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Show LEGION MEN URGED TO FILE Thousands of Acres of Public Lands Are Thrown Open In Western West-ern States. American Legion members are urged by national headquarters to consider filing entries on more than 110,000 acres of public land in four Western states which have recently been thrown open to entry to ex-service men. The area comprises the second largest ottering of public domain for homesteading in several years. Lands thrown open under the order Include: California Thirty-six thousand acres in San Bernardino county, near Kelso, and In Snn Diego county, near Campo. Colorado Eighteen thousand acres In Costilla county, near Russell. Nevada Twenty-two thousand acres in Nye county, near Carrara. Utah Forty thousand acres In Washington county, near Central. More than 11,000 acres in Juab county, coun-ty, near Mona, Utah, will bo opened to veterans after the state has made selections se-lections from the tract in accordance with public laud grants to It. |