| Show NO XO FURTHER EXTENSION OF TIME FOR ASSESSMENT WORK VORK Hope of or securing further extension of the time to do assessment work on mining claims was considerably shakes when the news reached Myton Myton Myton My My- ton last Saturday that the house committee on mines and mining had had made an unfavorable an-unfavorable report on the resolution introduced by Senator Bursum of New Mexico This news was received In a telegram from Congressman Congressman Congressman Con Con- gressman Don B B. B Colton The telegram telegram telegram tele tele- gram Is as follows On account of the understanding last year majority of ot committee acted acted acted act act- ed unfavorably on bill extending time lime in which to do 1920 assessment work Fear bill cannot pass West r em era ern members divided The bill referred to In Congress- Congress Coltons Colton's telegram Is senate joint resolution No 32 introduced e eby by Senator Bursum and passed by bythe bythe bythe the upper house June 13 in which it is proposed that the assessment year be changed from the calendar to the fiscal al year and that claim owners be relieved from further as assessment assessment assessment as- as work for the year year 1920 and up to and including June 30 1921 If U the Bt Bursum resolution is passed in the house and signed by br the presIdent president pres pre ident no assessment work will wil have to be done until June Juno 1922 The fhe understanding alluded to In Congressman Coltons Colton's telegram was reached last fall when the suspension sion of ot 1920 work to July 1 I 1921 was made At that time congress was assured that the suspension was asked on account of a scarcity of of- miners and that no further extensions extensions extensions exten exten- would be asked unless there ther was an acute labor shortage As a matter of ot fact some western representatives and senators as well as mining men have been opposed to further extension of or the time to todo todo todo do assessment work basing their their at attitude attitude attitude at- at on the fact that the tho mineral resources of of the nation can only be developed by br the regular performance perform perform- ance of assessment work and that the condition of unemployment makes it imperative that as many men as possible be employed i n I |
