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Show COLQRADO WILL MAKE IMPORTANT TEST CASE Question of the Legal Rights of the Government's Forest Policy Will Be Fought to a Finish, Denver, Colo. For tho purpose of testing In tho courts tho right of tho national government to establish forest for-est reserves within tho boundaries of sovereign states, tho Btato of Colorado Colo-rado will bo asked to approprlato tho sum or $10,000 to moot tho ox-penso ox-penso ot such a proceeding. This Is tho Biib&tanco ot a bill Introduced In tho scnato on Friday. Tho bill nnthorlzos tho attorney- general to proceed Immediately upon tho adoption ot tho measure and to proiwro nnd appear In enses whero tho operations or tho forestry' department depart-ment of tho national government np-pear np-pear to havo encroached upon tho rights of tho state It Is hlntod in tho bill that possibly pos-sibly tho operation of tho forestry system may havo retarded tho development de-velopment of tho state's agricultural, mining nnd power advantages, and Is preventing tho construction nnd operation op-eration of Irrigation systems that would bo ot Inestlmnblo v.ijuo to tho upbuilding or tho Btato. The bill has a provision authorizing authoriz-ing tho nttorney-gcnornl to employ special counsel to assist In legal actions ac-tions that may nrlso ns nn outcomo or tho proposed nght. |