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Show MORE LAND WITHDRAWN. Secretary Hitchcock Makes Addition to the Uncompahgre Reserve. Washington. Secretary of the Interior In-terior Hitchcock has withdrawn C65,-COO C65,-COO acres of unalienated public lands In western Colorado from all forms of disposal under tho public land laws for an addition to tho Uncom-pargro Uncom-pargro forest reserve. Tho lands include in-clude a part of tho Uncompnhgro plateau pla-teau and a part oi tho San Miguel valley'. They extend from a point south of Montroso westward to tho boundary of Utah. Tho prcsont Uncompahgro forest reserve re-serve comprises nearly 400,000 acres. Tho addition Included In Secretary Hitchcock's order will almost doublo IL |