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Show )U STATE IS GIVEN ! LAND IN DISPUTE The controversy between the state land board and the federal forest B r vice over titles to school lands in certain forest reserves, which are in dispute because ot a mlxup In the dales of surves withdrawals and ' other procedures, was pratially set- I tied yesterday when word was received receiv-ed from the forest service that the title ti-tle of the state to about 7000 acres in the Mailt i referve is conceded This land, which has been held In abeyance from any use the state may I have made of it. now can be leased j or sold by the state with consider- able profit, The concession from the forest ser- vice was the cause of considerable! elation among members ol the land boaru yesterday It is expected to establish a precedent which will lead! lo the recover;, by the slate of other , disputed tr.tcis It is estimated that; fully 50.000 acres of land, which the State claims under the school grants, arc tied up because of similar counter coun-ter claims between the state and the federal government. This land is valuable val-uable both for agricultural and grazing purposes The state could realize a considerable Increase in revenue rev-enue if the titles were cleared in its favor. According to members of the land board, the disputes have arisen over the question of prior rights Dates of t ertaln BUrveyB and approvals of land claimed by the state are In dispute and the govcrnmeni is claiming the land on the ground that it was withdrawn with-drawn b proclamation prior to the approval of the surveys The communication from the forest for-est service received yesterday Is from A. Fensen, supervisor of the Man-ti Man-ti forest, who informs the hoard that after a thorough Investigation of the lands in dispute ll has been decided to admit the validity of the state's claim to certain designated sections, about eleven in number These sections sec-tions are entirely surrounded by for- si lands and anj one who leases them from the state must come to an amicable ami-cable agreement with the forest service ser-vice concerning right to Ingress and egress to the land over the forest reserve |