec le S W H 4 I of S K II K V VS 4 S S W V U of ot N X K It V 14 of ot ser see M 9 N H 4 of lt see sec I 15 all al of Ot see sec 17 B J i H 4 of o now 19 nail 19 sees 11 20 SO 2 tend And 21 i 1 tp p 17 J i 9 s It n 1 7 B ii Bin l in lii Carbon county Time Tho pl t Held field notes note Ite of ot survey to a wild paid Pid a as octal col land nil 11 of ot sees 9 J W U and An 1 I 19 It I It I appears th hat t the lie th SUU or tt t ll Ih h has hal selected these lands as grasing and that list hearing were stern ordered order at your office oft for tor Nov No oV 19 antI and 20 2 IN to tIle the tie character of or all al tracts in Mid lM list lint J t allotted In tp t p 17 1 S H It I 7 I E No I report on 01 Wild said ld hat has ben seen n md mode I Sept 12 1 amI ml 13 12 I I M you yo transmitted coal C declaratory statements br hr tb til time fol tol toning lowing parties which wens score wor offered for tor filing fing In tn your our ol e Sept SalL t and U 13 1902 I urn suspended by you ou by b re roo reason on of ot eon con conflict on with said Agricultural list lIsto flirt wih ll college lell No o 7 72 2 Minnie Ipson for tor B S W V V of it s see o oS S 5 HI l r Lyner Iner for tor S E K z 4 i of ot f s st e 5 I 4 I Luei Washburn for N K R I 4 nf of n gc etc ItC 6 John I p Pearson learson for S 8 W t of C sc M 9 Jonmes Gordon for tor S W Ii U of lt see sec I 8 S Christine Pearson for tor N N W U i of ot s I see c 9 Nancy Ingle for S 9 R B H nf o n 1 oo S 5 Robert Lister Llster for tor N W U 4 nf of t WK ee I 5 Samuel J 3 Rowley noley for tor or 8 S R K R of ot see se Il IlG 5 G Robert Rober 0 O for tor N P F F I t I of or orlee lee tec S B Mar It E Alward for tor N K E K 1 5 of I Sec 10 4 J W Bradley for tor N E U i of ot soc see s c J il 9 Elizabeth Jonhson for Or S W H of ot sec see 4 Christina Jacobson for fur N E K H 4 I of oC see NC 8 S William J 7 for or N E U Eor U of or see sec 8 J Green Gren for tor N E U Eor A 4 of or see lec 5 G all ni In tp I 17 S II I 7 I E K I In the tIme declaratory statements which Were tero ar under oath Onti corroborated was al contained thin the th statement st as ns to each ich l of ot the time tracts described therein that a t P valuable Rumble coal coni mine has hns benim len located nOd and opened and nn that list the tile land contains largo large deposits of ot coal and nn Is chiefly valuable Oct Oot 30 1902 02 Special Agent H II V A Ferguson on submitted n a report upon an examination made tade by I him as ns to time tho I 1 land lant In township 17 Ii R 14 f H I 7 j E K em cm braced in said fald sat list No 72 under tinder In Instructions from tills this office o I ce In which ho lie h finds thaI hint with wih the thu exception of ot parts of ot sees eo 20 26 and alt M a 4 anti and an all ni of oC sees sects 18 33 anti 35 30 coal exists everywhere e In said township that It I dos does not nol outcrop but f appears at nt the In every f tor tm section that they the effectually t tIly ally Ily sill enclosed and tutu permitted to 1 Into tt for tor three or four years eRrS be ba of roman dome roro t i tot for that lint purpose that hint the thin pres presence I enco ence of ot coal In thin thil has hns been known for many ninny years IarA anti and ant the fry fre frequency trl quency and extent of or the tio natural coal oal exposures therein herein are aro such as IS to make Inko t It I remarkable In that port part of ot Utah Uta I Ii limit these outcrop sire are found on nil ni sides no more future a mile malle Ile and a I half bait j distant anti and In iii II mo t Instance only oty twenty feet fiet 1 often Indeed within Its ls lines lIlies luus on in tho Ito east l hut t thAt In II many cap liFS oasis s j the lie veins have been heen continuously ly and un largely worked long Ions 1011 and con eon 0 tunnels and ruin capacious chasm cham burs ultra from which many tons of oC first daM class coal have hav been bocim be n that lint the character Ind urn form of these the veins velnor or deposits dep 18 Is such Juch that lint It Is he II certain ns as science can tn make anything that they thy underlie and amid pass Paso through every forty tort nero acre tract embraced In said list No 72 t The Tit special agent further reports ports r t tI I fluid t the time selection of these thel lands by b the tho state Is its a attempt to secure I Valuable coal lands In View siew of the mineral coal col character of ot the lands land that lint the parties I have hao offered oterO to lo file ft upon embraced fd un under tier der ler said list No 72 i amid the time special agents report ort you OU will 11 order a n hearing I to C determine tl tb hur of ot those portions of or the covered cOIt d by said Hall t declaratory that ore orf In iii con fIlet with wild aid 1111 anti give due duo I I 4 notice hereof to the coal applicants and tho time proper r state Authorities and anti to Special Agent Arent VICTORY FOR JOn KAOLIN IOLI MEN I Another case cuse which Is somewhat slat Jar mr in iii nature in iii II the tho th title tte to the tho 1 kaolin lands lauds near nar Lehl Lehi TIme The land In question queston as ns Is II shioW by b the time evidence submitted to the Ito commissioner at I I Washington contains valuable deposits of ot fire fre clay cIa Time The Tit recent decision of ot the thu commissioner of ot the time United States Slates Stat s land larni awarding the thin title to John Beck Deck BeckIs Is a rebuke to t the he state which it I Is al alleged allege alleged lege has line made male It a mu I practise to select as ns agricultural rl land tracts which have no great value for tor farming purposes amid which contain mineral values Mr Becks Interest In tn the th claims al alluded a laded to have hae been ben purchased by Dr Will Wi I T H U anti and I IJ J 5 E U Clinton who In turn tur have hae secured tho thom hacking backing of ot a I capitalist sho ho pro proposes proposes poses pOes to 0 erect In lii the near future a u plant for the tIme manufacture of ot firebrick and other commodities that can be manu manufactured out of ot this particular clay These There kaolin knolln lands were 1 originally lo to located locate cate by John Reek lieck ns as Al mineral ground John attempted to acquire them hem ss as II agricultural lends lands under a n aMate tate state selectIon The Th matter mater was ear car carried riot ried the local mutt land olet upheld the claim of ot the state sll This rul ruling lug ing III was however reversed by the au nu authorities thorlie at nt Washington |