Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-28
1t Will be Through the Special
Efforts OF Senator SmOot and
Representative Howell,
VARIOUS OBJECTIONS MADE.
Carbon County Included Ia the Dis
Location of Office Lett 10
Presidents Hands.
lsnecial 10 the NNews.O

Washington, d. c., Feb. 2S,That
Utah will get new land district and
will get It through the special efforts
OF Senator smoot and Representative
Howell, now seems a certainty
The advantage of a new land dis
trict has been generally recognized
among the officials here, although the
inconvenience OF going TO Salt Lake
city is not regarded as serious, and
there were a number OF protests from
Utah against making any changes last
December The matter was taken up
by members with the delegation
named, including Carbon county IN the
new district. with the objections Of the
land officials, who pointed out that In
their judgment Price was not the proper
place for entries on the reservation and
a place close TO the reservation was
inconVenlent for entries from Carbon
county. Senator SmOot and Congress-
man Howell adopted course that
would meet objections from the depart
ment against which objections the
measure could not pass Later Sem
ator Kearns introduced a bill naming
Price as the place for the land office.
Representative Howell introduced one
designating Vernal and not including
Carbon county In the new district. The
house bill with such amendments as
made It acceptable TO the secretary Of
the interior and commissioner general
Of the land office was passed. on COM
ing 10 the senate committee ON
public land, Of which Senator Kearns Is
member, the majority there was ia
vorabe TO the house measure. The
state of legislation was such, however,
that unanimous consent was necessary
TO get the bill up for passage this ses-
sion. This consent Senator Kearns
would not give. Neither would the de-
partment Yield 10 Senator ksarns bill,
Senator smoot has been all along
trying TO get an amicahle Arrangement
! of the matter and yesterday succeeded
| I'm getting the consent Of the secretary
Of the interior and the commissioner Of
| the general land office to Carbon coun-
| ~ being Included I'm the district This
! consent came only through the fact
! that whenever necessary the president
could change the boundaries of the
| land districts, and could thus relieve
| Carbon county of any Inconvenience,
| Senator Kearns yielded his contention
| for locating the office at Price 20 hav-
| Ing II any place the secretary Of the
| interior would designate This would
| be a distinct violation OF the general
| land laws, and would leave the district
/ without an office. Senator Smoot adj
vocated leaving the office to be located
by the president, which is not contra
ry to the laws. officials assented tC
this. Senator Smoot conferred with
members of the senate land committee
who have agreed to report a bill, that
being the only way It could pass the
J senate,
II is now provided that Untah anC
Carbon counties and that portion OF tho
| Untah Indian reservation IN Wasatcl
county shall constitute the new lane
district, the office to be located by tn,
president Unless Senator Kearns OBJ
jects, the bill VIII have the unanimous
consent OF the senate, and viii pass
I'm this form. Congressman Howell
saws he thinks the house VIII accept Il