Show written for or this raper paper SCHOOL LAND suggestions LAKE VIEW utah co january 31 1896 with the advent of statehood to utah there are some gome very important questions that now confront many of our Cj i especially those who are and have bave been tor many years jears located and have made homes through much bard labor upon what is 18 known as school land after many years of toil priva tion and self sacrifice we have built up our little homes upon lands lanas which coall to all appear appearances auces was worthless and ill adapted to produce a bare living jiving for ither either manor man or beast it is true thore there are many school sections throughout the state that are oot not by any means to toe be despised because their fertility and location are equal to more favored lands which would readily bring today and upwards per acre it will then be conceded by all 11 II fair air minded persons since all school lands are not alike profitable that a universal price should not be take for anata nee school section no 16 township towne bip 6 outa branue 2 east situated in lake view utah munty county and there you will find that so BO sandy andy is ie the soil that after all the years ot of cultivation it is yet impossible to ralee miss garden vegetables enough to supply the table of an ordinary family the your year round not only is ia the soil ol of itself poor but the shifting and drifting of the sands by high win winds and storms often brings destruction to out our labors and disappointment to our expectations lp el as aa to eating a dainty morsel like others other who occupy more favored spots poto of mother earth earlb As ali our lawmakers now proceed with their legislative work we their constituents anxiously watch every action taken upon this important subject of school lands upon croon t them hem depends much whether we shall have to leave out oar homes because of our inability to buy bay them or remain and toll for years to 40 oay day a heavy price for the improvements that hat already have taken us years to make it Is not for me to dictate to oar aut legislative body or to those who may be appointed as land commissioners as an to what price should be set upon our school lands tor for I 1 believe the men whom we bad confidence io in and voted lor fur lost last november will deal justly by us as me as well as to themselves and to the state but it my audacity can be over looked docked I 1 might make a lew few suggestions that in my opinion if carried out would le ie satisfactory both to the settlers of 0 school abool lands and to the authorities ol of our oar newstate new Slate would it be too unreasonable for us to 40 expect one or more disinterested persons of our own choosing and residents of out our own joe lo clity lity to be appoint ed to meet with some other appointees of the abe powers that be and amine the school lands and put a valuation in the event of the settler refusing to purchase at the valuation rica price rIc 6 should not toe improvements ol of the settler be appraised and the purchaser ot of the land compelled to pay the appraised value ebore I 1 there is another important point to which I 1 would like vodraw your attention there are a great many settlers sett lera upon school land whose industry and frugality cannot be questioned but whose ambition has been to build comfortable bouse fences barns etc etc and what little money they have earned has all been spent upon these improve menta and today few would be able to by their own homes it if they were compelled to pay down spot cash f r them now my opinion IP ha it a little time was given to pay for their homes say from three to seven years with the privilege of paying sooner 1 I 1 possible and when paid a cleer clear title be given them the settlers would be incited to greater exertions and soon our eterlee school lands would become fertile and valuable and from them the revenue of our state would be increased thus about a consummation of the purposes for which these lands were appropriated by our government to toe the new state of utah yours respectfully NIELS LAMBS |