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Show in EVANSTON LAND OFFICER HERE i ! Land Office Receiver Frank Foote I of Evanston. Wyoming, was in the I city yesterday to attend tho Masonic i conclave ami renew his many nc- . qualntauecs here Mr Foote Is a plo- i neer of Utah and Wyoming, and is 1 j foil of Interesting rcmlnlsceucos of i the early days, i , Mr. Foote staled that tho land office business In his locality was flourish- : ing In a way, but that thero has been j a remarkable condition of late aris- , j Ing fiom tbe vast quantity of laud I i withdrawn under various acts of the J ; federal government or for various J purposes other than for actual 6ettlc- i aient. I Great tracts of land have bcn "I . ! withdrawn as valuable coal land, phos- j phate or under the regulations relat- I I ing to rcsurveys or temporary power '. sites So extensive have been these I withdrawals that seven out of every 1 ten land entries in some districts have j been turned down owing to the land i ' haing been reported as more val- ' ' ! liable for some other purpose than farming. , |