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Show CONDEMN REED SMOOT MINERAL LAND BILL Salt I.ake. Aut. 16 Senator Reed Smoot's bill proposing to give states title to mineral land for school pur- , poses was condemned by the mines and mining committee of the Salt I ake Coinnjf rcial club, at a meeting ! held yesterday. The opposition was i based on the contention that If title ti-tle to mineral lands was given to the jstatr ll would work an injustice on locators and prospectors, and further i that if the bill was passed In Its present form. It would invohe all the ; claims now located on school lands I ihus created. i Chairman Duncan MacVichie was delegated to prepare a resolution for nn-M-nta! ion to tlw board n( cnvArn. I ors, stating the attitude of the committee com-mittee on the matter If the board accepts ac-cepts the recommendations a resolution resolu-tion will be forwarded to Senator Smoot, protesting against the bill in its present form |