Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-12-01 | Page 12 | To Offer Bill on Public Land

TO OFFER Bill BillON ON Q N PUBLIC LAND Wyoming Congressman Wants T States To ro Have Domain WASHINGTON w. Dec 1 wy I. By ByTho Tho The Associated In Press Press In tho ho be lc- belief belief lief that the retention of ot millions 19 of oC acres of oC land by b tho the federal Ce Jeral gov gov- government government ov- ov is a deterrent to tho the de- de development development of oC tho the west Representative LIve tive Winter Republican Wyoming today toda announced he planned to I. I In Introduce In- In introduce a It bill In the lire new congress to hive have the public domain become the till property of the tho states Especially In the west Mr Win Win- Winter Winter In ter believes cs the federal domain In In- In jures the progress of tho the states where ha he said about acres are aro public lands approximately one fourth of their area nrC i. The other stales states havo o a much smaller mailer proportion of public lands lan he declared The western public lands l' l ds states he ho classified as ArI- ArI ArIzona Arizona zona California Colorado do Idaho Montana Nevada Ke New Mexico North and South Dakota Oregon Texas Utah Washington and Wy Wyoming oming om In I IThe The return of the lands would bo ho made by b session or sales to s set set- settlers t- t I under his measure and an l the tho only federal domain excluded from Crom tho Iho transfer would be bo national I parks