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Show HELP FOR IRRICATIONISTS. Five Million Acres of Land Granted to Each of the Arid StateB. Washington, Dec. 22. Senator Stewart's Stew-art's bill gran ting twenty million acres of land to Nevada for irrigation, was amended by the senate committee on irrigation and has been reported by Senator Warren. It grants five million mil-lion to each of the arid land states, for the purpose of being used exclusively for irrrigation purposes. The substitute substi-tute of the committee sets forth the purposes of the bill to be to enable the arid land states to reclaim their desert lands. It provides that only lands which are not valuable for timber or mineral or agriculture without irriga-gation irriga-gation shall be granted under the proposed pro-posed law. The lands are to be patented pat-ented to the several states, and they are in turn, to be rented, leased or sold by the states, under such laws and regulations as may be prescribed by the state legislature. The proceeds of the land sales are to be devoted by each state to the reclamation of the arid lands left undisposed of. |