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Show Repeal of Timber and Stone Act. Washington. Tho necessity for ro-fieal ro-fieal of tho timber and stono net, under un-der which, it Is asserted, millions of cicrcB of public lands had been tnkon up by land speculators at low figures and sold later at phonomcnnl advances, ad-vances, wns emphasised at a session of tho national conservation commission commis-sion by Senator Knuto Nelson of Minnesota. Min-nesota. Senator Nelson's declaration that ho wanted to soo tho law off tho ttntuto books stirred up a llvoly discussion. dis-cussion. Among thoso who took part in tho dobato woro Senators Flint, Smoot nnd Dixon. |