Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-14
,.,,uocemsnt Of Vote Received
With Applause
CREATE PROCLAMATION FUND
sais Of Lands In Arid and Semi
ia sia,cs~-many Amendment"
were offered.

,.,Atneton June 13.--The house TO-
,.'.,ssod the irrigation bill by vote
u WA 10 IS. Many amendments were
5000 but only one, except those Of
.a hy the committee, was adopted.
i oas of a minor character. the Dill
nos already passed the senate the
,reuds OF the measure greeted the an
a0uncement of It's passage with round
anplause. The bill as passed, ere
as reclamation fund from the sale
:, public lands in Arizona, California
,,lotado Utah, Idaho. Kansas, Mon
ANA Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico,
Nor,b Dakota, Oklahoma. oregon,south
nskota Washington and Wyo-
ming less the amount paid to local
land offices and per cent due the state
,raer existing laws for educational
rnrooses. the reclamation fund TO be
p,sad for the construction and mainten-
s s 81 irrigation works in the states
ans territories enumerated. Provision
a made for the payment out OF the
,,saU,ry of any deficiencies In the al
iowsnces 10 agricultural colleges owing
~ mis- disposition OF the lands. The
s.ora,arv OF the interior Is authorized
"a eyamlne, survey and construct the
,rsyatlon works. and report the cost
,hpreof 10 Congress at each session.
caction four provides for the letting
~ contracts for the works contem-
Mated In sections when the necessary
hnds are available In the reclamation
fand for such section.
section Ave provides that mo right
"a me use Of water for land In private
rvnership shall be sold for tract ex-
s.Adng 1850 acres TO any one land
owner. and no such right shall'perma-
n,nty attach until all payments there
In Are made. and no such sale shall
X made 10 any landowner unless he
an actual. bonafide resident on such
lsnd or occupant thereof, residing In
ne neighbOrhood OF said land"
Section six authorizes the secretary
ID use the reclamation fund for the
oeratlon and maintenance OF the irri-
cation works.
Section eight requires state control
over waters Of non-navlgable streams,
such as are used In irrigation.
Immediately after the approval of the
journal the house resolved itself into
committee Of the whole and resumed
consideration Of the irrigation bill.
General debate having closed yester-
day, The bill was read for amendment
Under the iiye-minute rule.
Mr.. Grosyenor (Ohio) offered sub
stltute for the provlso in the first sec
ton, providing that nc. part OF the pro-
ceeds Of the sale of public lands under
the act Of Aug. 10, 1890 0or the endow-
ment OF agricultural colleges and me- |
thanicsi arts should be set apart or
prorIso Tor which the substitute was |
offered provides thai in case OF de-
BcIency RON the sale OF public lands |
FOR college purposes under the act of |
1890, such deficiency should be paid out
ef the treasury.
Mr.. Gfosyenor. speaking of this |
amendment, opposed the whole bill. He /
declared that II would make the pres
tnt railroad grants four times as val
liable as al present and would so
change conditions as 10 materially A.
tect present farm land values.
He cited the case of the growing ~
sasa' peS AZ sne eN,uence' nv sa,u'
produced a cent Mound cheaner An |
he irrigated section az the wesi thon
IN The east or he stated that with
extensive competition in The west beet
lugar growing could not be pro6table
las, Of the Mississippi river.
Mr.. Burkett fNeb1. followed with n
rigorous speeoh In sunnort M the I'M
Ii the millions spent 10 nrevent The
overflow Of The lower Nississinni he
said, had been devoted m storing water
1t the headwaters drawing from, aoods
would have disanneared hsia,, ava re-
arid lands above beaawotars "" ",o' MA
soon IKE the rose
Mr.. Robinson 1nd, In onnost,o ,ha
BIN, challenged the advocates ~ the
Measure Ia prove thai its nrincinai nro.
taters were moi the h,g ,aI,rpada y,
he west. Under The nresent sys,en,
10 sad ~, - .i'e pIeseh' system,
rom the sale M lands Ven, ., ~ 'ano
'icultural and mechanleol colIeoss ifs.
Ter the sygtem ntonosed 0 Nv, az IN
hat fund would ho Iario, "s u sn III
latlon purposes ana ~ ~ ~, LA
lave TO fail hach unor ~ ,,,se , moos'
lry. 0" 'po'' Tue puplic treas