Show ASK BOARD TO SET 4 LAND UND PRICE BACh MCI Representatives of Counties Regard Advance to a Hardship s k OPINION NOT ALL ONE OWE WAY 4 J. J Sonic i Think lAver PrIm Prk In m mr c ur r am mill iiiI Against j c By fly n ii VOlt veto 0 of t 20 0 fl to 10 n 12 I 12 tIn the mInOt mIn mer Ot fr land own and county official held eld u tl In n th the he chamber o of oC th tuft the eft city and county building afternoon JI pawed n It rl resolution I prote lri the Un of or th the u of sf cl Male from to toan rO 1 an nn nerr- nerr b by t ti tat board of land r. r Lively marked marktl th the thC fH on of fir II for fiji not only tin r representatives pr of or coun- coun iio commercial and 1111 farmers farmers' present ent but hut also alno tilt the meni- meni It 4 r nr ti he Ow lanil boa board l. l who rho hUll hail come coin f c 1 a Q bod body at ot th the request of Iho callin call call- rn in tr tI III the meeting For rin it seemed mp that the tJ th 1 cn 1 wan wale all In favor r of the tho action oc c. c akon II by the board boord P specially whon th the members hail had explained that ml raI lug IlIg UH the rice mean a n Or of i 00 to 10 the state for tho maui main of ot state tat Institution hut but l ut tho resolution condemning thc their lr action war finally passed and anI will I b l- l presented to ro th U. gO governor for II his il consideration Delegate present from rom tho thu various I were ere as follows I t i Attending t f lr Dea r count county John F. F Tolton C. C E Murdock and arid J. J M. M Murdock Box Dox r El EJ der county count M. M I. I J. J J Valentine and J J. J p 5 Holmgren Carbon county n It V Crockett Davis Da count county Frew Jons Nelson n and James H. H Emery county Andrew Nelson W VII VII- r r Jf iram un Howard E. E A. A A Johnson A. A N I Leonard and D. D II U. Leonard r county I IX D. L. L Haywood Hawood Iron count county i 1 L. L N N. J. J ft S. Berry S. S T. T Toi Top Top- ham L. L W. W y Jones Jono M. M II n. Le Thornley and II 11 V. W. V. V Lund Juab COUII com I ty Iy W W. L. L Croft CroCI l J J. J W v vS S Daniel Conch Coneley Y T. T C. C Win I ami and John Cooper Morgan count county V Vf iII i II H. T r one Millard count county T T. C C. 7 tor Rich itch county II H J. J Hansen Hang n an Jos Joseph ph hedges Hedge Sanpete county count H H. D. D n Rues cS F. F P. P B. B and ond J. J A. A Salt Sal LJ Lake Lale e coun ty TV W W. on Uld E. E D. D Miller MIer r el Se Sc Ser f lr r C i Jensen and G on ti y iS i.'S i. i S 'S T William Ai and Jc Joh S 1 Utah county S. S S A. A Smith 0 75 7 J J Ens t Washington ton county udd n und E. E II U. Snow coun coun- ty ly M. M M A. A Smith h At 1 county count G. G G r. V. WI ond and Ch A. A Lt L. L re ot or the their counties BO 80 o far nw M heard heur from were ii I sympathy with the tho movement mo r rud ud from Grant Grand Kane Kune San an Juan Jua ul and W ne Counties Countes that xen cn neither or wore Coch Cache Pluto Plute and Tooele George McCune of Nephi the tho fath rather father of or the movement called the convention convention conven conven- tion to t order In opening openinG the th meetIng meet meet- mot Ing Mr Ir McCune wild said sid 5 McCune CUll r Explain i i- S E cr the raise ralso rals in the price o of of land by b the tate state land board wo vo have ha been asked wh why tho the price of or state lands had Ind been 1 Increased The total tl Wiles sales In 1905 wore were acres only one fifth the amount sold sod under the tha one old price It I Is a vital question queston Wo Yo have In Juab Juau county u a 0 large urea area and much of the land Is tor- tor from far railroads and water or yet the experiments by he the hp state tat officials In dr dry farming arming on hn us to tithe take hold and raise dr dry cro crops pSt ps The he raise In the thc price of or land ha has stopped tho the purchase of lands Poor JI pt cant can't afford ufford to bu buy U It I now Its It's HI HIal all right for fOI the large holders because b causo al the they can cnn put hut In iii pipe lines and got get t water to develop the land It I was on account of this 8 sentiment that we were asked to send out letters r for a meeting to protest against the he the acion of or the board s says It ys state stab land hind board The rho I tato has hM no land left lof yet the thc figures show how In 1905 there were nearly nearl half hat a n for foi se selection 80 available million acres of ot lands 11 school hool lands lection I and also ulo arabIc arable lunts unsold of acres s. s that were or cn In leading rho The object of ot Juab Juat county the price re- re this movement Is to get Ket I S back to un an acre I be made should mn be Ye e feel that a protest should be and that u a the land board tIU t to Present nl it I to governor that u bel l ro suggested Mr Ir McCune of oC then Utah county count le be nam John Dy unanimous of oC the l as K chairman selected US os was vote Mr lr Evans E wat mou for was WW A. A N N. onard lA-onard of or Emery county count secretary j that n a committee commit commit- mO v. v P. P 11 to an nn anS three be aPI appointed IM tee of t board to be I lon to the laud land lo r le S at the meeting and 1 The motion carried and coton J. J named R. R I P. P 1 J Thomas Thom l Jm Judd us as th the of oC the land chairman n tl W. W J. J Lynch would gladly glad glad- hoar said that the The board he heS give facts arid and nj figures of ot the ly JI e noUN notice lc official S 1 said had bail no A Z sid It but hac would woud such information lion tion ton as was WUI desired f Wants Full rul I S 'S that the reason the Mr lr Tolton stated meet meet- S the Tolon wanted to be with wih l lx board ard was wn fuU I a S In order that 1 Cul In ins from Croni BeaV was er Ing log should be Lo had hal had lie He y heard hearl Ud In regardS regard all he nau county count and al und 5 5 wn was ras to 10 the Ule movement mo v vote on the th proPoS t to o S therefore therdore he tie It TheS The 5 until he fairly the 0 I price of or slon out uw i S statement ment had hal gone Bone gont Improve Improve- S had raised d It u land helm being t f the board being While ments U Uy fly of the C cue case e. e 18 side l he hehe hel elde could present u. u county Is defend pf nd hl his to of nt f L he w wan present beha behalf r wal lok 81 on un also obo prepared to for forthe l was I If It wa WAS I the state and urn Its st would defend we tue weI r of oC the state h JK tie u more mon the good that thai h th in the board oad rl but Lut ff if I it I appeared were being re- re I thinly populated d districts raise e. e He Je the r tn i. i larded 11 he wa wn against information t Sn In order therefore want wanted d that he could act land Io board rd r S W. W D. D Candland or of the the ba basis l- l BW took as u dr lr agri agricultural rl- rl In n answer to Talon In an l sl sis of his remarks ill un 9 cultural paper In regard to 10 MX l of of Geor George o McCune under I L United States o Th Thu The Ir Candia Candland AIr S li j the tho enablIng act act said saidI frt of acreage acre- acre amounts ceded to Utah Uth c certain an of ol the lne different S nee age nt the maintenance in In Jn state Mate of Our an and Integrity St office e were men of what in theY v co cou 1 and I 1 believe they the di did state n belevE the for Cor the hp best interests of f mo ma may hay hav hayS hay'S S price pt ot lw lr made mado b by them 5 5 5 COlt on oil 01 J Jj S j I i ASK BOARD TO SET LAND PRICE PRICE- BACK BACKI I e Continued J 1 Id I from Page lage o One m I been all al right end and they ma may hn have believed bc- bc 1 It I was for the th b twit ft t Interest of the sat nut th Bil land lias haR hen inin In going and therefore therefore perhaps If Jr the they were In office offic 1 I toda today th they would WOI 1 do as we WE have done clone These grants I by th the government KO haI have ha 1 I hen been Kein practically t i h acres were wore ceded celet u us but there remains now less than acres of or school land When these theRe grants are si-c ex ex- hausted there Is no land haUlt left What hat then of ot the state stalo There In is nothing left to sustain thom thim If the le land I Is old fold at nt II 10 I cents or Jim m an acre the taxes are Cl no rio hl higher therefore we must realize as much as SHI we WC can ean an from f the land Itself leJ Sa Says n s its it's Is I's n a Mistake k The statement that the Increase I In tho the price of ot land has stopped slopped the purchase of the lands la Is a mistake We Ve p have ha sold old about acres since the raise In tn price of ot land lant and ant the th demand Is as os good as It gool I ever evel vel was wat Not more than 2 per cent of the population applies for or the lands but If It this b be so 80 the remainder of or the th Il Is almost as much Interested d in ih the matter therefore it i Is acting on behal be he- halt half hal of or the people of o this state that we WI have taken the action acton we w. w did in order to raise as ns much as we WI could coull for the maintenance of ot state lale Institutions while the 1 land nd lasted Ve We e bel believe that those who hu buy the land lanc should PO pay as much as the they can en In order that the state can n get as much as f It l can can- There nr ore are no 10 o al groat ties In this thiN state tale for tor land under r the water weter wa we- ter systems I ani only make this remark remark- In regard to the statement that th the dry farmers have been bEen discouraged h by th the rise In price A A great many people he continued when land Is cheap ask the board to tomake tomake make a selection on their choice as a amater matter mailer mater of or speculation for Cor themselves They ma may make mak a small mal payment If I time tho tie land Is good and anc the they se see sec a a chance for profit time they keep It If It not the land comes back to th the state But Cut the rl raise e In price Is a blow to these land speculators IH There I Is no benefit to th the members of the stale state land lant board In II raising the price of lands but LUt It I Is simply that they thy arc are doln doing their duty as os between the th state slate latE and the pur purchaser We e are nr acting us your our representatives nn and If the thc people are ar not In harmony harmon with wih tIme the work of or the board bard and If It the thE sentiment of th the tho a people change I Is o against t U us Wl we will wi 1011 gladly o make I l 1 Xo Xu Lands Turned n. Io NTo No 0 man has ever lr turned down land landon landon lane on account of ot the th raise In price hence the Ih board thought that the rise was all allright ni right rIght We have been told that some of the land In McCune's Mc-Cune's county Juab Is IN still sti In an uncultivated state but In spite spie of that It I cant can't be touched for less than 10 1 an acre He lie stated In some paper that thai time land yields tour thirty bushels bushe of or potatoes to tIme the acre ncr which attests oUest the value allt of or land We e have ha always felt It was advisable to lo look after the Interests Inter inter- c ests of th the state o as well as of ot th the peo l people as ns Individuals Th The state Institutions have had Ild all ni they are arC going oln to get et All MI Al other r stat states aI are an- annot not so gracious as Utah School lands land In other states get two sections sec see ton In each township we get gel et fourAs fourAs four tour As a 0 matter mater of fact th the price of the thelan theland theland lan land should have hae been raised in Only about Is coming In In which must be UP divided among amon amont t lv twelve state stale Institution tion lon and now that t the land Is practically cal cally all al gone gone how ho shall these Institutions tons be he e maintained Ep especially after that mon mooney money Is all al collected We VI have ha only acres left lef of or school hool lands and lieu INI lands ands which II I all al w we ve can hone hool to get et We rl cant can't touch the school lands we cant can't put our out hands In their treasury I. I and take lake their mOIE money I I I 1 I G fet S S- S SH Mr rr then gave prave Ia f a number of ot In line with wih th the meni showing the time profits In dry arming arm arm- InK ing how on con can WP ve ho lie censured for low w. w h. h or say sav avIn av- av In ing people loon Ion money are or getting 3 to for 01 their h 1 thel land Why cant can't w weThe we- we get 25 The members of orl the convention asked a number o of questions futons the point being that thai the poor man must joust suffer stiffer uter while the IH rich Heb man would profit rol According nJ to some of oC th the member i the land could be so o that some om could coul pay one price erice anti o others ors rs another In reply to a que question Uon along alone those those 11 linen hues Mr 11 Candland explained that the hoard could not arrange arram e n a sliding scale on the tho the price of land hamad that time the tie poor man pa pays s 's sas as much as the rich rih man and ant lh the lie rich richman man maim pays JH'S as little Hale a as the thE poor man Coral for Cor all al sleeted lands land and that on selected I lands there Is only one price whether for a poor noor farmer or for tor a rich corpora corpora- lion lon If I II it I were otherwIse he lie explained c. c time the tit rich man mon would get his grazing grazini land lane cheaper than the man who bou ht for Improvement ement nod and cultivation Tie lie also stated staled t that ha t nil all 01 selected In land nt IK is 2 I an n acre DeT ln under tinder fr the present price on government government govern govern- ment lands hut but that thai on state slat lun lands that 1 K hr lands already selected the price of th the land was appraised d b by the th board John C C. C C. C Paskell of ot Summit stated that of the school land In his some Il count county was practically worthless being rock rocky I. I and anc barren harren and that lo to ask such a n price i iwas was beyond reason On One dollar an acre cre h he lie thou thought ht be tie right right Don't Dont Select Worthless thle Lands In response II 11 I. I N. N Hayes of the land Im I board boaN stated that much of at th tIme school land landIs Is on only onh held at 1 31 an acre some at less If land lain of public domain Isn't worth I an on acre we wont won't select it It said sall I Mr Ir Hayes We e dont don't want It I understood understood understood under under- stood that we hold that all al land is worth I an acre When hel it I Isn't w we donl ont ask I ll it The fact remains that the time staR slate It revenues enus al' al are Inadequate to 0 maintain the state Institutions This I Is a u business bushiest I a I proposition At time the rn rate te w we are arc ar r now no In thirty months there wont won't be he beah t tal ah al' af acre left lee to lo dispose of ot I Secretary John DeGray Dixon ga gave figures fig fe- fe mires ures and data showing th the value of ot th the theland land and anti what little remained to the state stale and anc how the thC reduction In the price of or time the land lant to lo an acre would cost cosi the state approximately 0 1 He lie also pave gave the details delalla of two Iwo 1 0 transactions of or orth th tIme board boan by which SICo was saved on two teh deals h by the time care core the hoard cx- cx J. J F. F Tolon said after afler hearing the e explanations ex cx- of or the hoard hoar his mind had hal been heen disabused and he could see that the selling of ot land was not a perpetual proposition llon There were vere on only I 00 acres s 1 left of school lan lands s and the board aCl acting on tIme theory theor that the reduction of or th the price of land lanti would cost col the state slate had acted right 1 The he corporations corpora corpora- lions nn and cattlemen were wee the ones onS tons who ho had received the mot most benefit Since the time inauguration of forest reserves reserve th the and cattlemen were laIng |