Show smoot at work washington nov 21 senator smoot liaa has taken up work upon two important conservation measures which lie introduced at the last session and which ho lie will press for parsing at the next session one of them provides ides for the granting of permits by the secretary of the interior to explore and prospect for oil and d gas on and with withdrawn draun lands the other one authorizes the Pr president eident to is withdraw from all forms of settlement entry or other disposition any lands winch which are or may become chiefly valuable for the development of water power and provides for the acquisition by any state or territory under certain conditions of any lands so drawn another measure which senator smoot will urge at this ses session ion is a bill codi codifying fling the printing lais this is to be done in tho the bame same m manner in in which the patent laws were codified under his direction the printing inesti investigation gation commission of which senator smoot id is chairman has prep irad a bill u which is now ready for the consideration 0 of f congress iler herald ild republican |