The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-05
COAL HEARINGS Of
VAST IMPORTANCE
Government Will Attempt to lu-
validate Entries ON Lands
Claimed as Mineral.
STATE DEEPLY INTERESTED
IN FINAL DETERMINATION
Immense Areas Under Enabling
Act Grant Will BE Affected
by Result.

Two hearings ot tremendous inpor-
tance VIII begin in the federal building
u: this city THURSDAY IL ono oil these
cases the stare is deeply Interested, for
the principle involved Is whether OF not
the state haS the right to all of the land
Stanted by ihe government bv the en-
aoltng act. without regard to whether II
is mineral in character or not
The cases 70 no hoard will b. those or
ihe United States against Arthur Sweet
Miner, adu'nistratrl& OF the estate of
Stanlry u. Miner C al Testimony viii
pc taken hafore John W. Chcisty. stand
ing master III cnaDcerT.
II Is expected that a large mum ber' ~
witnesses win be examined Professor
Joseph \. TAFT q noted =colosist at
among these Professor Tsfi viii he
rrememoercd as the. expert who gave tcE-
unony IN behsif OF the government dur
ing the hearing Of the testimony in The
Jusi eoWplstcd = personal eNamjIs lion
OF The land involved IN the sweet and
Miner cases IN Carbon county. Hs vas
accompanied by number OF other eN-
pcrts Malor IsamoreaU@ will assiSt Judge
Fred a. Maynard. tho special agent who
represents the government, and who con;
worked up the case against that COM
pany. Major Lamoreaux has traTclcd
extensively since be jeff Utah after the
conclusion Of the Utah Fuel heerinss. lie
,was In the TAFT party on the trip 10 Car
bon county.
State Is Intervenor
Last winter the legislature spplpprl
ated $4,000 10 defend It's lItle To the lands
appears in the case In the character ot
intervenor. Attorney General Albert K.
Barnes occupies 4 peculiar position III
correction with this % Sc. Prior 10 bis
election as attorney general. Mr.. Barnes
was counsel Tor Sweet. Now he repre-
gents the state as well. The safe has
also employed The law firm OF Dickson.
Ellis, Ellis & Schuid"r.
Jndor ine enabling act tho state was
granted by The government tour soc
tions in every township for school, pur-
- and 80 Sweet entered 2 large tract
of land in Carbon county. under the
presumption that IL was agricultural land.
The government contends that the grant
made TO ;he stare by the government
did not include land that is mineral
in character aud peeGE 10 recover the
mont contends is coal iand--rniOeral in
chara ctcr. The position nc the state IL
Chat the grant gave the state four sec
tioDS IN every township iii spite or tho
fact that II Was known before sts lenood
that the land was mineral in character
Tho Miner Case.
In the Miner case the same principle
Is involved which entered into the Itch
Fuel company case. The government Ct
9tilner during his lifetime, which the
government holds 10 be coal lands.
The Sweet case will he Brst taken MP.
The hearing ot this case however, vii
nc postponed after tbe testimony Of Pro
fesso! Taft has been taken. in order -
give Mr.. TAFT an opp"riuui;y - testify
In rhe Nilner case without being uDd"r
tho necessity or remaining in Salt Lsko
during the entire limo the other VT
ncsses occupy in giving their evidence
These hearings promise 10 be extreme
lv interesting. in spite ~ the fact thai
much Of the testimony must necessarily
10 DRY" relating as II does 10 a discus
sion OF geological forma tions and th@
like The vast Importance which attaches
to th,. Sweet case Will render that mat
ter OF particular interest TO the puhBe.
for rhc public is the ONO that will benefit
or loso a the final determination may be.