Show HOME FOR HOLIDAYS S Senator Smoot Leaves Washington for Talks of Strawberry Valley to The Herald Wa Washington Dee Dec Goo ha and left here this evening r rhome home we wee Invited to dinner at the home ot of VIce Pre President ident Fairbanks thin evening but had made a arrangements to leave and were obliged to decline Senator Smoot left heft this afternoon for Utah to remain until the satiate recon yeses after the holidays Senator tor Heyburn Is making rut an effort to secure the Ule establishment of a westher bureau station at Walla Wailace Ida In dl tion to stations now established at Lewis Lewt Lewiston ton Bol Boise e and In hits his ot of approval of the Straw Strawberry berry valley yaney project sent to th the director ot of the geological survey urvey Sue Suetal tal tar Hitchcock states tates that he was large larce largely ly Influenced In ht his big action by the recent report of the board ot of e engineers on the project In question In which it was stat stated ed ad that no account had been taken of 01 the probable return of moneys to the general reclamation fund during the coming three y years rs It was estimated by th the board that a considerable sum would bit returned to the reclamation fund from completed projects during 1908 1905 that this sum Bum would Increase during and that in 1200 at least would be returned The return ot of theSE sums ume win will provide for forthe forthe the payment or of the Strawberry valley proJect which will wUl require a Ion long time timeto to complete by reason of the nature or of orthe the work involved |