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Show REPORTED TOTHEHOUSE U M Committee Acts Favorably jjf$,JjM on Irrigation Bill. f Jf jJjH CHANGES IN THE MEASURE 'fit ill BUI Amended In Several Particulars U i- 13UMH Provisions Which Have Hereto- t .'SOffiB fore Been Crltlclasd Changed So j' -'HH Called State Control Clause Modi. J't iLii'nWB fled by Striking Out Latter Portion , $ jiff'-. SffiiH of Section and Making Substitute jf iJkki Hfl Therefor Commltteo reels Sure ' ifijjh. 9BnH Bill Will Be Satisfactory to All. jM Mfifl T'rfH T'0 House Committee on Irrigation it jJl('. fa todi favorably reported the lrrlga- I'a i (WB Hon bill It was tho Senate bill which f. lM $3flM wus icported, tho House bill, or New- " 'ftf OJH lands hill, us it I. culled, having been kUtii onHj laid aside. Iho bill was umended In J fUi 'lilwlM a number ot lespeets so us to chungo M j'l " 1 fluHj sevcial piovlslnns vhleh havo hereto- 1&' i'JiJ. rlw9s! fnro been criticised. 'Ihe measure Is W. .tff BIM umended In this icspcct that It pro M "SftK ImBIH vHcs for the moio coinplcto withdrawal a iJ'n'J 'kJsH of land, proposed lo be Irrigated by JljLt, ,lfflH the wor..s contemplated In order to ie ,'. ft MHv( iwifssB move all possibility of speculative en- 'II Jfii'rtl 't?riB teiprlse, Tho amendment relates to iff JM A JltllitH lands undei prlvuto ownership which if nAyf-v W(HB may bo litigated under tho provisions jt taj.j lotjH ot the let, und provide, thut tho own 'It ft iJure flrafl ei thereof must also bo uctuul occu- i T JIM ffM BitaV pants of, or residents, on the land re- 4 ikf' wsH feired to m K5'i J.'H The so-c ailed btutc control clauso , fc Itij fit 1iH was modlllcd b) sulking out the latter ;' wE!J JH po.tlou of the section und making u. fff iff) 4I9H subJtlliitluii therefor so that as the S I4 i fttwH clause, now stunds, It provides that V'g. Sfi 'ii IjlvftH nothing In tho bill shall Intcrfeio with S iH nlTKJH un) Mile law relative to the appro- U VaMf'lfflU prlutlon, distribution nr use nf water, 13 Jftii M oH and tho beeietary of tho Interior In lil'viFl i'Se'B currjlng out the provisions of the act If) RS jUfiiQnfl thall proceed In confoimlty with Stato fll ' ilX' J(B IfifiB law. Also that nothing In the bill shall II Ml. WftitM he ,ield to affect the rights of uny i'lJ'Mt 'KljRssH State 'i' State, or of the federal Gov Ji ,hJS jMHH cinmont or of any Individual In the I' J, JiSOutVbIH w uteri of any Interstate str am. Thin i w J(Kibslvts.H Ist piovlslou simply leaves In opera if. ,Qc,'"mfflH tlon the present rule ot priority on the ft tfXlmBB I arid legion '( ;f(SiWfjni '''o members of the Irrigation com ill h&KvlMfl H miltea fe) sure that the bill, ns re iJjUJiTflniH ported, will be satisfactory to all Irri- 1 rsWIsfffWrltl H gallon lnteicsts. The last clause of EIHHmIDh H the State control piovlslou Is Inserted llEBKftflsff I with Iho Idea nt fully mettlng tho fWWBI,M views of all those living In Btates alone IflsH I the loner course of streams used tor JULaKKl1ill H Irrigation purposes. , HfaW wbbW btI |