Show hl H l SENATOR SMOOTH bills that senator reed smoot dry farm bill is to be consolidate ed with a similar bill introduced in uie the house is the anfort a tion lion contained in a letter from senator smoot to secy lon J El haddock addock of the M M socia assoria as tion the letter reads 1 I enclose y you ou it a copy of my dry farm bill I 1 was successful in securing the j passage of the bill through the se senate tind and it is now pending in the house I 1 have had se several y conferences with the chair nian man of the house committee on public lands and wo we have a greed arced to consolidate the bill ile he introduced with mine the non residence features of my bill will not be disturbed as far as arid lands are concerned the non residence features is the most prominent of the bill as it enables dry farmers to ob tain the necessary tracts of land without complying with impossible conditions drawn up when such land was thought to be im possible for farmers to occupy or care for |