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Show FAVORS MD ISSUED PRESIDENT TAFT'S SPECIAL MESSAGE MES-SAGE DEAL8 WITH SUBJECTS OF INTEREST TO WEST. Recommends a Bond Issua of Thirty Million Dollars to Complete Government Gov-ernment Irrigation Projecta Already Begun. Washington. President Taft'fl spoc-lal spoc-lal conservation message was dollv-ored dollv-ored to the houso by Mr. Lntta, assistant assist-ant secretary to tho prosldent, soon after that body convened on Friday. Pension legislation was Interrupted for tho reading of tho document and tho speaker advised members to pay close attention theroto because no printed copies had arrived for distribution distri-bution among thorn. Practically all of the members present pres-ent remainod in tholr seats and followed fol-lowed tho reading closely and caro-fully. caro-fully. When tho reading of the message had been concluded a roar of applause arose from tho Republican side of the chamber and several Democratic members mem-bers also joined in the demonstartlon of approval. Tho message deals wholly with the subject of tho conservation of the national na-tional resourcs of land, water, forests, minorals and power sites and tho allied al-lied subject of Inland waterways. Many recommendations and suggestions sugges-tions aro raado for needed legislation on these subjects, one of special interest inter-est to tho west being that a bond lssuo of ?30,000,000 bo authorized to complete com-plete government irrigation projects already begun. |