The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-03-26


the San joaquin about $4,000.
The House Public Building Committee
has ordered favorable report on bills
making the following appropriations for
public buildings: Boise, Idaho, $780,
900; Helena, Mont, 100000.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for a
public building at Boise, Idaho, has been
ordered favorably reported by the House
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds,
Senator Mitchell has presented petit
tion from Coos Bay lOr.) citizen praying
Tor an appropriation for the removal oil
obstructions in the channel OF the Upper
Coos Bay, Or.
Mr.. Morgan has introduced a bill in
the Senate declaring all laws and parts
o! laws imperative which exempt from
the payment OF duties articles OF com
merce not on the free list entered in the
custom. houses Of the United States for
transportation through the United States
10 or from any British possession.
Senator Allen has secured the passage
oi the bill granting portion of the pro-
ceeds OF the sale Of the Port Angeles
townsite to Clalam county for the pur-
pose Of erecting public buildings. The
Public Land Committee of the House is
dead against such bill as this, and will
probably prevent it from becoming a
law. Senator Allen also reported bill
granting Hollingsworth eight acres OF
land near Colfax, Wash, which has been
in dispute for several months, but which
rightly belongs to Hollingsworth.
Representative Wilson has been urged
by Spokane people TO hurry up the case
before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission known as the Spokane ter
minal case, which was argued before the
commission last summer at Spokane.
The commission will not make decision
at present, because there is now pending
a similar case in the Circuit Court which
was appealed from the commission.
Then, il the Spokane case should
be decided by the commission, the
railroad could appeal to the court, and
1t would remain unsettled. When the
decision is made the commission will be
governed by it and make its decisions in
accordance with it. One appeal has
been argued, and decision is expected
at an early date.
Senator Mitchell has introduced sew
eral amendments which he proposes to
offer to the Indian appropriation bill
when it comes up for consideration in
the Senate. The first of these amend
ments provides for the leasing of lands
in the Klamath Indian reservation not
decided by the Indians for terms of FIVE
years for grazing purposes, the regula-
tions to be approved by the Indian agent
and the Secretary of the Interior. The
second amendment provides for the leas-
ing of lands on any Indian reservation
for grazing purposes for five years and
for mineral purposes for ten years. This
will prove very good thing, as it will
allow a large amount of mineral lands
now tied up on Indian reservations to
be prospected and mined, and will also
afford some income to the Indians.
Among the petitions introduced the
other day in the Senate were several re-
hecting on Senator Dolph and protesting
against his bill, which, it was stated, le-
galized the liquor traffic in Alaska. SEN
ator Dolph made brief explanation of
the petitions and his bill on the subject
in the Senate. He stated he would be
in favor of prohibition in Alaska if it
was practicable, but that liquor is now
sent to that Territory by shiploads and
sold to everybody. He proposed to pass
a bill licensing reliable persons to sell
liquor, who would then become assist
ants of the government in preventing
the sale to Indians and others by ire
sponsible and smuggling parties. He
said that it would be impossible to stop
the sale OF it by any prohibitory enact
ments the government might make.
Senator Squire recently moved to re-
consider the vote by which the bill at.
taching the north shore OF the Columbia
river to the Oregon collection district
was passed. He merely entered his mo-
ton, and intends to call it up at some
future time. The proposition was ear
nestly combatted by Senator Dolph, who
holds that in the interest of vessels en-
tering the Columbia river, no matter
whether they land goods either on the
north or south shore of that water,
should be able to enter and clear at AS
toria instead of being compelled to go
around to Gray's Harbor ON the Pacific
Ocean for entering and clearing goods to
or from the Washington side of the Co.
lumbia river. Senator Dolph said he
considered it an unheard-of proposition
to have both sides of a river like that in
different collection districts. He wanted
to vote Immediately upon Squire's mo-
tion, but it was decided to be out OF
order.
There is a great deal of controversy
over the disposition of the Puyallup In.
dian reservation. Senator Allen has
been severely criticised on account of the
bill he has introduced, and copies of
long editorial abusing him very roundly
have been sent to every member of the
House. The effect will be that nothing
will be done in this Congress to settle
the Puyallup Indian affair, and it will
still go on as it is now, detriment to
Tacoma and of very little use to the In
dians. Senator Allen says he believes
the men who have made contracts with
the Indians and paid them for the lands
should have right to these lands. The
Secretary OF the Interior and the Puyal
lup Commission hold otherwise, and
seem to think the Indians are losing
great deal in the proposed settlement.
AS none of the members of the House
will take the trouble to inform them
selves about the situation at Puyallup,
and when the matter comes up for con-
sideration in that body will be opposed
to anything being done, as they do not
understand the matter, the bill will very
l;Lalu ho EiIlod