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Show COURT RULING BRINGS I MILLIONS TO SCHOOLS j Copies of Decision By Circuit Court H of Appeals In Sweet Case Arrive H Attorneys Are Pleased. H Under the decision, copies of which reached the interested nt- torncys nt Snlt Lnke City Inst Saturday, of the United Stntcs court B of appeals in the ense of Frederick A. Sweet, admlnistrntor of tho nfl estate of Arthur A. Sweet, ngalnst thu United Stntcs, persons in- IH tcrcstcd in the suit now declare the public school system of Utnh Kl will be the richest in the United Stntcs. Judge Walter M. Snnborn H wrote the opinion in the case nnd his decision is interpreted to M mean that not only does thu state of Utah get all of the conl lands B which were included in the school grnnts, but gets as well the IH minerals on tho school sections with the exception of those mln- B crnls which were specifically excepted by the congress of the M United States In the Utah enabling net. H Millions of Dollarri For the Public Schools. H Russell G. .Schulder of the firm uf Dickhon, Ellis, Ellis & Snliul- H dor, snys the report mnde by the government experts states that H there will be more than G'2,r00,000 in tho school fund of thu state H if nil school lands containing minerals are sold by the stato at the HE figures at which these and similar lands have been appraised by Hfl the government. A. R. Rarnes, attorney gcnernl, says there will H be more than $10,000,000 added to the school fund of the stato H through tlm sale of coal lands aionu and that more will be received 4 m through the sale of lantU containing other minerals. With the ,, 1 big school fund which Utnh will have, Attorney Gonernl Ilarncs as- 3 M serts that with judicious handling It will not be necessary for the B stato to levy any school taxes for years to come. H Judge Sanborn Interprets the Itw. M The opinion of Judge Sanborn in tliu Sweet enso not only states -B that (h United States government meant to give coal lands to tho ) M state fo. school jnirposes, but that the United Stntcs specifically , -B set out the minerals it desired to reserve. H In ids opinion ho says that tho United States cannot have bHI greater equities than a private individual, ami that thu attempt M on the part of those representing the government to have tho , M courts enact legislation for tho benefit of the government is wrong. ) M He points out that when congress grnntcd tho school lands to B the state, thu grant was absolute, and that no reservations were PAC mnde as to conl or any minerals except tho precious metals men- ' m tioncd in thu enabling act. ''HV Argument of the Federal Government. ii Taking the argument of tho federal government that congress i H did not know nt that timo that tho lands were valuable, tho judge H tears it to shreds and asserts, that thu claim of individuals who dc- i MH llvcred a deed to a property and afterwards sought to regain pos- iBBB session of tho property because a valuable mineral is found upon ';bV it would not have any standing in court nnd thnt tho United States 1 iH is in the same position nu a vendor in a private sale. 'IH Tiiere is' a possibility that thu case may bo appealed to the su- iM preme court of tho United States by thu government, but Attor- iH ncy Schulder nnd Attorney General Dnrnes' do not think it prob- nuiBflB, able. VM Decision Excites Considerable Interest. HsftH Plans for the development of the grent phosphnto beds in Utah ! H nro maturing and since tho decision of tho United Stntcs circuit ! VAVJ court in the Sweet case plans nre being thoroughly matured for ' H thu development of these phosphnto deposits. Investigations are j 'aTa now being conducted in various parts of the state by tho Mineral H Products corporation, which recently installed tho potash plant bHI nt Marysvale, and it is expected thnt in the course of a few months 'IH it will make nn offer to the stnte of Utnh for school lands which . iSH contain phosphnto beds. Diamond drill tests arc being made in jlflH Garfield and Kane counties. - 11 Armours Have Large Phosphate Interests. rHM Stato officials know of tho tests for phosphate and C. II. Mac- iwH dowel), vice president of the Minernl Products corporation and t'lKH president of the Armour fertilizer works, nnd II. H. Chnppell, presi- , 1HW dent nnd general manager of tho Mineral Products corporation, j 2M nre much interested in the phosphnto tests as the mineral is used VhH1 ii the mnking of fertilizers. The grenter part of the phosphate iSH which is now brought to the United Stntes comes from South Am- "Hi erica. With the phosphate beds of Utnh developed it is figured :1B by the fertilizer interests that fertilizer of a better qunlity than - MH the guano could bo produced nt less cost. LwH Cheap fertilizer is found to be one of tho needs of tho ngricul- tlnfl tural sections of tho Enst whero tho land has been farmed for fhH many years. Attorney General Barnes hns said ho did not have fill knowledge thnt nn offer has been made to the state by the Minernl IwB Products corporation for the purchase of phosphate lands, but that S'iHi he knew that the phosphate beds were being tested with a view to ilftH purchase. JUJ Great Deposits In Garfield County. tSsH Phosphate when found in quantity, experts say, enn be mined 1R cheaply and the extent nnd tho depth of tho beds must be deter- 'UK mined beforo actual offers nre made. The federal government IBH caused a number of tests to be mnde on the Idaho phosphate beds HfiVfll two years ago nnd more than one-fourth of the territory was llB mapped. There wero only a few tests in tho Utah phosphnto beds, lOH but those mndo by the government showed thnt the beds in the ?SA eastern part of Garfield county nre in some places as deep as three 'H hundred feet. iSH Owing to the phosphate formation being broken up, especially FflPflB in mountainous country, their operation is precarious unless, tho IbHi engineers know whero to pick up the beds after n fault is reached. flHI I For this reason tho companies which desire to opernto want all the tWsPJHB information possible before investing money. hJIHhI |