Show MANY PROTESTS SENT TO washington AB ABOUT OUT VERNAL LAND OFFICE uintah basin telegraph wires were kept hot a few hours last week sending messages from the uintah basin towns and commercial bodies to washington regarding the order w which would deprive uintah basin people of the land office at vernal after march first several individuals us s sen sent pr privates priva va tei v telegrams to others at washington the congressional delegation have never received quite so many telegrams in a given time from the dasin basin congressman colton wired the order abolishing the office at vernal was vas made by the secretary of the interior without the knowledge and without consulting the congressional delegation and that in an earlier move had been defeated by congress and that the secretary had taken the action without consulting congress telephone and telegraph messages raes mos sages were sent to state senator thos W odonnell and representative owen bennion end and william H to take up the matter governor george H dern to see what could be done from there |