Show f iner mer state land board almost saintly Y ONLY ON THE WINGS WAS GROO AND OTHERS excuses put forth for those who threw away peoples property ROL n usher kisher harris a it former fortner uncoil of the rutih state land board hue has ia il to the charges enado against ard board b bv tho the federal government no a of the billed in the tile united circuit coutt recently against utah tab fuel company the tile pleasant gle coal company und and others other cey general moody for the tile gov ament enl harges that thu tile otate ugh rough the ballute of curtain certain of ita its ers ind and agentis to sa safeguard its aresu at becat became ne ny allive part to grosi fraud the is and referred to it its 1 explained the be members of tile state laud and 1 it Is alleged that that the hoard lot investigate the character chur acter of ba a law lat and false titi fled known coal land to the tit il land office ua as non mantral ani t thereby idding tho tile eoin parilea cure kure possession and nd at lit a it low figure there derc hargos in the bills har flar maintains that the former board ight in all it did written 11 follows ne amount ot tile ineal ja pis of the state board that baa hati recent 13 been il 00 loode oo on the public la Is totne DI APPalling A man reading be his been written in thi conic would naturally conclude that had halt not only been i careless in the tra their dial duties but had placed 11 loose with the importing import int ln lit 44 confided con ndel to their care he easily vertal neI facts in lit the however proe conclusively that board foil ed the law both state national with the mo it we and watched wat chel the interests Inte reata state of atall with intent ind in lit fact falt the tile ret ard und board want id Is one ove of which when should be jjr justly aly proud jer er the of 0 the thep by wilah utah became betti nip a it state dived from the general gov at an it immensely gen generous crotis tit lanis for the tile tiso ut and bauo public institutions 4 Uthe Ibe duty of the tile board which ll gish ture biad wisely mado bin ul to twe two that tilie this grant wa wall 4 to lilt ix st ltd advantage tage of the tile fifth ith due re Ards for 1431 the tile I 1 light 5 privileges of all tit con concerned concerina cerna M e ask ak confronting i the tile old I 1 itt 1 I 1 allow recall it as it tm 1011 one it held to lite literally rall 4 order out of what nina chaos interpret Iter pret and 1 put pit into practice I 1 u 1111 41 practically untried luis to 1 rules lee for its guidance in colt ou 9 4 wiell that law to prepay prepa to a of of rork ato to beart in tell tiny million acres of allol 1101 d to do innumerable other lonnier loonier lo onier thai the state ta nt le should cruper frothi tho gov antil the n conia ond t the lie quett lon of an dpn 00 t at all thie this work vork nj n j uell 1411 thru liy asb roll oltof N allf x chair be tard t ard hus alwa fr ys wilting ib ton groo we S or i dw dM not appoint groo y groo was mado made Bec illions anini oua vote of the tile board a it I 1 t who 40 tile 01 bers nvere ro re tf t beca because tise he lie va vas s a tieni dem aUf W wot or hia ills elc aoa for or tho the portion he M alth marked ability ns as I 1 L regi of the anlu d beatt a s land of lice in tills this it unit the board iab aa lug ing aside was it WAY anve had and being aniio iii to the tast an ifo for thy the 1 xo eo pie made him ita iti tte a of the bonia ant lilt ij awn be ii for tile munner in ehleb tile made application to the bovein forthe for the lou of lauds lu in putt satis satisfaction of the tile grant 3 ettli refer euco to the int it ing s such ich s a matter of fait thie thid forni of had been pre for the lie of the board b the at torna o 0 of tin athile by und and w with ith the dicu abd united states listed ORIL ut ibid d wits then und unit Is no in uw tiso by the tile got getem gotem ern ment to sit tant thase did nut not kno kivort aud till this s method of obtaining from the I 1 it grousl broial its ditl n 9 of their the ollices of tile board 1110 balk of tanin alif 4 of that bobill thu tile opinion ion of ut torne ruey gen general etal the alli pro prealo alo of the laud land of or filers and the non eipl lavils of the tile TOO TO bulther Ful ther it 13 fair to thy the fio go ellit nent awa hen it clale ita its grant of lemd to tile stute intended shiuli aierle conle bell thit thy tile state e 11 tion loin ita its gift that being true it 1 to note the fact fat that bud had the board the th Ill method of in esti getting the cil of thy the laud land app for forth 1 kh eaino oine uninformed should it 14 e been wen gentle gentlemen ille now a 8 i done the tile 90 govern e grant rant bould itly ift to L a hae been it 0 tho tile blands of able words tile xit wat of the sh te in other select illg the tand tandi i in let quel tion would tune litan alian eaten up the ice thereof and nd tile state from ill of being utah 0 of f ae toty clary of the tile chereb suffered would hac hae gread admies 8 affidavits waa was arain in wb neer application of f land from hit mode made for the pur that the tho found was and it hastate tute 1 miles land NI f tor or was athin in otan of nn known il land the bohld the tho fact for slite dext diu in lit tho the published not nearest arest the tract 1 in oh 1 ho advertising bills frequently tuo per ase were alade to tho the st ito ite carld board it would ahme 6 bui ell strange had that not bain done lone in los of the fact that the lie haw hn u been enado inmei in land ollice let tile united butto 3 er e r ell bince nee thero wa win it all gunj I 1 Iti ilee sol litone hn hits land ahue as being bellig it pi il wo inen well bont when they to awtar to it 11 lie hut it IS I 1 fill 1 for either elther it reg lter 1 of the ht ates lund ohle ur or 11 of u stute laud land board to look deehl into it ilia ninna ns lapart an unit tell otlien lien hp lie 1 li to a ith he IL ai ij and 1 CI in till 1116 connection I 1 am or 1 tin the opt opinion n foil th that at the rt for fo r I 1 the tile hell action of inin erid bj abone ith tim tile atil ertl eral land of the Ulli united bint t alone that ofellow fon arol ti ol of the ures eures upon which willell the tile mineral or lion non mineral of orb ull teed 1 lumi land ta Is ti oarl indicated it fi tin rillY illy I 1 upon apon all from front r lourio tt com coln st slaty atti 0 or r u il if an application for the purchase 0 of f un kenil nt it 14 biliti hill i i it 1 through tin tho hurt ing in in dowitt tit it und lit awre in iso vione ai 1 no noo lir 0 it t duill it t t ii cluro lit to it ca cin it IN bo it it r lied tied thu tit ante board of ind coin la Is also leas chell it corries to a question or gh ing pr mIence tf to one leant ner oer smother tm oiher other school LANDS Il unit litre u to b u mint amount of ignorance Igno ranco concerning the tile of phool school lands abo lim ln makes etious 2 16 32 and 16 1 lit I 1 ach dels ocil lunde lind and lo 10 lui reri that they shall lie cwi iwi i mid for ibale at wit littion tion the tile luu la also n quint that is aloner shull be on tile ground when this land 1 ap prall but gevea kt the tho ight to up pral A re rs in lit ench county to assi thlin billits 1 I was done lone in lit every cute case iud so it w will lit 1 lx seen that their the w ell nall vent up to tile board for approval at was heully the work of lp men from the ar lolle V letl lit tle lea AdM teo comment lilts been mude on oil tile fact thet it cry finall attitio er of of abrl iani Ij nI lund have leen up III 11 as low ns as hie cents per acie ie however in that when ou coalier consider how intuit on 15 FISHER HARRIS IS NOW explaining concluded from vage 1 land there ie Is in utah that id Is not worth nearly near I 1 y thai much pot township I 1 know a at former land coin comeil lit iusco aloner tier who with the file adsley of hl local appraiser pral put it value of acre acro oil it u quarter section of school land the tile entire quarter tion was not and id Is not liot worth five cente to ili lcmay on oil earth oart h it U d it ho xa purchaser ut lit that price would bo arinia facie evidence of sanity sanit on the part of the purchaser it would iw lit it slit itlie to take the money REFUSAL WOULD CAUSE SUIT another criticism critic lem which on its face appears to hae lime time standing in lit court but which upon even casual examination la is found to be unjust is the theode oni t to the bel of land along water witter cournet by menus of which tho tile purchaser puri purL haser was enabled to tho water ater supply of 0 it large 1 a aroid rea chis has always been dono done and ia Is lang dono in every irate lia having land to sell if the board had fiat re fused to select selects laud land the intend ing could havu gone into court and ha hit e forced the board to ank the selection the refusal of th tho board to mike mahe selection would mould have plunged the state into arable lawsuits all of it would liae haNe lost but atter after alt all tho tile state was the beneficiary of the tile condition to which reference la is heru here made for it enabled the board to secure better price prices to fox tho thu land so sold than would have been possible otherwise f the rhe old land board of whose hose meth odb I 1 have been speaking was 8 composed of who 1110 aja having ing received their appointments and hied tiled their bonds ente entered red upon the ills I 1 charge of their duties drew their in salar salary leg und ren rendered derett faithful seri to tile state they were well not clairvoyants nur nor geologists nor could the locate hidden water etli lit a peach pe ach tree switch but chev brought to the disc discharge haige of their du I 1 ties such ability aa as they lad lut uhe ilie are ju justly gly proud of th thy thi i record thy made their consciences are clear and be hye live in no dread of the nack raker |