Show PECULIAR CONTEST OVER SOME LOCAL LANDS yesterdays tribune says the validity of a patent to land issued by the state of utah is to bo be determined ter mined in an action to be tried in the united states land office on may at 10 a m in 1896 the state sold a piece of land in county to marinus beauregard for which a patent was issued soon after the first of the present year at the time of the sale the land was appraised b by y the state board of land commissioners who found no sign of coal there is nothing on the united states map to indicate the presence of coal on the land in question which also happened to be a school section however william R davis has filed an application in the land office to purchase the land under the coal land laws he has also filed affidavits showing that the land was known to contain coal cohl at the time utah was admitted as a state into the union the land office consi considers ers atie showing made by davis sufficient to sell nae t tee land to him the united states land commissioner has advised the state board of land commissioners Commissio of the affidavits and ana application filled filed T the ya 8 state ak L land al a isoard B oard con considered s i d ered all the matter at its regular monthly meeting yesterday and a resolution was adopted requesting the actor ney General to be at the trial and authorizing mr beauregard to take what steps may bo be necessary necee eary in in 6 protecting his title to the und as acquired from tho state the band in controversy is is described as follows lot 7 section 2 town ship 19 south range 2 east salt lake meridian which is immediately east cut of the town of sterling 1 |