Show STATE LAND TIED UP IN RESERVES Commissioners T Take ke Up With Chief Forester Matter of Their Segregation LOOKS AFTER RESERVOIRS Hoard Board Will Vill In Investigate Petition of Woodruff Citizens ens for fur State Reclamation Project c Steps are now no being taken b by tile the state board of land con commissioners looking toward tho the segregation of state lands from Crom the government o tor forest st re rese re- re se serves It seems that when the lie fore forest t re reserves reserves reserves re- re serves were fixed by the government It failed to take into consideration the lands selected by the state There is isa isa a n. large acreage Involved The total amount has not yet been determined but an evidence of oC its extent Is demonstrated lemon demon in iii the case of oC the time Logan re reI reserve reserve re- re I serve In itt which not less than acres of land are tied up The Thc state laud land board has been workIng work- work workIng workIng Ing on Oil the thc proposition for Cor some somme time with a view ie to arranging arm with the time government go to have ha the tile land segregated segre segre- I gated Gifford United States Stales forester has Ilas been communicated with on the tho subject and has promised that the matter will be fully Cully Investigated and a basis of oC settlement arranged with the state slate That tho the government had overlooked the matter of oC state lands is the he opinion of the members o of the tile board The They are entirely pleased pleas pleas- ed with the response of Mr Pinchot and believe belleV that the matter will be speedily adjusted Investigating hl Reserves n r l At Uhe meeting of oC the state land Jand board hoard yesterday afternoon matters pertaining to new reservoirs took up upa UJIa a greater portion of the time In re regard regard regard re- re gard to the Hatchtown reservoir reser which had been referred to the thc state engineer for a a. report Mr ir Tanner stated that he ho was Investigating the tho matter and would soon send sand a force of m men n to complete the details details' o ot of the tho report leport which would then themi be submit submit- submItted tell ted cd to tho the board Wesly K IC Walton Valton on Oil behalf o ot of the residents of ot V Woodruff Rich county asked that the state also construct a u. reservoir at Woodruff Tho The board learned that there was considerable land that could bo be taken laken up by by thu th state to aid itt In making tho the proposition tion lion profitable Tho The board wIlt will go to ruf Thurs Thursday ay to Investigate |