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Show Proposed Law inCongress In inCongress CongTess Congress Threatens ThreatensGold ThreatensGold Gold DredgingDespite Dredging DredgingDespite I Despite Depltl ' ! " the disposal d.sposlll dsposlll ! . at that thattime thattime I time of oC the suggested ota ; state te legis legts legislatlon legtslatlon legislatlon latlon which wWch would have erlous serious seriously , > seriously legisI I ly affected an Industry which con- con contributes con contributes - conItributes tributes about $2 2 E2 $ 500 000 a year con-I con I toOregon to toOregon toOregon Oregon s mineral production there thereis thereIs , Is at this thl'l thll ' time tlml " a proposal to introduce Intro Introduce Introduce duce In congress congrf " ' ) . ' ! the ; same oame IntroI Ieglo legis legislatoin Irgislatoln ; I latoln latoin on a national scale and as asin asIn , In the case ca'Ie caIe . ' of the Oregon proposal proposaltt proposalIt It Is based bnst'd bnstd ' upon assumptions lLS'iumptlon lLSiumptlon ' ' ! which whichignore whichIgnore ' Ignore facts at al d misstatements ml\statements ml statements ' \ offact ot of ottact offact tact fact Worst f all the thp proposednational proposed proposednational : national legislation I"ghilltion Ighilltion ! " . would v.ould vould prohibitany prohibit prohibitany prohibitI I any ; soil 00\1 00 1 \ conservation cons ( rvatlon agency fromcontributing from fromcontributing contributing ' to any ' county I'ounty Iounty con conI con'Iervaton conservation conservatlon I 'Iervaton Iervaton servation ' ! if IC th it co inty mty permits itssoil Its itssoil i sull soil to be de&trt detrt debtn destrt & yed by dredgesArguments dredges drl'dgl drldgl dredgesArguments ' " < ; Arguments ArgumPT1ts In favor Cavor of such ; su oU < ( h leg legislation legIslatlon " Islatlon islation prl\lnted prl lnted pres " ' \ ( nted by the pre8S press pressagent pre8Sagent preaaagent agent of oC the thl ' ' congressman I'ongrf'isman Iongrfisman ' ' propo propos proposing proposIng ' ! it 1t describe dl\crlbf dl crlbf ' ' \ ' the thp ruination ot of offarms offarms ! ffirms farms In , several I'vpral Ivpral ' counties countleo ; In Ore Oregon OreKon ' gon with a desolate dpooJatp ; picture plrturl ' of rireirv rtrl'lry rtrllry dre ' try pllns piles pilI ' ' ( cf f gravel and attribme attrib nt/rib nt rib ntribIt attriblie / lie me It I ' thp the lelay It'lay Itlay Ielay ' in ht b ill III nil llrit ling ( propos propost proposI I ( 1 I soil 0011 ; r c e ' servatlon 'Il'rvatton Ilrvatton servation ' dams dam.o damo . ; to thl the thefa thefa ' fa t tl tI atHillY atCony at nny HillY Cony > eiiRli pnglt engit l'er ler ' eers < ; refuse refu'il refuil ' to tobull toboil tobiilll bull boil i tl t ! 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