Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-09-12
HOW WILL WESTERN
LANDS Be USED
Shall the People of the States
Get Them or Shall They Be
Under Government Control
Is Question.
Especial Correspondence ." the H-r"id,

'~psriai Correspondence q" the Herald,
/ Denver. colo. Sept e. shall IA,
people 81 the western states control
the public domain wi,hin the borders
OF thDs, states. or shalt tho lands %,
adEiflstcr,d hl stst,m uf dou,
lurctn'rac, Tor tho federal trc5. urv
This question contains IA, essen
of the subject Vuiph th, d.l,-atrs u
thr pubuO Lands run, cutiou WIZ diF-
cuss rhI- convention win meet boz
Denver september 90 10 o,tou'rS. in-
elusive, lud II probably is the must
important uout ,ntuu of uu, rhara,-
trr held u The west Boo many years
Men prominent n thc movement
which resulted bon tl, calling of tho
convention uN There viii be- n,at,d
d,uutr4 ou th, floor OF Ca, Dou,,u-
ti,u between en-, friends pf the i"der
Oh plugN OF bur,uuvrlc, aud th. pd-
'upIt,s of enns UrtaIou under control
oi tHr snt,~ Themselves President
'TJl has accepted uu Invitation Go b.,
present aud address tbr uas, utalagc.
aud his talk is lurk,d forward tu
with interest py % people uf the
west
The convention 's luoteJ upou here
as catherine ol representative uf
the western pcupl, tur the purpose
ui determining The desire OF the ma-
i"rtt OF these people as 20 Nhl 20 poi-
Sc, should prevail ip me adminstm-
tou OF the public dum1iu While
any action the convention may nN'
VIII not necessarily determine the
action OF congress- lt ls believed Il
win exert a powerful Influence go
shipping th, final action uf the NAE
tional legislative body 20 Is hoped
hy the executive committee for Dolp
rado that every stat. Included Boa TO
call viii acnd it, ul QUOTA of drir-
gates $50 that iu the Nui aual els
there can De- NO question nS to the
position of Ga. west tn the matter
Seventeen state. aud the terrltor,
of Alaska are Interested ln tho dtiih-
rrutions of the convention. aud uu-
proNimatcly 10000 900 acres nf lands
of various kinds viii be- affected hy
the ultimate action uf the federal
congress. Tho call, witch WAS he
sued by Governor John y. Shsrroth of
Colorado upon authority Of the Colo
RADIO legislature. 10 broad enough e.
include the interests of an ia, people
ol tho west
Alizuna, Arkansas California. Colo.
RADIO. Idaho. Minnesota Montana. Ne
hraska. Nevada. Ncn Mexico. North
Dakota. oklahoma oregon. spu,L
Dakota. iinh Washington ana WYE
mlug aro the states entitled So r,ut,.
srnHitou, together with tho territory
OF Alaska. Tile qualification rur la--
tic.pnuou ls ONO million or more acres
of reserved or muosorvod prullc
lands
Guvcruors senators. cougrcEsuiun
nud mowhcrs 90 state legislatures arc
commissioned 'u the can as dclegstas.
thereby assn 'inR IN this catfuory
alone approximately Q GOO nccrcdii Cd
0olegHtos. IN addition each governor
IIay appoint go delegates. the mryor
al each city MAY appoint one dPHsate
'nr each i,UoN of population hut not
go exceed 20 'uf each cts, and leir-
yates 60 the number of 90 my 4.
appointed nv euch chamber az com
nletre, board Of trade real csilir cN-
chhnR" or other commercial Bodies
boards of county commissioners. as
sociatiuns ~ stock growers. lumber
men. forestry and IRRIGATION. aud
cnch horticultural or agricultural 90.
ganizatinn
Each governor has the authority Co
appoint M executive commit. 81
Eve to cooperate with the executive