The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-01-31
Coz. LarrazOlO Shows Why
Public Lands Should Be
Seeded To The States

wAsHlNOroN. - g.. Jan. AL
-In ~sonneclIon With the Ebert that
i6r ur1iesn 8Issfa are nov making 10
efduIa ffom no conafrss sh7 cea4ion
81 int publit lnndH te the stalea
wherein thf4 are situated, some
loIteInI facts and Figures have been
N1fpII4H ~ The governors who APP
lfaftd before senate aud house eQM-
mIfIeoa which have - do with pub
Gutt4nof r. a. l~nrinEolo. " Ne~
Mexico. upon request Of uhiclaia Ut
the Amefitan Aatomobiie oa~sOckatien.
which IN a. auheAl mseting apprcv-
"a The King bin. thus ~conclAely sum.
fhafi1ee the matter and connects Il up
with roada BUILDING
n doubt n tho people Of the
~ know That IN the STATES % Mem
lara. Wyomlnn Colorado. New Mex
SEQ. Ari1ona. Utah. Idaho. Washing
itn. oregon. Nevada. and California.
tue United States government owns
a1o1t1.11e acres o. land. OF which
1~to.of1,i5I acres are reserved lands.
and zfe.eI4.f1b acres are ~unreaerved
and uEapprppnafed public lands; this
10 addition 70 st.bse,2ss acres o.
Indian lantN
Lands Dcn's Pay raxea.
In other words. IN q Of the
above named eleven states the aov-
eminent han reclaimed unto itself The
Ownership ~ from IS per cent
(which IL he loweaf1 In the state Of
VVaahlnnt9n 20 6tM per cent IN the
state 81 Nevada. These lands Dc not
ray any laHta and with The exception
81 q small percentage derived from
the leasing ~ these landa. thty DO not
in ans wa1 con3rlbute 10 the devel-
opmeui Of the west Yet. b west.
which u a countIy 81 very great dis
tance and o. large areas, Il very
nnaraeiy populated and is wealth IL
comparatively small In spite OF these
disadrantafrs.s the west must keep
ana does keep q system OF public
education and other higher lnstitu-
tlnns Of iensnlnR thai viii compare
fasornhIr with those Of onr more
fortunate n wealthy states OF the
othrf SECTIONS o. the country.
rFor instance. speakinE for New
MEXICO land with very rev fxcep-
lions an Of the western states are In
practically the same conditlonl. out
81 n total assessed valuation amount
ing 20 somcihing ieas than four hun
cred mlilians Of doliara. there was
raised by taxation for the year .laiS
the sum o. ~g6.6ao.2t6, Of which total
sA.uoo,1fe were nppnf for educational
in New Mexico there are 43,oqi
rnIles or road actually in operation
and nae. ana during tks q 1917.
la1g. ard 1919. We spent ~t2.ass.bs7,
raised by taxation. An addition TO
ssfe.e7s derlved from federal aid.
IN the c~onnfruelion - roads In that
stafe. The road building program
for the years 1870 and 1891 IN my
state involve tie expenditure Of ~
4le.eeg. which must be contributed
by the FEDERAL and STATE governments
respectively q a nfty-fiftg bass; IN
addition to tina the state alone will
fpon6 u the nrEt iva wears the sum
Of a1es3.tfe In lhe maintenance And
upkeap Of those roads
M will thuh appear that these
western states have great works OF
Improvement and development TO per-
farm. for tho benefiL not only Of
those states. hut FOR the benefit and
fhh enjoyment " the whole nation.
developments which Involves the ex-
pendliure o. millions and millions Of
dollarn. All 81 which be raised
~ direct tnxatlon from The people.