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Show '1 Way omit utah in lrtMC EILL'S PROVISIONS ' Washington, D. CT, April 13. The j4 innate public lands committee has re- h? t0rtea favorably upon the bill provld- J 8 for C40-acre stock-raising homc- f JadB, which previously had passed . 3 house. j Jh& senate committee made some 1 flnor -changes In the bill, leaving tne ( Pvlsion for classification unchanged. j ' 4m r Tills nrovldes that before an entry be accented at a local land office he 5a3r of tho land and its availo-hiMtv availo-hiMtv for entry under the law shall hi e been determined by the secretary secre-tary of the interior. The senate committee inserted a provision sug-SS sug-SS by the livestock associations. g !AnJ for the withdrawal from enJy of laSdB necessary to Insure .Ssby the publlo to watering places and needed for use In the movement of livestock to summer and winter ranges or to shipping points. The house measure provided provid-ed for tho withdrawal of lands not over one quarter of a mile In width for use in moving stock to and from summer and winter ranges or to shipping ship-ping points. Western members of the senate are .generally favorable to the bill, as ro- ported from the committee, with the exception, perhaps, of Senator Smoot of Utah, who Is opposed to it. It is tho purpose of the senators representing repre-senting other states to propose that Utah be omitted from tho piovlslons of tho law should Senator Smoot's opposition to it continue. |
