Show NEW ARGUMENT ON LANDS LA 11 M DS CHARACTER hearing of content contest in the ease of the tate state of utah and the I 1 cleasant valley coal lel A law yer waa was opened monday morning be fore gou boull I 1 B blakely Hi akely register regi iter of 0 the th 1 I 1 cited state states land office in salt lake the contest ini involve olves a forty acre tract of land in the vicinity lein ity of catle gate late which was acquire 1 as non mineral lani ant by the coal company from the tile state lawyer laver 11 1 1 1919 filed on the land ae as being of mineral character and said the tile question aik bation now ia Is whether the laid tin tallied known coal deposit at the time I 1 tah waa as admitted as a a tate state and re eel clivel e I 1 its it pro rata of I 1 land lands ac at cording to the government elart fic ion tion the land te Is in the nei giber hood of based on the rate of 0 one half cent tent per ton for the oal coal thereon the is I 1 in the vicinity of a barlit lar bere acreage ge alich wa was hillred aci areil by the pleasant Plea ant valley valle compary contrary and the utah miel luel company upon the lie payment of ep sp proximately to the federal government the payment waa was made in the nature of a compromise bull suit had been brought by the attorney gen brals office against the companion companies al fleging that they had hail sought to acquire a large acreage of coal land fraudulent ly the cae case wa was finally dismissed by attorney general wickersham them upon the payment being made the rase case beard heard this week is charac charae derize I 1 by land official officials he as similar to the famous braffet case caie which becu pied pled the attention oi of register Re gieter blakely for more than six ix weeks A decision waa as rendered in favor it the plaintiff plain tifft braffet and an appael vias a taken to the commissioner of the general laid office whose hose decision lecie lec ision ion that of the register an appeal from the corn com ioner wag was taken to the secretary ot the interior where the case la Is now retting resting while the two cas ia i a 8 are rijn ilar it i ii fid aid a id there are elight slight differ ances h necessitates the lawyer cast I 1 eing heard an I 1 given consider aaion |