Beaver County News | 1927-02-18 | Page 2 | Boulder Dam Goes to New Congress

Boulder Dam Goes to New Congress Washington Leading advocates of ; the Boulder dam bill a teach end of the capitol admitted that the bill is doomed and cannot become a law before be-fore March 4. Senator Hiram Johnson issued a prepared statement saying: The Swing-Johnson bill has been held up so long by the house rules committee commit-tee that 1 am exceedingly doubtful if It can be passed throngh tho various parliamentary stages at this session of congress." Representative Smith of Idaho, chairman of the house irrigation irriga-tion committee and foremost house nrtvo'vte of the 'bill, offered In the house lobby to "bet a hundred dollars the Boulder dam bill is rt porletl by th" rul: oiitnii'icc Ivforo this time next v;-k." A.s1;..m1 if he would bet th" v:iv ,- r."y amount that the b'ii v.'-.i;H !,.--.:!;,. ;l !..v th:; s. :--.!: i:. Sici;b -v-plied. "I voi.m! not ir.tilca thai kI.".J uf a bet."