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Show UTAH LMDS IRE ffilRAM Washington, March 2. Approximately Approxi-mately 51,2'tO acres of laud In. Ore-I Ore-I gon were today designated by the secretary of the Interior as subjr-ct to disposition under tbe enlarged homestead home-stead set permitting C20 acres to earh ' setiler. The total amount of land! that has been placed wlthia the pro- i visions of this act up to the present I lime is S.811.200 acres, I Withdrawals from entry today In- volved tracts In Oregon, Idaho and Utah. Approximately 41.&32 acres nlonK tho Snake river In Idaho which was thought contained power possibilities possibil-ities and 1,008 acres in Oregon, were withdrawn In aid of legislation affecting affect-ing the disposition of powersltcs. on tho public domain. As a proposed addition to the Wasatch Wa-satch National. Forest 800 acres in Utah were withdrawn from all forms of disposal under the public land laws except the mineral laws. This land wan withdrawn at the request of the department of agriculture. |