Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-05-09

Representative Sutherland has re-
ported from the House irrigation CON-
mItiec n hill amending III. reservoir
land act Of June IL. 1897. III. hill as
amended reserves an area within IA
Llns OF two miles surrounding r-s-r-
yoirs constructed under the act. "a thns
the grass may b- preserved for transit
Tory herds of stock driven In aud from
lhcs. watering places Will. cn rout.
To shipping points. The usefulness or
ih.s. watering places for i'v. stock
being driven Ia shipping points is
much impaired under III. present law
10y the fact that local stock II srnz"-i
by owners upon III. grass In the imme-
dinte vicinity OF ia. reservoirs, l.nN-
Ing nothing for the use OF herds being
driven to market.
Representative Sibl.y OF Pcnnsyiya-
nIn created sensation during the gen.
crnl debate ON the agricultural bill 10y
i-nouncins Gen. Jacob II. Smith for
the orders he ISSUED In the samnr cam.
paIsn. lie declared that General
Smith was q disgrace To the uniform
h. wore and expressed the hope that
the President would strip him OF his
uniform within twcnty.four hours Mr.
Sibl.y's speech was enthusiastically
nppihudcd 10y the Democrats. aud was
received with some evidence OF np-
proyni on the Republican side. Tii.,
speech wns considered the morc rc.
mnrLnlic In that u came from lie.
publican who left the Democratic par.
~ Oh the issues raised by the Spanish
war. nnj who hns since bccn an ar
dent cspnnsionis'.
Air. Curtis Of Kansas made splr-
It-d defense of General Funston Ia
the House. THE people OF Kansas"
liz i-snn. are proud of the brave and
daring rcon,i OF gallant Fred Funston.
lie has been criticised here for mn net
which for daring OF conception nnd "x.
/ ccution ranks with the greatest fcnts
Of arms-h- captured the new George
wnshin.ton-!Ns Nstiinnido." II another
Ind accomplished what General Funs.
ton did. he said. the Democrats would
have made him their candidate FOR
President. lie called attention to tho
fact 'hHt his promotion had been rec.
commended by General Wheaton and
General Macarthur. both soldiers OF
the Civil war. soldiers who knew
moro Of war aud the rules OF war than
all the politicians In this country COM
bincd. And his commission" he added.
was signed by the greatest President
we have ever hnd-ihc soldier. states.
man aud martyr. william Mckinley"
The confcrc,s on the Indian nppro.
pria,ion hill have made report to ths
| Senate. AMONG shc amendments To
the hill agreed to In conference are tho
following: Increasing the nppropria-
,ion for the Grand Junction school
from S5i.IOo to $4,000: directing tho
secretary Of the Interior to Investigate
/ the water supply condition OF tho
| Southern Ute reservation and author
| izing him TO cxpcnd $iJDGO In tho
purchase Of perpetual water rights for
the Indians. authorizing the secretary
of the Interior to permit the use OF
right OF way across allotted lands Of tho
Southern utcs for irrigation bitches:
authorizing the secretary OF the Inter-
Ior to aliot lands on the tin,ah rcscr-
walton to Indians and open the remain
Ing lands for public settlement. This
amendment permits mining companies
now operating on the reservation. or
with permits to lease mineral lands, to
continue operations and TO consum-
mate leases. The committee rejected
the amendment nppropriating $4,000
for the Wind River reservation, wyom-
Ing, aliotmcnts.
Cattlcmcn who came to Washington
In behalf of land leasing legislation
called upon President Roosevelt and
were presented by Scnators Mlllard
and Dietrich OF Nebraska. President
Roosevelt expressed himself rs anx-
ious to see the ranch problems of the
! West adjusted so that lands may be
secured for small settlers with the
least degree Of hardship upon those
now using them for grazing purposes.
| In the natter OF removal OF fences,
which was taken up by the delegation.
| no assurance could be given OF relief
from the orders which have been Is
sued by the Interior Department pro-
viding for the taking down OF fences
Oh government land. The visiting cat
| tlcmen have little hope of securing any
modification Of the fence removal or
dcrs. They assert that the removal of
the fences without the passage OF the
grazing land leasing law will cause n
withdrawal of much capital from the
cattle business and Will force many In
vcstors and owners OF herds to remove
their property to Canada. where the
| government Is liberal IN Its treatment
| of stock owners.
The House passed the anti-conspiracy
bill reported from the judiciary COM
mittcp, without word of debate. 1t
cifme up rather unexpectedly, and Mr..
Littleneld OF Maine. who had filed Il
minority report on the bill and had in
| tended to offer some amendments,
| tulIt III just us ~ was upph phHS-
| age. and the vote was taken before he
understood what was going on. The
| bill Is ns follows: ",rhat no agree
ment, contract or combination by or
between two or more persons to do or
procure to be done, or not to do or pro-
cure not to be done, any act In con-
templat ation of furtherancc of any trade
dispute between employers and en-
ployes in the District of Columbia. or
| in any territory OF the United States, or
between employers and employees who
may be engaged in trade or commerce
between the several states. or between
any territory or between any territory
or territories and any state or states
or the District of Columbia, or with
foreign nations, shall be deemed crimi-
nal, nor shall those engaged therein be
indlctablc or otherwise punishable for
the crime of conspiracy, IL such act
committed by any person would not
be punishable as crime, nor shall
such agreement. combination or con-
tract be considered us in constrant of
trade or commerce, nor shall any re-
strnining order or injunction be is
I