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Show Indian Fighters Hayjiet Pensions L'onirrcBMuiin .IoIiiihoii of I'lnh Mucin IHlh House Pensions CumiiiKlcc to Urge Claims. Washington, D. C, March O.-Con-grcssman Johnson met with tho house pension committee Saturday night In lho Interest of tho pension legislation for Indian war veterans. Seventeen bills considered Until ngrecment to Incorporate all In one ElS ""''WMch will carry united support or tho west. The concensus or opinion is that veterans who served thirty or more days, since In most cases they furnished their own supplies, sup-plies, guns, ammunition, should receive a pension of JL'O ,, month. There aie about 2,000 veterans in Utah. The last legislature appropriated 50,000 to show the Btnto-s appreciation of tlrelr services. Representative Johnson has wiTttcn Governor Sjiry for their names, conditions con-ditions of service, etc. Ho considers It highly probable that the proposed hJH will become law this session. Mdst of the H'lcruiiH are poor and feeble. Twenty dollars a month means a livelihood. |