Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-04
President VIII Continue Con-
seVation Policy of His Pre-
deceSSor ON Extensive
Scale,
NEW MEXICO PETROLEUM
FIELDS ARE RESERVED
Vast Coal Bearing Tracts in
Alaska included in With
drawaI Orders Signed by
Executive Yesterday,

| my Morning journal Special Leased Wirsl
Beverly, July S.-Presidenl TAFT
/ has taken the first step in his own
| conservation policy 10y signing orders
OF Withdrawals covering s,495.73l
acres of power site, phosphate and
| petroleum lands.
President TAFT has appointed the
five engineer officers OF the army to
constitute a board 70 pass on the re-
clamation projects TO be completed
under the receut appropriation OF
twenty million dollars
u Is limited that there are other iIn-
portant announcements to come with
regard to the conservation policy OF
the administration, The president
has summoned Secretary l3allinger for
a conference on Tuesday
Extensive Withdrawal orders signed
by the president today are the first
specifically authorized by the new
law Mr.. Roosevelt. as president. in
augurated the policy OF withdrawing
public lands under the general theory
the right OF the executive to do
anything IN the interest OF the public
domain not prohibited 10y law Presi-
dent TAFT has acted in the same way.
President Taft signed orders OF
Withdrawal today covering public
lands and lands in natlona forests In
Alaska, in which workable coal Is
tnnwn to pccur thps wNigNlng Ned
contiuung 30 fun clfect the withdraw
al made by former President Roose-
Welt on November q 1906. The water
power sites withdrawn by President
TAFT cover total of i,i5a.499 acres.
The phosphate lands withdrawn total
g,594,l13 acres and tho petroleum
lands i,4f71l9 acres
The acres involved in the power
sites Withdrawn are as follows;
Arizona l07,550 acres; California.
1879 acres colorado. 2Nl ,5d9 acres;
Idaho. 230,97l acres. Montana, i22--
5t5 acres. Nevada 15,50i acres. New
Mexico, 1896 acres oregon l1G,I2t
acres, Utah, 379.912 acres; Washing
ton, 55.439 acres Wyoming l0a.39G
acres
The phosphate land acreage with
draNals arc as follows
Florida 27.400 Idaho, 1.t02.317:
Utah, 1076i5 acres. Wyoming 3Sl,-
S5t acres.
Petroleum lands acreage withdraw-
ais covered the following
Arizona, 23O4 acres. California.
=, a,4S2,750 acres Colorado, s1,f74
Louisiana, S14,720 acres, New Mexico.
419,901 acres Oregon, 7Ls49 acres,
Utah, 5St,664 acres wyoming. 255,-
fUl Htfes,
The board Of engineers appointed
by the president today to examine
and report upon the reclamation pro-
iects which IL is proposed to complete
or extend with funds provided for in
the act authorizing the issuance ot
twenty million dollars Ia certificates
1f Indebtedness, is headed by Lieiiten-
ant Colonel John Riddle. The other
four members of the board are Lieu
tenant Colonel William G. Langfitt.
and Majors William W Harts, Charles
W Kutz and Harry Burgess, all OF the
engineer corps of the army.
In the expenditure of the twenty
million dollars the president is made
be fiual arbiter. He must approve a
project before any of the money can
SO expended. General william L.
Marshall. who on yesterday was app
pointed consulting engineer of the
exclamation service, has been request
q by the president to lend such aid
% the board Of engineers as Is COM
,atihle with his new duties.
President Tart attended services At
irace Episcopal church in Salem to-
lay where the tortieth anniversary
f The pastorate of the Rev. J. II.
franks WAS celebrated.