Show PRECEDENT T IX IN TEXAS S. When Texas was admitted to tile the Union the tho national government re released released re- re leased lease to that now commonwealth a avery avery very eQ large largo tract o of land A i portion of or this land was afterward set Bet apart b by tho tho state stat and devoted to tho building building build build- ing of or a n. state capitol Texas had an abundance of or land for which no ono one seemed to care Much of or It was goa good and D all of or It had a potential aluen value alue An n otTer offer was made to big a-big firm of or contractors at nt Chicago to give gl them S two to million acres of or land If Ir thc they would build a doliar million state house The The- offer was ac accepted and tho the wor work was done dono It is one of or the finest capitol l buildings buildinG'S In the United States So far as burden on the people Is concerned concerned concerned con con- con con- t dId not cost the Texans a ap p penny nm Furthermore Furthermore the tho land was sold sol by bythe bythe the contractors contractors-an contractors and and at a a. much higher r price than that at which It was rate ratel In the tho trade Every acre sold was Improved ed in some manner mauner It added to the value of all that was left leC to to them and to the tho state and to the nation natian Tho The building of or the state house made money moner for government and state and contractor and contractor and cost the people nothing The United States government has given Utah land for far the benefit of or a number or of state stale Institutions None ono of it is available a for the tho construction of ofa ofa ofa a state house hause But there still remains S o over er thirty seven million acres i- i is s or of government sa gov gov- eminent land In ill the state Some of or itIs itis it if is mountain Much of or it Is desert It would be bo a 1 profitable move for tor the government go t to give gho two or three or 11 four or five tho million acres of or that land laid to 10 Utah to be sold b by the state at a minimum price to be fIxed by the national national national na na- na- na government an arid and the tho proceeds applied c equally to lo the bulJ building of ot n 01 slate state house an and tho the construction of public roads Every acre aero remaining in the government gov gov- would be bo enhanced enhance In value alue because that sold by the state would bo be improved Improved largely largely by dry farming companies who would woul be able abl to re reclaim te e claim It since they thc could get It in bigger ger tracts than now an and sinco they would not nat bo ho required b by the state to reside on the land while white proving title as as Is now now- tho the case in acquiring homestead Just now the lan land can not be lived on by b any homesteader A quarter- quarter section or or an any other size tract tract tract- would not provide him an and his family tam tam- fam fam- ily or l-or or event even his dog with dog with a 3 living But after the tho land about it had laid been been cultivated for a few years oars residence In what hat Is now naw the desert would woul not bo be be either cither Impossible or unpleasant Good roads in tho the settled counties would vastly leU benefit tho the people And tho the state stale would h have hate a Do capitol buildIng building build build- Ing to lo be bo prou proud of and of-and and without add adding ing Inga a cent to lo th tho theta tax burdens of or the citizens nB |