Show R E DAVIS GOES TO washington mr R K h davis davia of willard chairman of 0 the state board of land com 1 missioners ners has gone to washington D C tor for the purpose of taking up wieh bieh the department of the interior the matter of state lands which the law permits to bo be tiled filed upon tor for mineral purposes thus cheating the state schools out ot of a 0 vast sum euia ol of motley money the law pert permits hits kinyone anyone to file upon lands that haye have already been appropriated by the state it if they can show mineral deposits and because ot of this condition thousands ot of acres ot of valuable lauds lands have been taken away irom from the state and turned over to mining campanides camp cam panics anies which have perhaps never developed them and the state has lost the revenue accruing from their sale mr davis will be joined at wash ington by GoNer governor nor bamberger and state engineer mcgonagle and tile the three will ill present the matter to the department |