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Show oo REFUSE TO BUY LAND I FOR IDAHO PROJECT) j WASHINGTON'. Feb 17 Authority to use more money to buy land for a j new townslte to replace that part of 1 American Falls which will be floodedl Alnn the proposed reservoir of the American Falls project s built was de-nied de-nied yesterday when o point of order was raised against the bill The point of order was dlrocted against that portion por-tion of the bill that authorizes such an expendlutre with part of the Mlnl-l Mlnl-l irrigation project appropriation. Although the language authorizing this expenditure Is Identical with the laoguago In the bill passed a year ago the point of order was effective, and authority to use more money for this purpose will be denied aftor next June :t0, unless the senate rc-lnsorts this authority au-thority In the bill The reclamation service ha already acquired considerable bind for the new townslte f American Falls. '- intr under authority and ripproprki-tions ripproprki-tions given last neeelon, but It ha.s not acquired all the high land neceM irj and hns not sufficient money on hand to OOmpItOi the ptirchasos bofor" JuhC BO. it run however, within tho limits of appropriation! heretofore made, i ontlnuo ncfjulrlriK lOwnelte lands up to the end of the present fiscal year. oo |