Coalville Times | 1902-01-17 | Page 6 | Our Public Lands

OUR PUliLIC LANDS Tho till" to over CO per cent uf lha re of seventeen western state atlll llua In the government, and la subject ' to entry and settlement im.l-r Ihn land I . tw. wnfl ten great commonwealth of i Tama, owning Ita own lauds, olo ; opens wide Ha doom, to lha hulltoaci'k- ur. Tina aim nt la true, but, uflur all, mlulcadli.g. or Ihoso who occupy lha remaining 10 per rent of the nica of those sevenlm-n alalia ara ao fortified forti-fied In their holdings by climatic con-dlilnna, con-dlilnna, by obsolete and niijunt law, by iuck of restrictions aa to llirlr power, pow-er, aud by the apparent unwillingness nf lounri.s to disturb Illegitimately anil :lred rlKhla, Hint they now control the oilier lio ror rent nf tho area klnioat aa If they hud title to tho amue. Ily owning tha I rul about the water aup-ply, aup-ply, and by the few combining agnlnat Uia many, the una of the piihllr domain la divided up niuntig tin who have purchaard or appropriated tha moMt favornbly situated ucrcs. Theoretically, all of tho GiiO.OnO.OOti aert.a oT Innd are npii to aelllementi 1'rai'tlrally, there aro not l.ooo.DOO a acrea to-day ypun whlrh a aeltler of t limited meani eould tile an orUlnnl tlalm under thn piexent litnd Inwa. with tho Intention of pm-mnnently ea-taullahlnK ea-taullahlnK hluiu lf aud hla fumlly, and not atarvn to ileuth or ha driven from bla precarloua foothnld by moro pow-erful pow-erful liiterrnta.