The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-09
attention GIVEN
TOLAND PROBLEMS
Annual Report Of Secretary
Of the Interior, Richard
A. BaIIinger.
HOMESTEAD LAW A BOON
Recommendations Regarding the Gun
ningham Coal Claims. at Present
in Dispute.

Washington. Dec. SIN lis annual
report. Just made .pualic. Sccrctsr,. Ea1-
lnEer ~ the department N The interior
dcvotcs a large amount Of space %
public land problems. After rccitinr
the history or the public domain aud
SWING statistics 20 show that there g.
now remaining unapbr0prioted and a.
reserved 71i.9Ss.40o acres Of public lani
m continental United states and. Mas
Sa. the secretary SAYS.
The homestead bin sJr granting free
homes 20 tho iandicss settler became =
national question in 1852. and ten s., r.
later g. was written into law ana ap-
proved by Abraham lincoln. .sftec q
previous veto by Pres ident BuchsI. an b.
not have the power 10 make = Donation
81 public lands to ssftierS or TO be
states. Here vas iuareurs - rad
iczl change Of policy. n this policy
D resident Johnson. in 'iis annusl NEE
sage in 1855. said. = hr homestead flul-
ic- was established only uftcT lOug and
earnest resistance. Experience proves
i.s wisdom. The lands 30 thc hands 81
the Industrious settlers. whose labor
creates wealth aud contributes iO tho
,,l rs Fe 70 are ,g.2rsa n"r -
reserved as a solitude f"~ future ur-
chascrs.'
Surfsee-E.Rsry law.
THE passage OF the act allowing SUR
face entries N lands ciaf airiCi .as coal
ifrds has been q relief as against the
tension created by keeping the enor-
NOUS area % over S0.00e geo d-rJ trUm
settlement. These lands arc now )pcn
to agricultural entry. with authority 20
issue ratcnts on fuli compliance with
law except that THE ia tcutcs secures
20 right iu or Co the debustts - coal
that NAV be found IN the lands.
Great activity has eNfstcd in conncc-
ton with the lands opened under tie
enlarged homestead act * 1905 'iio~r-
Ing entry 81 go acre.. There Lave
been classified and oper % for cutr-
under this act apnrONifndfe tNs0WQ.
600 acres. and from time Co time fur
liner Classification VIII Dee made mi
the lands'~o classified oTcreI 10 sc-sie-
mont. .-.-.--....
OIL phosphate and W iter-pUttar lands
aggregate at tldg time it round mum
b"rs. over ai.oto.oeo asres
failure 90. relcase much - tho
lands nov undt~ Withdrawal bv new
and mcudator1 acts directing the man
Ter Of hcir dts posit.1n VIII inht't &C.
veiopmcnt and greatly rcttrd the new
and struggling settlements aud indus
tries ~ many - t.e western states AND
territories.
NIs-Ls teal Cs~e-.
AU the coal Lands In Alaska not 10
Gated urtor 60 November -. l.ht ave
under THE bond Of Nithdrawcfs. THOSE
located prior TO sad dstc are for The
most part uulrr dcpart1lrutal inv'stt-
cation on charges OF fraud or irregu-
.iarities. etc. These invcsflgst lions have
been taken up under e. corps OF iraiued
officers. with the view or occurring tne
exact status Of an such locations and
entries. Tn The meantime no patents
have ISSUED and none Will be issued
except upon r. fun showing of compli-
aucc with law and departmental reEu-
lztious. q class ~ entries. known as
tire Cunningham entries. made In 1907
have provoked wide discussion and
popular interest. largely because 81
their alleged value and method OF at
tempted ACQUISITION.
fu view OF such conditions 7 deem 10
" Tho highest Importance that all these
- rce iuvoivinE thirty-fhrce entries. or
s.cs0 acres. OF coal lands. he ira nEfcrrcd
from the Jurisdiction Of the general
% nd office directly 10 the court OF ap-
pcafv Of the District OF Columbia FOR
consideration and adjudication. without
the necessity % a ruling a. 90 tho Va
iidftr Or these entries by the commits
vioncr OF the general land office. az IS
nov required I'm such cases. This pru-
ccdurc may We'll DC provided BY special