Show LATEST NEWS FROM Ol i Olin n THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST Wyoming Utah Utah Wyoming Idaho Nevada Montana evada Montana LAND SEiZURES AROUSE STATES C West May Unite to Resist Policy of Federal Land Office S SALT LAKE Jan Tn The B Br 21 By The Prees Press Concerted ef effort fort on tho past part of- of o 11 11 western ter or public land states staLes to do some some- thing Mine t thing that wilt v vs to their tho the landa lande rante granted 1 to them by the the respective respective e enabling acts Ss s being Ing sought by the the state tite lan land 1 ot of Utah and Colorado And the tho movement movement may mey result In In Ina Ina n a conference con erenee o ot of the laud depart depart depart depart- menta of the 11 11 states stales In Salt Lake neI ne next t month The movement Is being beIng forward forward ed ed through correspondence e be- be between be between tween the executive secretary of the the Utah land board and the of president of the state elate lit ate board bej of ot Iland land commissioners of ot Colorado while It was also aleo ono one ot of the rca rea a a recent trip to to Washing Washington ton D p C by y Gov Gos George Giorge H Dern ot Utah governor a and d Senator WI Wil William liam H King Xing Democrat Utah discussed th the subject with with- withE E C Finney assistant tary lIe of ot or the tle wio who suggested Introduction c c- c clion of lion tion ot of measures to a subsequent quent bill by Senator Smoot last lut month the tho Smoot bill bUt pro providing viding among other things for tor tora fora tora a limitation of ot only Elx years to contest by the federal gover men mento to 10 land lands II ceded to states Varied legislation Is La now Note ote ote In In- In Innumerous numerous instances lands lands granted years ears ago to the state and In some Bome cs cases s sold old old to private parties have been b en taken away ay by the federal gO ern min on the pretext that they arc eral bearing The Te The recent oil strike has made this much more Important to the slate schools |