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Show MONDELL'S BILL REGARDING IRRIGATION By Associated Press. WASHINGTON. Fob. 5. Secretary Balllnger and A. P. Davis, chief engineer of the reclamation scrvlco appeared before be-fore the houso ways and means committee commit-tee today and argued in favor of the bill Introduced by Representative Mondcll of Wyoming, authorizing the secretary of tho treasury to borrow, as needed, $30.-000.000 $30.-000.000 for tho complotlon of now and old Irrigation projects In tho west. The bill provides for twenty-year S per cent bonds. The senate committee on Irrigation today to-day considered a hill for tho Issuance of certificates of Indebtedness to tho same amount and for the same purpose. |