Show AN ali anny I 1 ON ox monday sept ab an important commission wi elji 11 arrive in this city it composed Is ia of the following well known gentlemen g ent lemen gen J A will WAlli iamb lamb amBon amson on co commissioner amiss loner ioner of the land office clarence king db div rector fector of the united geological survey hurvey major majon J W powell mr nir T A Brit britton ton tou a celebrated tUn lawyer horr hon thomas donaldson Donal donai daon of philadel philadelphia hla hia and captain ad 0 tl dutton hongel Hon ged Geo E colv converge erbe chairman of the houge house committee on public lands id 14 in company with the sion the is an inquiry into the operation of the tha land laud laws in the wee west it tho the conditions condi condl tlona tiona b aing very diffie rent here to those in t east it is desirable that legislation should beh be had ad adapted to the re quire ments of the people and the situation of affairs in the dlf dif different drent brent sections of the country the cam commission will therefore having pent boine soine some bome time in colorado Colom do visit vik vit te tte in idaho montana and arizona anela to lhnn pacific coast nur pur pursue their invests In vesti rations ag as far aa as california and 0 regon it ia is Imo important orant to the people of this territory that all the informs r tion lion pr possible seible be placed within the reach of the i respecting the dimmic dimmie difficulties duties attending met the acquisition of titles to agricultural mineral and timber lands ibis itis expected that a new pew law on the public lands will be enacted atthe at the next sitting of congress in hi important changes will be ma made de on existing legislation and this commission inis after close inquiry into the matter in the various localities f hey visit will make such suggestions to congress as they con eon consider alder likely to be conducive to thie the public interest tho the peculiar condition of our timber lands and the oppressive nature of the present laws and regulations relating thereto should ta be plainly presented to the commission also the hardship hardships i attending the reclamation of the soil in this arid region where land la is of little value without irrigation at the las last t session of the legi legislative assembly a memorial to congress was adopted a asking for nor an amendment to the land laws so C that in places where irrigating canals and ditches are constructed d for the purpose of caterin watering 9 p portions pr of the public domain which would be worthless without buch euch irrigation tho value of the labor labon on such canals be applied the same bame a as 8 purchase money oa on pre 1 entered by the 06 constructors of much canals subject to such euch rules in the and office as may be necessary we have nou not heard of any disposition of this memorial favo Javo favorable rable rabie or unfavorable and now suggest that our friends in districts where ucb bueb uch a c change hanve in the law would be of the grea gren greatest teat benefit take the proper step steps to place the necessary information in regard to td this sutilla be 1 fore the thel Coul commission mission aa as soon boon as 9 possible the new now and regulations il in n regard to proving up and ot other h er obstructions in the way wak of settlers on the public lands should also be ventilated and all who are interested ed in lana jana ought to make ft it their business while the ooin Cuin mission remains in utah to furnish facts and su suggestions 4 jagst otas which may p prove iove love of great benefit to the tho whole comm community finly j I 1 |