| Show WEST TO CONTROL ITS OWN LANDS WESTERN GOVERNORS SUGGEST LAN PLAN FOR fott development OF WESTERN EMPIRE r executives of six West erts state states unite in demand that government surrender public land lands to state states for distribution salt lake lako city tho the western gov erhorn er norn in hero wince thursday adjourned saturday afternoon juno june 7 after tho the adoption of resolutions om embodying bodying fourteen of principles principle 9 which they inayat must be 0 o put la in oper operation vAlon toy by tho the federal government it tho the west Is to bo be allowed to develop on an footing with the cast 0 As ono one nun man tho the elx six governors pros pres eat at at tho the conference confor went on record as demanding that tho the federal govern anent surrender tho the remaining public domain to tho ns as fast nr at possible for to distribution into private awnet phlp that the work of 0 conservation be 10 handed over to the states and the federal bureaus withdrawn from the GOVERNOR WILLIAM SPRY N i chief executive who wel the western governors to salt lake X ake and acted as host during their aitay itay in tho utah capital 11 abeld and that permanent withdrawals fot at land be stopped and such lands now withdrawn be returned to entry and opened for sale as soon as possible f tt tha resolutions adopted practically amount to a declaration of states fights which the governors believed iad ad beer usurped by the federal government in the operation of the con serva Uon and public land poll policies clec perhaps the moat most significant utter abaft aci nci during the hours of the conference was the statement of clay allman commissioner of the general land and office that the governors had demanded nothing that did not appe appear arto to po fair and just the commissioner insisted that it made no difference 6 who exercised the rights and powers jot pt the public domain so long as they exercised to the beat and most bene fickal purposes aes he ile laid said the question of state rights in this regard was of secondary importance I 1 joseph SL AL carey governor of wyoming father of the famous carey act and a veteran builder of tho ivett cst was chosen cb hoson osen president of the association of t Y western governors for the ensuing tear sear U bf ammons governor of colorado was elected secretary and denver was chosen as the next meet rf las ing place of the association the timo time to bo be flied later the governors present at the con ste t ference rence were carey of wyoming am of colorado balnes of idaho oddle of nevada stew art of Ston montana tana and spry of utah governors Jo johnson brison of california and west of oregon vere unable to attend but v were ore lepri represented at the meeting prominent offloads of the depart ment of tho interior including A A jones first arsint int ant secretary also acid hold conferences here at tho the same time the action of this meeting of western governors will be carried on to the national conference of atte 11 gov arnos s which will bo lie held hold in colo ando springs in argust of somo some of flip the vestern states wip wi there endeavor t to 0 o enlist the support of their brother governors in the pro posed movement for modification of the land laws ns as affecting mines for cst est reserves and arid farm areas |
