Emery County Progress | 1908-05-16 | Page 1 | Emery County Will Get 25 instead of 10 per Cent

COUNTY WILL GET 25 INSTEAD OF 10 PER GENT washington may 12 opponents of the forestry system 11 the sanat re a dec ded to day i by a yea and nay vot th senite double th appropriation provider by th u and reported by th se late pr canent imp in forest reserves tho amount stated tta bill which has ben before th sanate for four davs past was aid a ned effort was made by senate s heyburn teller clark and carter to hive thia amount str el en from bill it was defend b canei smoot dixon fl n and vr dge and today ahn th b 11 vas on final passage dixon of montana offered an amendment raising the amo int to one mill on dollars makin an effective ten speech in support of hia amend ment which was ad bated by a ote of 33 to 2 senator a denounced the action of th senate as absurd and but the amendment pre availed regardless of h s prof cst during the tod ay iy ft arren in chaice of the bill arranged for the intro duet on by fulton of oregon of an amendment giving states 25 per cent of he proceeds of forest sales and rentals instead of 10 per as heretofore and accepted the amendment for the committee and it was so adopted I 1