Show k BOARD PRESSES NEED IN PARKS the other side ot oi the picture to much that has been said in public ra recently with regard to proposed increased control ot of public lands by the federal Is presented in a report received saturday by governor george IT dern the report la Is signed by a joint utah arizona commission named by the governors of two states to survey problems of govern governmental montal entrola control which have become pressing on the arizona strip and to mako make recommendations ions for their soul tion the strip is that portion of arizona north of the colorado river recent temporary withdrawals form entry ot of public lands landa in that and adjacent areas together with what are considered official indications of further contemplated withdrawals had caused the legislatures ot of the two states to pass resolutions ot of protest against such action ty by congress during the following the passage of the resolutions gov goo geo dern and gov W P hunt of arizona decided to appoint the commission which reported saturday the commissions recommendations in general follow the theory that federal control of lands should be curtailed rather than expanded it la Is proposed for example that some acres of utah lands valuable neither tor for timber no municipal mun 1 watersheds eds but valuable for grazing should be taken from tho the national forests and restored to the public domain general conclusions of the commas slon are embodied in the following recommendations to io the two governors that you request the senators and congressmen of 0 arizona and utah to oppose all withdrawals and exten alons of federal holdings in our states that on account os a the difficulty in obtaining information you request advance notice of all proposed federal withdrawals and transfers trans tran ferea so that the people of tho the states can be aware of contemplated federal action before it if occurs thit that it if congress does not cancel these withdrawals the states refuse to tc transfer their included lands to the federal government that an investigation be made of the legal right to the federal government to own or control by condemning for purchasing large blocks of tate state and private land not only on the theory of states rights but that the ex exl stanco istance of the states is jeopardized by the inability to levy taxes on much ot of their areas realizing that efforts of an individual state have little possibility ot of influencing a basy congress especial ly whon when they conflict with the interests of 0 powerful federal bureaus and that many of the western states are at present being subjected to similar federal we suggest that you contract with the governors of other western states in order to a united action of the states to retain their resources the report then discussed economic features of tho the findings oc at the commission la in tho the following are arc some extracts As to door deer there would be loss less opposition on tho the part of at local citizens to the policies of the federal bureaus it they wore were practical but western men resent government by imported theorists when they aro are unsuccessful continued from page one it la Is be believed lloyed that additional door will dlo die ot of starvation and disease during the coming winter and that a fall hunt equal to that of last year will result in less door being left on the kalbac than at any time felmo in the last seventy ye years ars wo we encountered no opposition from tho the lives livestock men to the doer deer herd A me moro ro reasonable policy of 0 grazing in the kaibab forest will not interfere with the door deer and it will permit tho the livestock men to hold over their increase at a time when prides prices do not justify a sale 1 attention Is called to tho the fact that while tho the supreme court upholds the boulder dam act on the theory of the navigability of 0 the colorado tho the federal withdrawals of acres around the proposed lake would keep tho the public from six to thirty six miles from its shores withdrawals present ana proposed it Is clat claimed med extend along both banks 0 t f the colorado tor for miles and and involve a fall all in tho the river of 2300 feet from which horsepower of electric energy could be developed this portion of the river it Is ad dod ded la Is thoro for placed entirely within the control of 0 the secretary ot of the tha interior to tho the exclusion ot of the federal power commission or other state and national officials in a portion of 0 tho the report dl directed especially toward extensions of federal control in utah attention la Is called to tho the proposed withdrawal of tho the pluto strip in san juan county south bouth ot at tho the san juan river and totaling acres to tho the creation ot of a primitive national bornst to tho the proposed national park of 0 acres at cedar breaks and to tho the extension oxton slon of oc forest control over grazing land Po federal deral reservations over grazing are not justified by utah range conditions dit ions lit in morgan summit ind and weber counties where tho the public domain has haa beon been tran stored to private holding tho the range ranee conditions condl tlona aro are as good or bettor better than in tho the wasatch forest the same Is true in iron county adjoining the dixie forest salt lako lake tribune Trl buno |