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Show GOES THROUGH SENATE Hansfarough-Newlands Irrigation Irri-gation Bill Passed. NO ROLLCALL NECESSARY Sentiment ln Favor ot the Measure Practically Unanimous The IIouss Committee on Irrigation Will Report Re-port Bill in the House Monday and Name Mondell ot Wyoming to Defend De-fend It Passage of the Bill This Month Is Now Fully Predicted Senator Kearns Confident. Tninu.N-i: m'nnu'. i lwm K Street J. Washington, D C , March 1, 1102 ) Tho Senate passed the llansbrough-Ncwlands llansbrough-Ncwlands Irrigation bill today with flight nmendments Stewart supported support-ed the bill ar did nlso Mr Tillman The latter. In the course of his re. marks, icfcrrcd to some statements made by ex-Senatnr Carter of Montana when ho talked the rlter and harbor bill lo death In the last Congress 'Which were not true,1 Interjected Mr Berry of Arknnsas 'I am afraid. ald Mr. Tillman. tint nis friend fiom Arkansas will Ret Into the same trouble I was In re. cenlls If he Is not moru parllnmentnrs Mr. Ilerry of Arkansas. Mr Hoar of Massachusetts. Mr llacon of Ocoigla. Mr leller ot Colorado. Mr tialllng-r lic,V I!?.mP'hlrc. Mr. I'atteison cf Colorado, Mr. tan Una of Iimh nn, Mr riic'nJn "a,w"n, of Utah and Jir. Clas of Oeoigla. a so supporter the measuie, and the bill was passe. with- vor or it being unanimous. WHAT IT I'KOVIDKS. The measure provides that nil mon-fnr,re.telc mon-fnr,re.telc from the sile of public InS'h", '" tAr'n. California. Colorado. v1!h. "'"V,' ,-Mntana. Nebraska. n' N?X, cxlco- North and south Dakota. Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah. ii.?v i K..n .nl,d Wsomlng. beginning inn if 'i8' be ,ot.ed '" the construe, tlon of necessary Irrigation works for reclamation of arid lands, the work to i if. 5nen.1d t,,e. mnes expended under Intsrio Secretary of tho WILL. UK IlKPOKTED IN HOUSn. .nS!??, I'0"6.0 Committee on Irrigation-oday Irrigation-oday decided by a tote of seven to wo to report the bill fatorably. hat-Ing hat-Ing nmended It In minor particulars and named Mr. Mondell of Wsommg nre.fn0r.'hM01d,,y and def""l the rmValE me on tho floor ot tho House Western West-ern Senators ore In high spirits oter ', 6uf "f the bill and freely pre-ninth'" pre-ninth'" cpass.aB '"'Ing the present hT. hh Re.nator Kearns of Utah, who has labored zenlqusly for the bill said the chances of rucccss are bright, nnd ''? M", '?n"dent this Important piece a ht Um? Wl" b tompleled "nln HFITFELD IS CONFIDnNT. .h1n.ah0r UeM,M " Idaho said today that the amendments made In the bill rM.,h..SeiJ5le would d"Ul'tless coin-ntJu.'" coin-ntJu.'" ,ho" ma,,e ' the House rSiM . r- " I'11.1 ,ne Senat0 b'll could ff" '; ubstltuted for the House III on the tloor of the House, and thus cons dernble time may be saved hiii-lni ,Ve tf,d u ""nRUInt that the I " h'tantlally as It passed the Sen-slon Sen-slon bccome tt 'a the ptesent sej- nousn coMMiTTi:n MEAsuitn. h.T,ihllouse.Com'"",M on Irrigation V.S,C? at wor.k " the b"' for wctRa. An amendment wns adopted n.n,ldlng ,hat ,"" tltl0 flnd management manage-ment of rcsertolrs and works necessary for their protection should remain in !i?Go,,orSme,u llnt" otherwise pro. tided bs Congress, leatlng the orlgl. nal proiislons of the bill In refeience to management nnd operation of works, excepting rcsertolrs and works neces-sary neces-sary for their protection, to pass to Ihe owners of land Irrigated therebs. WHAT HOUSE BILL PROVIDES mmnM.'i".1 aa ."'slnally framed, con-tcmplatcd con-tcmplatcd a Blnile fund arising from and r,.lf and'' ln ,.no "xtetn States and Territories named, to be expended E.hnEie.r ,hsrt"y of tho Interior hj his discretion might determine This made It possible to expend all the !nn?,y 'n one or two States, or to dls. tilbuto equlabls among all btates On this rolnt tho Houso committee has labored dlllgentls. and today adopted" new section proposed by Itenresenta. tlte Sutherland of Utah, as follows SUTHKIILAND S AMENDMENT. Section 1 It a heieby declared In be the duty of lhe Secretart of he interior la cnrrslng nut the proiffions of this "?t f.nrt .mm" , fh." '"J"8 "!a b0 practicable and Filblect to the existence of feasible Irrigation projects to expend the major portion of (ha funds arising from thasale of public lands within .achsute and lenltors herelnberoro named for the lenent of arid land and sembarld Ian S within tho limits of such Mate or Tr-rrl" tory. protlded. tha tho tiecretarv m.y leniporarll) use siirh proportion of m d ilUna.S (nr fh0 lwno1," ?' "rld or Bsml " d lands In any particular State nf rerrt-tory rerrt-tory hereinbefore named us be may deem aittlsib t. but t hen so used the exccJa n!?ai11lcJl!'r,?r"1.h", ,no. f,,nd i soon as practicable to the end that ultimately and In any event within each ten-year rif.AiTM1'' V P""".Ke of this uct the .xieminures for tho benent of the said States and Territories shall bo equalized according to tho proportions and subject f?a.l'b0i,r.t,naf,0r?."a!d" '" "rac"""'l' i"d LAND CASE ACTED UrON Tho case of John M. Underwood and iV.nnanler lJowll' n'Bnco of John 11 lllls. his been appealed from the de-cislon de-cislon of tho Oenernl Land ofllce, hold, rig for cancellation soldier' additional homeslfin entrs mode by Alexander Howie nt Cheyenne, Wso, for certain land ln that State, the entry being based on tho original entrv .n..i. ..r. i.u.i on ino original entry made by John W. Willis at Clarkstllle, Ark It nppears that tho Lanil ottlco held the Howie nnd Underwood additional homestead entrs for cancellation, on the ground that Ihero was no basis for alleged additional rights The Secretary Secre-tary of the Inlerlortodns took tin tha rase, pftei carefully considering all tho tistlmoas filed In the same, found that no etror existed In the ruling of the Land oltlce. and It was therefore af. Ilrmed. PROPOSED LA OFriCE The hill Introduced by Senator (lib-son (lib-son to establish nn nddltlonnl Land of. lice In tho State of Montana, wus to-day to-day reported bs tho Committee on Public Pub-lic Lands with nmendments. The amendments do not affect the bill to any considerable extent, except to change the boundary line to the pro. posed new land district The tractjs to he called the Oreat Falls Land .US. trlct, nnd tho Innd olllco to be located nt tho town of Ore it Fnlls, Tho bill also provides that tho President, by and with the consent of the Senate, Is au-thorlzed au-thorlzed to appoint u Register and Re-celter Re-celter for the district, who shall re. celte the same amount of conipenaa. tlon lecelved by other ol!cers performing perform-ing like duties ' HILL TO OPEN ltESUrtVE The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Af-fairs met this morning, ami the hill In. tmduced by Senator Kearns was taken ta-ken up. but nothing definite was accomplished ac-complished This bill provides for the allotment of the lands embraced In the Uintah Indian lesertntlon. and the throwing open to settlement the residue resi-due after allotment, Mr. Jones of the .committee lead an, informal report. i whl h he had drawn upon the bill, but the committee adjourned without tak Ing a tote on the rcpoit It will pobabls be reported nt tho nel meet Ing of committee. EDITOR COI1II SEES PRESIDENT Senator Dubois nnd ex Senator Shoup of Idaho presented to tho President Thomas Cobb editor of the Idaho Stucsman Mr Cobb Is on h wny to Europe but stopped In 1 nshtngton to sat a word for Joseph Pcrrault Suites Sui-tes or (Jeneral of Idaho Charges of tlolatlng the olul sen Ice nrc pendlhg agilnst Mr Perrault an 1 threaten to pret.nt his being nominated for the ofllce |