Arizona republican., 1900-12-26
ALGOD0NES GRANT
The Senate Bill for the Re-
 lief of the Settlers.
What MT. B. A. Fowler is Doing. Bill for the Benefit of the Town of Albuquerque Recommended for Passage.

Washing ton, Dec. 2O.-tSpecial cor espondence of The Republican )-Sen- ator Berry, from the senate committee on public Iands. Q whom was referred the bill for the relief of occupants of lands included in the Algo1onlas gran. in Yuma county, Arizona, has reported the bill to the senate with the recom- menda.ton that it pass. The house re- port Cn this measure, which the senate committee also adopted, states the fil- lowing:
 "The purpose of the bill is twofold.
 "Ffst It is designed to authorize those people who were once deceived, and who once paid for Hhe lands to which they thought they were obtain ing tlTa in less quantities than forty acres, to enter the same to the United States land office at $1.25 per acre and thus save them harmless, as the gov ernnent may.
 "Seccnl To authorize those people who entered upon lands in that grant in tracts of 40 acres anf upward to 160 acres, and improved the same with a view to title, to have the preference of entry of the said lands they so in goo1 fa.ll improved under the land laws of the United States.
 The larI1 department approves of this course and recommends that these principles be enacted into to flaw. They however place a tir-itatiCn upon the time when these entries shall be made, fixing the limitation at three months after this bill shall become a law, CT after the land shall be ';.Ilown open to entry.
 With the land department We agree, except We believe the Limitation is too short. We therefore, for the reasons above slated, for the protection of the citizens upon grounds above state1, rocCmmeri that this t.ll become a, law and that the people holding said lands in the manner as above stated, shall be permitted to eh-sr the same within six months after this bill becomes a Jaw, or within three months after the game shall be thrown open to entry and they knve received r-liics of ths sane."
 There is a possibility that the bill will become a law in this session.
 Several Alizoalans are in the city at present on divers missions. AlCnzo Bailey, of Globe, a we'll krcwn oattle- man. has teen seeing tho sights under the G:re-rCn of Les Crar-all, Of GlcHe and Washington. Mr. Bailey gave the Post reporter an in'tsres, ing account of the cattle business in the territory. He said the markets demanded any amount of besf aEl tAa- prices were better than in many years. "Arizo1a, said he, lis raising some of the bsst cattle in the world. Recently w nave been injecting a liltle Hereford ard Jersey blood into cur stock, and the mix,ure has proved to be most val uable one." Altogether Mir Bailey succeeded in giving to the reporter the idea that Arizona cattle men are great ly to be envied.
 MIR. FOWLER'S WORK.
 MT. B. A. Fowler. of G!-n5lle, ar rived this morning, anil already is at work among members of the two com m:tuees on territories in the hope of se- curing the passage of an act that will erabIc the people Of MaricOpa county to bond themselves for a sum sufficient to procure water storage. At the same time he VIII try to secure the aid of congress in forwarding this grcat en- terplise In a day or two l hope to be able to present an interview With MT. Fowler bearing on these important questions.
 The fact that several bills re?atingAk Akp water storage in Colorado and Nev8-a have been offered in the house in the last few days, and that the congress- men pIcsenting them fesl confident of favorable action, illustrates the ad- vantage a state pOSseSg-s over terri tory in seeking to secure government aid. By making combinations with rcpresentatives from ether states who also have axes to grind, members are frequently able to pull off legislation of the character proposed. Arizona, WithDUl vote in the congress, is obliged to rely cn the efforts of its del egate, who is handicapped from the outset by his inability to offer any thing in return for favOrs, and by the efforts of citizens of the territory who must depend upon the 'pull' they may pos.sIsss with senators or representa- Hives. The tzr1itoI.es labor under a great disadvantage, which only those who try to procure helpful legislation can properly appreciate.
 THE ALBUQUERQUE GRANT.
 The b:ll to confirm in trust to the city Of A,5uquerque tlhe town of Albuquer- que grant, has been recommended for passage by the senate committee on public lands. It appsars that at the time of the session of New Mexico to cIh= UrrteI States there was an old grant, covering four square leagues, in which was situated the city of Aubu- querque. In a proceeding before the court of private larl claims to have the said grant confirmed and establish ed an appeal was taken to the supreme coura of the United States, in which the grant was held void, and tha lands de- termined to belong to the United States A simil-r state of facts arose as to the grant on which the city of Santa Fe was located, and congress passed an act ceding ths, lan.5,s covered by the grant to the city of Santa Fe for the use of the persons claiming little l through adverse possession. For a time much longer than any statute of limitations this grant has been recog- nized, and property nights have been tsr1