Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1910 — Taft Carries Out Dis Conservation Policy [ARTICLE]

Taft Carries Out Dis Conservation Policy

President Taft withdrew four millions of acres of coal lands in different states of the west bringing the total of coal land withdrawals made by him up to the enormous total of 71,518,588 acres. Something like half of this amount are new withdrawals. The areas covered are as follows: Arizona, 161,280; Colorado, 6,191,161; Montana, 20,208,865; New Mexico, 2,North Dakota, 17,828,182; Oregon, 192,562; South Dakota, 2,870,287; Utah, 5,814,287; Washington, 2,207,967; Wyoming, 13,099)718 acres. The total appraised value on these lands is $449,876,.08 as compared with $170,063,766 which would be the miniruum price that formerly obtained in the disposal of government coal lands.