Show order of interior department withdrawing large areas in wet is modified vig lance W II 11 be exercised in accept ing proofs so that there may be no necess ty for further scan dais in acquiring coal lands washington the president on monday issued an order to the interior department to bodif its order with drafting from all forms of entry large areas of public lands in the west re ported by the geological survey to be anderia d with coal so that in future entries i pon these lands may be made under all forms of entry excepting as tc coat land filings vigilance will be exercised in accepting proofs to deter mine whether the lands sought to be acquire are more valuable for coal or othel mineral del than for agri cultural purposes E E dark interstate commerce commiss onet when asked what per of coal lands in the west had been acquired unlawfully said he was not prepared to say he thought large areas had been secured honestly while much lands had been obtained by various evasions of the letter of the law in wyoming he said the government had received as a general rule their just due while in utah and colorado the evi dence disclosed that laige areas had been taken up as state lands for agri cultural purposes and later sold at fa 60 an acre as agricultural or graz ing lands to railroads raili oads and big coal compan es when in leakity they were very ie tor coal deposits |