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Show Senator Smoot I On Utah Affairs. H Senator lived Smoot who returned H to Ids lie ma In Piovo fioin Win-hltigton B on Wednesday Inst, was in Salt B hakoyesteiday. When seen by a rep- B rceentntive ot tho News, Mr. Smoot B said ho was delighted to 11 tit) such film B weather hero, but liu feared that the B limited Amount ot snow in the ntoun- B tains would result in a lark ot sulllclenl B water before tho irrigation season Is B over. Tho winter in tho capital, he B said, Iind teen n hard one. Some of B tho oldest rcpldents thero dtclarcd not B in SO jenrs Iind the cold been no long B nnd aovero. B Tho senator Batd tho people ot Utah B wero to bo counratulatcil upon tho (act B that tho last Congress had provided for B an additionnl land ofllco for Utah. Its B location rvould be designated by Prcsl- B dent Koosevolt, and while Senator B Smoot said ho knew pretty wol! tho site B to bo chosen, ho did not caro nt this B timo to mention it. It would bo nt a B point most convenient for tho present B nnd proposed settlers in Uintah county. Bj Tho president will issuo 11 proclamation Bj at tho earliest possslble date after the B atirvoya liavo been mndn for tho nlot- Bj luent of lamia to tho IndianH Bj flenatot Smoot was pleased with tho Bj )rovisloni of tho reservation bill, whore. Bj by tho securing ot lands was limited to Bj actual liomestend and townslte entries. Bj This would shut out speculation nnd Bj protect liomcseckora in their endeavors Bj to securo inalntcnancu for their families. Bj Tho timnner ol opening the rcHorvntinu Bj will no doubt bo tho snmu n that cm- Bj ployed nt tiio Iloscbud reservation in Bj North Dakota, namely, draw lug. BJ Assurances had been given tho Soun- Bj tor Hint an appropriation for a public Bj building nt I'rovo would bo made nt Bj tho nest session of Congress, also for 11 Bj govcinment mint to bo established nt Bj the same place and In tho snmu building Bj where tho postolllce nnd general olllces Bj nro to bo uiniutnined. B Karly In tho noxt session of Cougicss Bj Senator Smoot will iutroduco n bill pro- Bj vidlng for n bureau of mining to bu eh- K tnbiished somewhere in the iiitcruiouu- Bj tain country, nt n place to bo chosen by BJ the president. Bj Appropriations had been ho heavy in Bff other directions during tho session just BJ closed, that sums for proposed llsh-Bf llsh-Bf ' butcheries in various Mates had been BJ cutout. He hoped that tho next Con- BJ gress would bo nblu to carry out their BJ desires in this direction. BJ Ueforo leaving Washington Senator BJ Smoot called upon Mr. Newell of the BJ reclamation bervlce, who slated that tin BJ. wna in hearty ncrord with the Hliuw- BJ berry and Weber liver propositions for BJ the storage of wnter, nnd ho hoped that BJ in the future more work nnd less tnlk BJ would bo indulged in by the people of BJ Utah in matters of irrigation. Messrs, BJ Savago nnd Divis' are expected to visit BJ Utah some tiuio in April to look over BJ the sittiHtiuii. 1 Mr- Smoot said that ho had sent bis BJ secretary to the war department to look BJ up the names of Indian war veteran", BJ' and lie found that some 800 were ei.- BJ rolled who had been in service of the BJ government for thirty days or more nnd BJ iiad been acknowledged by tho issuance BE to them of land warrants It was his Bk belief that all of these were entitled to BJ a pension. ArrnngomeutH liavu been BJ. made with the department to have n BJ decision rendered in tills matter. BJ At tho next sesilon of Congress the Bk matter of n pension for tlie lllnckhnwk Bj veteruiiH will be considered. It it- Bj doubtful whether thU pension will bo BE granted without tho passage of n gen- Bjr einl service pension law, which is being Bj) much discussed and will most probably BjT bo ncted upon. BjT In speaking of his colleague, Senator BB Oeorgo Sutherland, Mr. Smoot said BK that n great many of the senators hu- BJ. came acquainted with him wbtlu he Bjt wits A mumbor of the hotisu of represcn- Bjf tatives, and they spoke of hlin in the BS highest terms, and they considered BjV that the peoplu of Utah had I onoied HK themselves in electing him to the BE BB The work of Hon. Joseph IIo.voIIh Bft Jiad been performed ably nnd well, suld Bf Senator Smoot. Tho congressman and H hie wife were returning home by way of BAyf f BBBflHfiwat! s ' nBiinaniniliilBiM New Orleans, uud Southern California nnd would piobnhly reach I'tnh in . about tliree weeks time. , Senator Smoot is still Hulfciiug fr mi stomach ileiangcnieiil, hut is active anil vigorous and it is Imped that w lib little test and the nid of the pine air nf his mountain homo he w)ll soon bo in big usual health and be ready tonssume his legislutivo duties in due fcasou. We bid him welcome iiuine. Deaerut New", March I7lh. |