Show OREGON AND IDAHO I BENEFIT FIT BY BILL BILt Land Grant Includes Vi Water ater Supply Sufficient for forI I I City of Pocatello I V Washington S h. h May Ma- 3 The Senate bill enlarging the tho Oregon national forest orest I IV to include Larch mountain watershed of or streams whIch supply Oneonta gorse gorge and Multnomah falls Calls vas yas today passed the tho 0 by House Rouse The House also passed bills to en enlarge enlarge en- en large Jare tho the and Nez cz Perce Perec national na- na national national na na- forests in Idaho acres inthe inthe in the thc litter Ditter Root mountains to be bo added add add- added ed cd to the thc former fonner and 1000 in Idaho Idalio count county to the latter Sale o of SOO 2500 acres o of land to Pocatello Poca- Poca lello tello Ida so o that cit city ma may protect its water supply was roas authorized in n another bill approved b by the House Two other House bills affecting areas in the thc former ormer land grants also were passed Ono One would authorize sale lunder l I Iun un under er tho the isolated tract tractor of or an any agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural land in the thc old land grant to owners of adjoining homesteads Measure l Benefits' Benefits Pocatello herald Special Pocatello Ida Slay May Ia 3 Advices Advices have been received from Washington to the thc effect that the land grant bill introduced introduced introduced intro intro- I b by Senator Nugent granting a a. tract of land adjacent to the city for Cor I conserving tho the water wate supply of or Pocatello Pocatello Poca Poca- I tello has hag been passed b by the House I This measure has been before Congress Congress Con Con- gress s-ress for tor ten years cars in various arlous forms and anti its passage has been deferred from Crom time to time for many I I The Thc land Included in the thc grant Is of ot such a nature that b by means of ot by wells ells ells I j I jand I and reservoirs a a. supply of or water sufficient sufficient suf suf- for a n ell city of or man many thousands will be obtained An Inadequate water supply has operated adversely to the establishment of man many enterprises such as parks additions and extensions o of water mains to outlying districts I |