Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-08
Over 100000 of Coal Lands
Returned to National Treas
ury for the, Future
DAKOTAS GREATLY AFFECTED
Chief Executive Breaks in on His
Vacation to Further Policy
of Conservation
TAssociated Pressl

BEVERLY, Mass, July 7.-Continu-
ing his policy OF practical conservation,
President Taft late tonight signed or
ders to withdraw 85,O7S164 acres of
coal lands from the public domain in
the states of North and South Dakota,
Washington, Utah. Colorado and the
territory of Arizona
OF the total withdrawals 20,69S,469
acres are new, while 14,374,695 acres
are covered in combinations and rati-
fications under the new law, approved
June 25, of Withdrawals made during
the last four years by both Presidents
Roosevelt and Taft.
North and South Dakota are the two
states affected by the new withdraw
ais. From the public domain in North
Dakota the president has withdrawn
from settlement II, ,S2S, 1872 acres of land
believed to contain workable coal. In
South Dakota the amount Withdrawn
is ESQ, 287 acres.
Previous Withdrawals confirmed by
the president tonight are divided
among the several states as follows;
Washington, 2,207, ,967 acres; Arizona,
1920 acres; Utah, 5,S14, ,2S7 acres, and
Colorado, 6,191,1 ,161 acres.
HAsrENs TO SIGN
The withdrawal orders prepared by
the geological survey and approved by
the secretary of the interior reached
Beverly from Washington late to-
night They were sent tonight to the
Taft cottage on Burgess point, where
they were signed by the president. This
was announced as one of the few I'M
portant matters that will be called to
Mr. Tafts attention during his ten
days of real vacation.
The Withdrawals and combinations
were made under the law passed at
the last session of congress which
definitely authorized the president to
withdraw various lands from entry
pending their classification and special
disposition by congress.
The president urged this law as the
first step in his plan for practical con-
servation. He hopes to secure addl-
tional legislation at the coming session
of congress dealing with the terms
under which water power sites, coal,
petroleum and phosphate lands may be
disposed of.
withdrawal confirmed tonight date
from July 26, 1906, to June 21, 1910; in
Utah, from July g. 1906, to May g.
1910; in Arizona, from May 29, 1909 to
December %, 1909 and in Washington
from July 26, 1906, to April Z, 1909.
ACCEPT MINERS RECOMMENDATION
In withdrawing. the vast amount of
new lands in North and South Dakota,
the president and Secretary Ball1nger
have acted principally on report by
Arthur G. Jaffa, a practical miner en-
ployed by the geological survey.
Director George Otis Smith OF the
geological survey, in his recommenda--
ton for Withdrawals in North and
South Dakota, says:
"A consideration of the information
available here, as well as OF the report
of Mr.. Jaffa, leads US to the conclusion
that there are large areas in these
states which are underlaid by Ignite
considered workable under the present
regulations and which should be with
drawn from entry"
All the orders state that the lands
are 'withdrawn for settlement. loca-
ton. sale or entry and reserved for eX-
animation and classification with re-
spect to coal values"
President Taft earlier this week
signed orders withdrawing approx
mately 8.5OO,00O acres of water-power
sites. phosphate and petroleum lands IN
the United tates and all of the known
coal fields in Alaska.