Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-12-29 | Page 3 | Large Sum for Irrigation Work

LAROE GUM FOR llGHTfl! I Although Appropriations Cut 1 Total Is Largest Ever I Agreed On MEvJ WASHINGTON. Dec. 29 Tlic house f , . mmittce on appropd -1 the total appropriations rfom .n 1 3 ooo to f 19. ooo. ooo, n revision of mu-jM mu-jM mated receipts from oil lease roya 11 lea W showing that the receipts Were proo-9h- ably not so large :is was rirsl c-.-ti '-f matcil. . , . ; . U Tt is reported that the amouni W ' appropriated in sundry olvll bills M fly- -' also overestimated on December c. 2 vS The amounts pranted. however, arc la -Bj i far th greatest annual approprla-f'SI approprla-f'SI lions ever made for Irrigation In any, a one vear. The sundry civil bill Carry-1 '.I 0;,-l in8 these appropriations will In re-, BH ported to the bouse of representatives j Dv WJ8 tomorrow, The appropriation for the Strawberry volley project Is the full S amount recommended $144,000. I The t'lii carries the full amounl ask- Jr, Mm ed for the BqIbC, Muho. project $1. ' . JBJ 570,000, nl S.T.iH.o.OOO for the King ,1,i project, both appropriations he- l1! Inj; for new construction as well as, M maintenance and operation. JH The .ipproprlalion for the Minidoka C1 'BB project, however. Is cut to $ 1.7 35.O0O, FiljlB as' against J2.335.000, originally cntl- M'BJB mated, this amount being as much, in flflB Ihc opinion of engineers, as probably law be expended during tbe coming BBB fiscal your, The bill pranks the au- Bfflf thorlty to condemn that part of the BlSH present town Of American Palls which .su 1 i win be flooded h tic construction of ' luH the American Falls dam, and provides kj for 'h- laying out ol r new town on Br I hlyh i.m.i above the level of On res- Ih i and go i ernmenl BH to the construe. ion of this reservoir v - ym other bis addition to the .Minidoka i m The appropriation for the niverton. V 1 Wyo., projei Is consldefah thai I l i rlglna i tlmate bi lui 1850, against an estimate Of SI. 400.000, and : i apj roprl.itlon f"r 1 1" Shui hom ir.!ectls cut to 11,784,000, against an( PHr estimate of $2,13 I. uno In connection i f .A with the Rlvertoh project, the bill con-, 3.1 'in a provision th when any land k "n the project !r opened to homestead l entry under Lb'' reclamation u th entryman shall paj 1 50 per acre for 2 the land. , LA The appropriate . :" r t N"-v. lands. ItflB Nov., project Is $1,488,000. as against fH $1.;SS,000 asked in the estimates. CJH Appropriations for the national ;BB parks, as anticipated, have been cut ABl heavily. Zlon jark, Utah, for which! SjflB J20,ooo was asked, pets an appropria-j VSB lion of $10.iHMi. I'jB The appropriation for Yellowstone j JlBl national park Is $850,000, whereas I ; rJOM $492,300 was asked for in tho esti-j EBB