Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-20
PROTECTION OF NEBRASKA
o.nsr.nmsn Etark Hopes to Get ~IrriSati'A
Bill Amended.
SEEKS TO HEAD OFF WYOMING GREED
Does Not Van Platte River to BE-
come Dusty streak-NatiOnsi Man
,, IpuIatIon of waterway His
view of Salvation.
(From a stan correspondent.)

From a stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19,-(special Tele-
Rram.)-Congressman staph says he can
not support the irrigation measure now be-
fore the house committee on irrigation OF
arid lands unless Nebraska is protected.
In this position the representative from
the Fourth Nebraska district says he is
entirely consistent, as originally he placed
himself on record In a letter to Repre-
sentative Newlands relative to certain fea-
lures of the measure, which, was then. in a
nebulous condition, before the special 'con1-
mittee Of senator's and representatives from
the arid and semi-arid states chosen to
formulate some measure which they could
support as a unit. '-
Congressman Stark will endeavor to
amend the bill, so that % per cent Of the
reclamation fund, so-cailed, shall be used
for the examination and construction OF
irrigation works for the storage diversion
and development OF waters. He goes fur
Their than ,.thls and insists that the bill
should be. smended- 50 as to provide that
rs per cent. Of the amount raised from
each state Of territory shall be expended
within the borders Of the said state or ter
ritory. Z, a,9 4c
He also proposes to amend section s OF
the bill, which lie of, vital. Importance Ito
Nebraska, 40 this section relates to the
control. appropriation, use and distribution
Of water used for the purposes Of irriga-
tion. This section as drawn would permit
Wyoming to use all the water in the Platte
river before 1t ever reached the borders Of
Nebraska, leaving but a streak in the
landscape to mark where once the Platte
flowed.
Congress to Control Platte.
Mr.. Stark proposes to put the Platte
river under control Of congress, making
that body arbiter over an interstate stream,
which he claims It has the right to be
Under the constitution, and removing it
from the domain Of state control. To do
this he proposes an amendment setting
forth that the act shall not interfere with
the laws Of any state or territory relating
to the distribution OF water from "any
stream, natural or artificial, that issues
and -empties into still water within the
borders Of said state or territory" and as
a further safeguard he provides that the
water used In works constructed for irri-
Cation purposes shall net be taken from
any stream or branch Of the same that
flows into another state or territory, and
that the, jurisdiction of right of appropria-
tion Of water from interstate streams and
their branches shall be vested In con-
gress." <By this means he hopes to pre-
vent the stealing OF water and at the same
time secure 70 Nebraska the benefits which
were Originally contemplated.
..Es saundera Connfy, Epidemic. g
DR.. Salmon, chief Of the Bureau Of An
imal Industry. writing Of blind s~taggers.
which Is carrying of horses in Saunders
county, due to their being turned out to
feed on cornstalks. says: There Is no
remedy Of value known to this bureau other
than prevention, and the only sure means
Of cpreysption would appear 10 be the dis
continuance Of the custom Of turning the
stock out into standing corn for fodder.
In those. sections of the country where the
corn is cut when ripe and properly cured
and stored. and fodder is then fed from
the stack or NOW. this disease has entirely
disappeared"
II, appears to the Agricultural department
that the disease is probably due to a
fungus with which the standing stalks be-
come infected. and Or. Salmon urges In
slant removal of the stock from fields in
which this disease, has made It's appearance
B. J. McGrew Of Auburn, son OF DR.. Nc
Grew, is In Washington on his way to the
Philippines to become o teacher.
The South Dakota delegation united
today In recommending Calvin X. Men for
postmaster at Groton, Brown county, vice
X. M. Mckenzie.
Mr.. e. Rosewater called on the president
today and had an extended conference with
the chief executive concerning. the political
situation in Nebraska. Incidentally the
president. in the course OF a conversation
about Cuba, intimated that he would not
insist supon a Teciprocity treaty with Cuba,
but desires congress to relieve the island
in some manner that will not CONFLICT with
other interests. is,
Omaha AGENCY Matters.
,C:.3p. Mathewson. agent. Of the omahs
and winnebago Indians; @. ]. o'Connor
trader at the Omaha agency. and e. A
Wttss Of Pender arrived in Washington
tonight on matters connected with the In,
dian department.
John. R. Webster, wife and child Of
Omaha are at -the Raleigh.
n. H.. Van BTunt of Council Bluffs Is q
visitor at the capital.
Ernest E. Hart, cashier of the First Ma.