Show THE EUREKA REPORTER issued every friday at eureka the metropolis of the great tunic mining district C E HUISH editor and manager subscription price 2 50 per year in advance among the p alic land mea measures surest at senator smoot moot eba chairman irmin of the committee on c lands now I 1 as b fore congress Con gres are to t no measures that are ot of esp cial interest to the people of utah one of them provides for a riet it i al at anti engnes ies on oil lands aal the other etel da ds the so called squat squatters teri right to setti lai ds that have abed I 1 1 y the secretary ot the I 1 isenor as corn grinder g under haprov he brov ions of the moot E il aged home A ti 6 senator S snoot maat has secured alie of hot boti i of these b 11 through the senat senate i and they are now un ler consi bation lia I tion lp b the co ami tee tte on P lands of the house houge ot of iea the first bill will w ill if it becomes a lm open up to settlement al it 3 80 acres of the public domain that ib is now withdrawn fro ri entry as oil lands fhe smoot bill proposes to permit settlers to enter upon these lands ai I 1 cultivate them evenou lly ily acau ring anthe the s p at the same u time tinie reserving to the governa e it the ol 01 1 that is contained in them in southern utah there are vast tracts of public lands fiat have b en withdrawn biorn entry became of their classification by the geological survey as oil lands or being valuable for oil in various parts of the state kicks are bing registered because of the appropriation of county funds for the entertainment at salt lake of the dele gates to the trans mississippi commercial and irrigation congress the county commissioners of most of the co counties coin enties ties have promis d to levy a special tax of one halt mill to create a special fund of 30 0 to be ape it in properly property entertaining the visitors at first glance this proposition looks all right because the entire state will r cen ceide e a certain amount of ad ig as a result of the colv convention antion but a more careful anaid analysis sis of the matter brings about a somewhat different opinion in the hrat place it is salt lake like s con can bention and the people of the capital should at bateast est the bulk of the ex pense in connection with it instead of saddling this burden upon the various eo counties unties As we understand it salt lake will pay about 5 out of the 50 and the cow counties I 1 will come through with the othera other 4 what would the people of salt lake do toward defraying the expenses of a con N venti to be held in 0 ddn rd i L lagan yan or arvo |