Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-14
,.,,uotemsnt Of Vote Received
With Applause
CREATE RECLAMATION FUND
.ais ofLands in Arid and SEMI
I'D sia,cs-nany Amendment"
were offered.

,,..Atneton June 1S.--The house to-
',assed the irrigation bill by a vote
~ sts 10 IS. Many amendments were
ad INF only one, except those OF
.,..a by the committee, was adopted,
ss of A minor character. The Dill
sos already passed the senate Inc
, aas Of the measure greeted the an
.annenent of It's passage with round
annlause. The bill, as passed, ere
~ reclamation fund from the sale
:, orhlic lands in Arizona, California,
c.,o,aao Utah, Idaho, Kansas, Mon
INA Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico
North Dakota, Oklahoma. Oregon south
n.pa,a Washington and Wyo-
.,,ng less the amount paid to local
land Offices and 5 per cent due the state
nudsr existing laws for educational
,cn,ooses. the reclamation fund to be
ppsad for The construction and mainten-
s s Of irrigation works In the states
a a"S territories enumerated. Provision
= made for the payment out OF the
,s.as',rv of any deficiencies In the al
,a~snces 10 agricultural colleges owing
!. ,hls disposition OF the lands. The
s.ore,ery OF the interior Is authorized
n syamlne survey and construct the
,~ayation works, and report the cost
hereof 10 Congress at each session.
ssc,ion four provides for the letting
=, contracts for the works contem-
,i.ted in sections when the necessary
tands are available In the reclamation
fand for such section.
Section Ave provides that mo right
A no use Of water for land In private
svnership shall be sold for a tract ex-
,,Adlne 1850 acres to any one land
orner and no such right shall'perma-
r,ntly attach until all payments there
~ are made, and no such sale shall
x made 10 any landowner unless he
n on actual bonafide resident on such
ma or occupant thereof. residing in
n. nelghborhood OF said land"
Section six authorizes the secretary
IA use the reclamation fund for the
oreratIon and maintenance OF the irri-
cation works
Section eight requires state control
oyer waters Of non-navgable 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 hye-minute rule.
Mr. Grosyenor (Ohio) offered a sub
stItute for the proviso In the first sec
ton. providing that no. part OF the pro-
ceeds Of the sale of public lands under
the act Of Aug 49, 1890 Oor the endow-
ment OF agricultural colleges and me-
thQnicsi arts should be set apart or
diverted 10 the irrigation fund. The
proriso Tor which the substitute was
offered provides thai in case OF de-
Dciency from the sale Of public lands
for college purposes under the act of
1890. such deficiency should be paid out
ef the treasury.
Mr. Grosyenof 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 at present and would so |
change conditions as to materially af- |
tect present farm land values.
He cited the case Of the growing OF |
fugar beets. All the evidence. he said |
was that sugar from beets could be |
Produced a cent pound cheaper In |
ne irlgeted section OF the west than |
IN The east, or, he stated. that with |
Extensive competition In the west beet |
lugar growing could not be profitable |
asi Of The Mississippi river.
Mr.. Burkett (Neb.), followed with |
rigorous speech In support OF the bill
The millions spent to prevent the
overflow OF the lower Mississippi, he |
sald, had been devoted TO storing water
1.-THE headwaters, drawing from floods, |
would have disappeared below and the
hrld lands above headwaters would |
soom Hike the rose.
Mr. Robinson (lnd.), In opposing the
OIL, challenged the advocates Of the
pleasure Ia prove that its principal pro-
malfrs were not the big railroads OF |
he west Under the present system.
ne SAID TIE major portion OF the fund |
ron me sale OF lands went TO the ag-
1eultural and mechanical colleges. I'm
ler the system proposed BY this bill |
WAY fund would be depleted for irri-
tatlon purposes and the college woTld |
hry.
Mr. Newlands (Ney.). charged that
me Grosyenor amendment was an at
emp TO defeat the whole measure. He |
,eclafed the agricultural colleges had
sesh consulted In the preparation Of the
~, ana were satisfied with Il. These |
s0neses we're amply protected. The
NV SUI left the fund from the pro-
,ees OF The sale OF lands outside the
~ region for the colleges to draw
.pon' AMI II that should prove INSULT
I'm tne deficiency would be made zip |
'ut OF the treasury.
Mr' Cannon UI), announced that
shlle he favored the pending amend
Esn' ne would vote against the bill. |
ne law appropriatlng $4,000 a year
us eaeh on the agricultural colleges
sN OF 1he proceeds Of the sale Of public
nv, ne said, was a perpetual charge
igslnsl that fund.
rms Dill proposed to transfer that
My 'a,se 10 the public treasury. He
"yuehl q should be left where il is
ns cannon said he wished that some
~ hhsenlnery could be devised by which
~, puohc lands in each OF the arid
, il'ss could be turned over to Il and
Wv" Tue STATE 10 work out these irfi-