Show T RECLAMATION BIll AIDS AmS SERVICE MEN Measure l Introduced b by y Idahoan Attracts Attention Herald Special Washington on D. D C. C Feb Former Former service m men n aro are favored ta In a 10 bill entitled on- on titled tilled Federal and State operative Co-operative Reclamation Act Introduced In tho the House of Representatives by Congressman Congressman Con Con- gressman Addison T. T Smith of ot Idaho The lie measure alms to U encourage the development of or tho the agricultural resources resources re- re sources of ot tho the United States through federal and tate state operation co-operation giving preference In tho the matter of oC employment employ employ- ment and the establishment of oC emPloY I rural homes jomes to U those who have served with the he military and naval forces The I bill was referred to the tho committee on ways and means and ordered printed Included in tho measure is tho the provision provision pro- pro vision Ision that any state territory or minor subdivision thereof may upon petition avail itself of ot the cooperation opera co lon tion of or tho the United States for tor the tho Irrigation Ir- Ir of ot arid and or semiarid Land lands a. a or oror for tor or tho the drainage of ot swamps protection or of f land against overflow o or for any other form torm of or land reclamation when wIlen such uch land after l being irrigated rained drained protected or reclaimed shall shallo bo o suitable for fot settlement and cult cult- Such petition must bo be pro pre to the secretary of tho the interior by y the governor go or other competent authority It is stipulated that the tho secretary of ot he tho interior may upon receiving such petition examine tho the project with authority au- au to enter into a contract with the he state or district petitioning r. Ho Ito must first satisfy himself however cr that hat tho the construction of at tho the project is 19 feasible that the tho lands aro of such quality aa as to Justify their reclamation and nd use under the plans proposed and that hat when such lands are reclaimed I they hey will bo ho suitable for tor settlement |