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Show PRESIDENT URGES THE OPENING OF ALASKA LANDS. " Washington, Jan. 2. President f Taft learned last night what leglsln- I -tlou may be expected of congresH at Its present session of tho conserve - tlou of natural resources. $ Secretary Balllnger, Senator N Hon, chairman of the senate conn tee on public lands, Senators Sm also of the commlttH "eproscntativc Meudc-11 of WyomlaH nubM?" of Ul" b"c committee H bnds ""' Representative PBH of Ne-v Vork ccmfcrrc(I utiiiiH 1 '", on Phases relating to the cojm r'niir n A1:"a, the oil situation lH from ,uIa ;ttul lho subject of appeaH n Tu T decisions of the deparimeoB fnr Pr0GlJent urged the nccesslt;jjjjjjH rrL irornpl 'eolation on the posiH lnrN p.n'je,lB r the country, partlc-'H teS?tivlhe, '),aBkan lands' ALLH ion atKe draft of a bill by Secretary H into," Iookng toward the open- H j" r COal deposits In Alaska by the llllH '3 system, was discussed. The H f?l k lH understood, empha- lH '. - importance of an early H ? ,? of coal ,andB so as to afford iH the inhabitants a moro reasonable M |