Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-01-13 | Page 1 | Committee Favors Exchange of Land

COMMITTEE FAVORS I EXCHANGE OF LAND Fort Douglas and anti Mount Olivet Deal Likely Will Get Through From Prom Staff Correspondent Washington D. D C C. Jan 12 The 13 The house committee on military affairs today favorably reported the bill Introduced In Introduced Introduced In- In by Representative ivo Joseph Josoph Howell of ot Utah provi providing for an exchange ex ex- change of or land antl between tho the Fort Douglas military ary rc reservation and ond the Ml Mt Il Olivet cemetery at Salt t Lake Lako ft It t Is expected that tho the bill will soon pass the house The Iho same bill was wa Introduced Intro Intro- In the senate by Senator Sutherland who Is pI ring preparing the report report report re re- re- re port from the committee on military affairs Senator Smoot today secured favorable favorable favor favor- able action in the senate committee on pensions In his bill to Increase to 24 I a t month the pensions of or Adam ld of or American Fork and ani George W W. Becker and Melvin Melvln P P. Mil Mu- Miller UI- UI leI ler of ot Salt Lake Nicholas G. G Morgan of ot Salt Lake who Is studying law at Georgetown University at Washington will leave e here Saturday evening for Chicago where he will meet and wed Miss Ethel Tate of ot Tooele Utah The Tho wedding will take toke place on Monday and they will return to Washington where Mr lr Morgan will resume his s studies Senator rind and Mrs Smoot attended th the reception given last night b by Vice President Fairbanks S