The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-09

lands, given by the Government for home
Steads and mining claims on school lands.
Inc lands DO not 60 to State Institutions.
but to the public Gchool system Refer
enco also WAS made to tho traffic In land9
ana the money made out Of them, both
by selling at an advance and raising Dig
crops.
AS to School Lands.
II also was stated by Mt Dixon that
9chool lands had been appraised as low az
cents an acre, while the minimum price
upon school lands was 81 nm acre; These
lands. 1t was thought ought TO be kept
rather than sold at 81.
Paskett Says Things.
John C. Paslcctt OF Summit county at
lacked the position OF the board by re
terrinG to the poor quality of land left
IN MS county and pointing out that INC
board wns refusing TO sell an ncrc OF 1t
for less than s. SO an acre. Some portions
OF the tracts might be worth from *l9
to 81. but IL was not worth t26C He
thought the minimum should be 81 and
the maximum $l.50.
Hayes Gets Into It.
H y. Hayes OF the land board said
that the board had placed the minimum
price OF 81 an acre on certain school Land
In Summit county, and that the land had
been appraised at less thnn that sum
Ii land could not be sold at 81 an acre,
or more, however, II cost practically al
through the books The 81 land was
public domain. and the board thought
II not worth anything II II was not
worth $500. Land had been sold In Salt
Lake county Tor as much as $50 en- acre
and the man who bought II had offered
$50 TO start with. He also said the State
was running behind and being compelled
to borrow money. and, the land would
all be gone In thirty months. at the pres.
ent rate, he thought n better price should
be eNacted
Dixon Again Heard.
To this, Mr.. Dixon added that the board
sold nifty acres OF land near one OF the
smclters for q sum $1,000 I'm excess OF the
original offer, He said further that In
Summit county 5000 acres were thrown
up because the board would not take {l.0o
agreed TO take 1t at s. SO an acre. which
meant profit OF 5000 to the State,
Call Calls Them Down
j, D. Call OF Box Elder made a strong
speech In favor of going back to the old
figures In his county. he said. large
tracts OF land had got into the hands of
etockmcn and corporations. Many peo-
pie were now refusing to take lands at
$3.50 because where there were springs the
land around the springs had been taken
and adjoining lands were not considered
worth the price now being asked, as wa
ter could not be got onto them.
Commissioner Thayne of the land board
said that land OF the value or $5S9S had
been sold In Box Elder county within tho
past eight months, and this included
some choice land for dry farming. He
been sold at $50 could now be sold for
SO an acre
All in a Nutshell.
T. g. Calllster of Millard made an eX-
ceptionally strong argument in favor OF
the proposed reduction. Mr. Callister
said that the people of his county. when
land was selling at N.6O an acre, tried
TO secure assistance from the reservoir /
fund TO build big dam and reservoir,
but their reservoir project was reported
Engineer
were turned down. They went 20 work
anyway, and now had their reservoir
already been done and there was still
much TO do
There were many people there-small
farmers, eager TO get a small tract OF
who could not afford to pay $3.50 an acre.
1t would cost them So an acre TO get wa
ter onto the land. he said, and they
could not AFFORD the heavy expense. Mr.
Cellister took tho ground that II the
board sold the land to the 200 people who
would buy II at $3.50 an acre and i'm
many times pay the difference in cost to
the State. In conclusion. Mr. Callster
that as the farmer fed tho re
meinder OF the population, he should be
encouraged by the land board instead OF
being made 10 realize that ne was not
wanted.
Situation in Emery.
William Howard of Emery said that
In his county many of the lGLacre tracts
did not contain more than forty acres OF
farming land. Then there was another
thing: There were many small pieces
OF land adjoining land that has already
been bought that are worth nothing TO
anybody but the man who owns tho
larger tract and II was unfair to hold
up these farmers for the increased price.
He also declared that since the increase
many people had gone back TO home
steads and desert entries.
Power of the Board
The board had tho power to raise the
Mr.. Howard could not see why the mini
mum should not be put back to $50. as
the board could examine the land and fix
the price at any figure 1t wished TO any
wny. Dry farming, Mr.. Howard added.
was not q success In Emery county. and
this was another argument in favor of
putting the price back MT the old ngure
and giving the small farmer every en-
couragement II put back, Mr.. Howard
declared in conclusion. thousands OF
acres now lying idle could be sold
Candland Again Busy.
Mr.. Canland was again heard Mt this
time, saying that 2S16 acres CT land had
been selected In Emery county in 1904
while 1892 acres he'd been selected since
the price was increased. IL came out
however, that much OF this land was be-
ing bought by parties who are building
water on II for higher price,
Has Change of Heart
J. F Tolton OF Beaver took the floor
after Mr.. Candland had subsidized and
said that he was with the board after
hearing the statements of the members
w G. Wilson of Weber and w w
Wilson of Salt Lake made similar an
and Mr.. Wilson of Weber
moved that the action OF the board In
increasing the price TO $3.50 be sustained
Motion Is Opposed.
T. c. Winn of Juab opposed the motion
on tho ground that conditions In his
county were not In nearly so good shape
now as they were before the Increase went
into effect. Mr. Wlnn concluded by maxi
ing O motion that the State Board of
Land Commissioners be requested to re-
store the minimum price Of selected lands
to $50 an acre, in order that people
who desire TO purchase may have them
examined and appraised.
Ruled Out Of Order.
Chairman Evans at this time ruled the
motion OF Mr.. Wilson out OF order and
it was announced that every person in
the room would be allowed To- vote on
Mir Winn's motion. which was the re-
malning motion, after motion that each