Show FOR THE BENEFIT OF In every paper of the East the following following fol fot- fol- fol lowing item usually without ut comment was printed February 13 The Smoot bill authorizing homestead homestead homestead home home- stead entries of 3 O acres of or arid or semi semi arid arid timbered non and non gable lan lands s without residence was ordered ordered ordered or or- dered favorably reported by bj the senate senate sen sea ate committee on public lands Editors of or eastern papers do not realize the value alue of of the movement Inaugurated inaugurated in In- inaugurated in that action The They do not not know the help the operation of that law for law for It will be a law law will will insure to tho the people of Utah Of course courso it will help the people of every state which has desert land But Dut it will willbe willbe willbe be of especial value in Utah where there is practically no more public land to be had D By this law Jaw any citizen will be permitted permitted permitted per per- to take up three hundred and twenty acres of or desert land and secure secure secure se se- se- se cure a title to it without living upon it Most of tho the desert land Is not suitable for places of at residence and cannot be made so excepting with years of work But Dut the they will have to till Ull the land One-eighth One of theland the theland theland land will have to be cultivated the first year rear one fourth the second year ear one-half one the third Roughly speaking that is the service ser under which title I can be perfected It will have ha the effect of reclaiming reclaiming reclaim reclaim- ing every acre of ot desert land in the state on which any vegetation can be made to grow The advance ance in dry farming h has s made possible the raising rats rais ing ing of grain and nd ha hay and and vegetables and and possibly fruit fruit on on desert land Big Dig farms will wUl be made and partnerships partnershIps partnerships partner partner- ships or cor corporations will bring man many thousands of acres under cultivation The steam the harvester and the mill will follow the going into effect of this law Senator Smoot has conferred a benefit benefit benefit ben ben- on the people of his state in getting getting getting get get- ting that bill favorably reported And its enactment Into law will almost certainly certainly be accomplished before the adjournment adjournment ad ad- of congress |