Show INSTRUCTION IN MINING House Committee to Report a Bill Making Appropriation for Schools in West I i Special to The Herald Washington D U C April 11 The house committee on mines and mining reported favorably the bill made up of bills Intro Introduced introduced introduced by b Representatives Bonynge Hag got and Howell Hovell to establish schools or departments of at instruction in mines and ami mining The bill provides that shall sh be b appropriated from the sales of public lanes lands during the me coming year to each state and territory for tor the and maintenance of ot schools of mines or departments of mining in schools already established this t s appropriation to Increase annually until the annual appropriation tIon shall reach The money thus thul appropriated shall be ex expended expended expended for tor Instruction research search r and ex experiment experiment experiment In relation to mining engineer ing ore treatment metallurgy and assay assa Ing with a view to teaching the best and safest methods of or mining all min minerals minerals mm and especially for tor the study and preventing of explosions fires and others dangers Incident to carrying on the min mm ing lug industry Advocates of ot the bill report that It will do for mining what aiding agricultural schools have done for farming and agriculture and are arc hopeful of oC securing Its passage Senator Smoot will make another effort during the coming week to have havO the bill providing for enlarged homesteads taken up in the senate and passed only member of the tha senate now opposed to It from the west is Heyburn Herburn of ot Idaho |