Show IDAHO I S INTERESTED I I Free Homes Bill Will Benefit Many Settlers I APPLIES TO TWO RESERVES II I I 1 Hea Pcrces and Coeur dAleno Reservations Reser-vations Setters Placed on Same I Footing with All Rcserves Previous Footng to 1890 Saving Them 2100000 Senator Shoup Confident that Measure Meas-ure Will Go Through the Senate and Become a Law Amendments Offered to Sundry Civil Bill TRIBUNE BUREAU oOl Fourteenth si root Washington D C May 3 1900 The free homes bill which passed the HOI luday by a i practically unanimous vote IK of no little Importance I Import-ance to the people of Idaho As the law now exists It I requires time settlers on the itiiOouG ocis comprising the Nez Perces ieserallon to pay 37f > an acre and the settlers on time Coeui dAleno reservation which comprises 171 I6DO acres to pay 5150 per acre making a total oC 2100000 a tax which to the settlers Is very onerous The free homo laws as It passed the House and as It will undoubtedly prss the Senate and be signed 1 by the Presl d > nt remoNCS this I tax anrl places thc f > reservations on the same footing with all reservations previous to 1890 thus saving SJlUOOuu to the settlers of these two reservations WANTED NO DISCRIMINATION Mr Wilson of Idaho In the short time that was allowed to him under the rules of the lou l said that he could see no reason why the people of these rcser itlons should not be ac rorded the same privileges that were given to those who settled closer to the Mississippi He confessed that this fee was promised when the reservations reserva-tions were opened but used the argument argu-ment that this had to be done In order to get them opened and that as they were already open he could see I no reason why this onerous price should be imposed In discrimination of all the rest SI1OUP IS ELATED Senator Shoup was delighted when he heard of the acton of the House and said to The Tribune correspondent correspond-ent that he Is I willing to guarantee thnt the bill will pass the Senate before tho end of the mouth TO PAY INDIAN SCOUTS Senator Shoup todav Introduced 1 amendment to the sundry civil appropriation appro-priation bill providing for the payment pay-ment of SI7VJ to the Ncz Perces Indian In-dian scouts uho served with the United States troops In the Nez P < rls war I In 1S77 iic I also Introduced an amendment amend-ment appropriating 10000 for the establishment I es-tablishment of a llsh hatching and fish culture station Including purchase of site construction of buildings and ponds and equipment at some suitable point to be selected by the United States commissioner of llsh and fisheries fish-eries at or near Henrys lake Fremont Fre-mont county Jda FOR A SOLDIERS HOME Senator Wolcotts bill appropriating 230000 for the establishment n a branch soldiers home at or near Denver Den-ver I 1010 was lodny reported favorably favor-ably to the Senate MEMORIAL FROM SALT LAKE Senator Rawlina today presented a memorial from Salt Lake City asking for the cession o all public lands of time Urrlted States undisposed of within the watershed contributing the water supply of Salt Lakr City REBUILDING FORT RUSSELL Senator Warrens amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill appropriating appro-priating 7tO0 for continuing I the work I of rebuilding ouirlfs and regimental houses at Fort D A Russell Wyn the was today reported favorably to Senate TO REFUND ASSESSMENT Senator Warren today made a favorable favor-able report from the Committee on Claims on thC Senate bill 1 to refund certain moneys Illegally assessed and collected in tIme revenue district of Ttah by the United I States The amounts provided by 1 the bill for re fundment wtre Illegally assessed and collected by the Internal revenue for the district of Utah lu SiS and 1S79 asa as-a tax of 1 0 per centum l ou notes used for circulation and paid out such tax having been held Illegal I I I by the Supreme Su-preme rourl of the United Stales Tho laigest beneficiary of the bill Is the Logan Lo-gan hranih of Zjons Cooperative Mer ianUlo I Institution I hlch wi I I receive I I SISG Seventylive other business linns in various parts of Itah will receive sums ranging from 5 to 100 PENSIONS GRANTED Utah Int Pfnse Daniel Eyer Salt Lake City S Idaho Increase Thomas W Mullck Bellevue 12 RURAL FREE DELIVERY Rural free delivery service has been ordered established at Moscow Ida May 11 Hi with Caleb Ayers as the regular reg-ular carrier and J N Hlbbg substitute The length of the route Is I twentysix miles amen covered thirtysix miles population served 102R MORE CLERKS NEEDED The civil service commission failed to receive enough applications for examination ex-amination for clerks in land olllcos and It has been deicrmlned to hold another examination Tune 10th The civil service ser-vice commission Washington will furnish infouuatlon and application I blanks on request |