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Show OIL LANDS TO BE OPEN- ! ED TO HOMESTEADERS j A recent dispatch from Washington ' says that Senator Smoot will introduce a bill which is of great importance to , Utah as well as other western states, j It will provide for agriculture entries upon public lands that have been with- drawn as oil lan Is. reserving thegovern-! thegovern-! ment's right to prospect an 1 mins the oil. The southeastern part of Utah I especially, will be benefitte 1 by this bill. There are thousands of acres in thit I section that have been withdrawn bi- cause they contain oil. The new bill will permit this land to be taken up again. under the general homestead law and desert land law. The bill is very similar to the law passed last session of congress with re- ference to the land which has been with-j with-j drawn as coal lands. |