Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-24 | Page 5 | Uncle Sam Seeks Return of Lands

UNClE SAM SEEKS SEEK RETURN OF lANDS State Board Declines to Relinquish Relin q cuish ish Beaver County Acres at Present In response to a a. communication from the department of ot the Interior asking that tho state of Utah relinquish to the government all but 17 acres of ot a a. acre Carey act segregation near Milford In Beaver county count the state land board has notified the secretary of ot the Interior that it objects to maltIn mak malt In lug ing such relinquishment because of the tho fact that applications for reclamation of the land are aro now HOW pending pending- before the tho board The commissioners do not want to J give ive up an any aily of the tho land the they state to until the tho applications before them arc finally decided upon The segregation in question was procured procured pro pro- cured h by the BeaY Beaver r Land Irrigation Power company In 1908 Last year jear the company's contract for tor reclamation of or land was abrogated by tho the land lan board for failure on the part of ot the company to comply with the terms of oC its contract Since that time other people and In Interests interests interests in- in have made application to the thc board for Cor segregations segregation and contracts to reclaim portions of or tho the original segregation These have hn not yet et l been een acted upon and until such time as the they are tho the board objects to relinquishing an any of oC the segregation lest that portion portion portion por por- tion relinquished should bo be desired by bythe bythe bythe the applicants now asking for tOl conI con con- tracts I Secretary Lane of at tho the Interior has bas addressed a n. personal communication to toI th the governor about the matter and the facts in tim tho case have been furnished I the governor o by the tho land board and forwarded to the thc secretary