The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-08
ANOTHER LAND
GRAF 7 |MPENDS
State Board Prepared TO Turn
Over Vast Tract to PIacatc
Candland's Enemy.
w. D. LIVINGSTON REACHES
OUT HAND FOR 1000 ACRES
One More Chapter in History Of
Piute Project as Source of
Easy Money"


will be written Into the history OF Utah
the record OF another gigantic scheme on
the part OF w. u. Candland, owner OF
the state land board. This scheme Is
nothing moro nor less than the passing
over OF 1000 acres Of the richest land In
the Pluto project to w. D. Livingston.
| defeated candidate for the state senate,
in effort to soothc that deeply in
| jurcd gentleman'5 feelings.
| II is on the card for the meeting OF
the state land board TO be held today
| tThurSday) that the board throw open
! TO settlement 1000 acres In tho lmme
diate vicinity OF Rich6eld--thc cream of
the Piutc tcrritory.and that Mr.. Itv-
! ingston step forward as chief settler"
and gather 10 himself this snug little
| fortune.
The Pinto project has been a stencil
many months. II WAS originally aimed
| 10 reclaim 10000 acres OF land under the
Carey act This was the Piute project.
| After much labor which did not land
| the state anywhere, the state engineer
was commissioned to complete the prof.
| Get. In this connection. IL may be sald
! that this arrangement places at the dis
posal Of the state engineer something
| like 500. 900. FOR which he is accountable
| TO no one. II he should choose not 10 hold
| himself accountable.
State Has the Project.
At any rate, the state has the Piute
q
/ are 10000 acres 1T for settlement. and
the plan that any rational business man
would rursue would be TO advertise this
! lapd and TO bring hither farmers to col
onize the tract. The land Is unaucstion
ably good and would readily be taken up
by desirable farmers did they but know
about H. In the light OF previous cxpe-
riences, having reference. particularly TO
the Hatchtowu project, the state cannot
dispose Of this land TO sdvantagc-the
state got not single bid for Hatchtown
! project land.
Much less can the state sell the Piutc
| land II the board picks ont 1000 acres
of The very best tract and gives II away
In payment OF a political debt Yet that
| IS precisely what Is now on the card.
! With the 1000 acres taken out by this lr
| regular means. the attractiveness Of the
remainder will practically have been lost
One Member Bucked.
Al the meeting OF the board Wednesday
the proposition was made by Mr.. Cand-
land that the 1000 acres be disposed OF
as indicated; that is, thrown open 10
members OF the boa board Ia are to to the he cand. and
land Will. at least one OF thOm .'bucked."
This action would be 'he height o.
tested Mr., THAN, The governor is out
OF the state at this time. and he GER
lainiy would feel kcenly the slight
.r5sI6. and there here was some sense 20 NJ NJ
| fact that the board Of examiners. includ
! ing the governor. had been called into
consultation in the matter of the Piute
project, SO the matter was left over
! until today when, unless IL is forestalicd.
determined effort will be made by
Candland TO railroad his scheme through.
Why the Deep Love.
Incidentally, Il may be of semc inter-
part Of CandIand for Livingston came
about so suddenly. Livingston at one
lire mad aspirations for the congression-
al nomination, Those aspirations, how
a. NJ Ia OF hI
takes water TO run through sieve. for
the church said Howell must be returned,
and. sure enough. so il happened. Being
out OF the congressional running, Liv
ingston had ambition to be something
else. After casting about. he decided
that he would Ike 10 be a state senator.
q This laudable ambition was strongly op-
posed by Mr.. Candland. who worked the
proverbal tooth and toenaIl and some
otEcr things even more effective against
| Livingston, Caudland wanted the nomi-
nation for John II. Scely. but Seely
failed OF nomination and Livingston was
successful A. the election. Livingston
cratic opponent, ard il is common report
that Candland worked as hard against
Livingston In the campaign as he did in
the nominating convention.
Is Recess Appointee.
Now CandlanG suddenly remembers
that he is only u recess apDotn ntnent and
that il Is incumbent upon MIN TO faco
another turning down by the senate. un
less he can bring all Of those who are
hostile To him into Lire. Seeing that
CHndlanG was rejected by The sepate for
confirmation four years ago and again
/ two years ago, il is reasonable 10 as
sumo that he would bc turned down
again.
II is commonly known that LjviuSslon's
hatred OF Candlanu has been and Is such
that he has become formidable enemy
TO Candlands G hopes of reappointment
and confirmation 10 the plac" OF chief
push on the land board. While Living
ston is not member of tho senate. he
IS supposed 10 have good deal pf In
fuencc In that body. and consequently
Candlard fears him nightly.
Up to Candland.
/ In Wow of that fact II was up TO
Candiand to placate livingston and Ia
make a friend OF Livingston instead OF
an enemy. 'rhe best way Candlnnd could
gee tn bring about this beautiful resul;
was To turn over TO Livingston his
choice OF rich land in The Pjute project
It can readily be imagined that 20GU
acres OF land is calculated 10 be some
'placatar.'
Whether or not the Candland land
board will have nerve enough To put this
conspiracy through today remains 10 bS
seen. At any rate. II is planned To do
that very thing,
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