Show of arid lands washington march 6 0 Senat senator orWar warres warrem has introduced two bills providing for the cession of the arid public lands to the various states in which they are situated one of the bills cedes nil all the landl landi unconditionally and the other provides for cession after certain preparations shall have been made by tho the states to redeem tho the lands such as tho the division of each state into irrigation districts the construction ol of reservoirs etc the bill is preceded by a large preamble setting forth the fact that the remaining public lands are practically arid and can be ba reclaimed by tion on an extensive scale which is only possible by state enterprises this bill conveys all the lands west of the meridian except miners minera lands and forest and indian reserva eions to the state in which they are located |