The Holly chieftain., 1905-02-17
DolMes At WASHINGTON

Whiie President Roosevelt approves
| Of the Esch-ToInsend railroad freight
| bill pending before the House, 1t 10 un-
derxtood that he would like to have
! Incorporated in II stronger provisions
relating to private car lines.
The Interior Department has tenn
porarily Withdrawn from all forms OF
disposal 230,OO0 acres Of public lands
in the Bozeman, Montana, land dis
trict, On account of the Madison river
project OF irrigation, and 345, 900 acres
in the Carson City. Nevada. land dis
trict, on account of the Truckee-Car-
son irrigation project
In the Senate Mr. Lodge presented
q petition from 1912 Christian En-
deavor societies, representing all the
states and territories of the Union,
asking that the President be author.
lied to invite the governments OF the
world to appoint delegates to An inter
national congress TO meet at stated
Intervals to deliberate upon questions
OF common interest.
Senator Teller has proposed All
amendment to the Indian appropriation
bill designed, II 1t is adopted, to check
Florence Mining Company from absorb
ing more mineral lands on the Uintah
Indian reservation than they may be
entitled to under the provisions Of the
opening act, giving them certain pref
erential mineral claims.
The following statement was made
!! public at the White House: THE
members of the Cabinet have all ten
Arr hnt {1-z h<,
9Th of March they will all be nemi-
ception Of Mr.. Wynne, who is to be
Mr.. Cortelyou will be nominated on
Marth 9Th for postmaster general
The members of the house commit
tee on interstate and foreign commerce
to-day presented Chairman w. P. Hep
burn of Iowa with three ehandled sill
yer. gold-lined cup. The cup Is re-
mefhbrance Of the recent Psnama trip
OF the committee and expressive Of the
sentiment OF the committee as to
Colonel Hepburn's presiding qualities
during the recent rate legislation cam
pafgn.
What has been done by the Agricul-
tural Department in its investigation
of the irrigation problem has been re-
ported to the house committee by DR..
True and Elwood Mead of the bureau
OF irrigation of the department. The
total irrigated area Of the country by
private enterprise is $500, 900 acres, at
a cost of $2O0,000,000. The committee
is planning trip for next summer to
all of the irrigation projects of the
government. An invitation Is to be eX-
tended to the Senate committee on ir-
rgation.
Attorney General Moody has ap-
pointed Judson Harmon of Cincinnati,
who was attorney general during the
second administration of President
Cleveland, and Frederick N. Judson, a
prominent lawyer of St. Louis, to in
vestigate the alleged action of the
in granting rebates to the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company. The employ.
ment is with the view of taking legal
proceedings against the company il,
after investigation, such proceedings
seem justified.
AS one of the preliminary steps to-
ward opening the Uintah Indian reser-
vation to settlement the House passed
the bill Of Representative Howell of
Utah to create land district and es-
tablish land ONCE for more conven-
lent transaction Of the business which
will be incident to the opening than is
afforded by present land ONCE facili-
ties. The bill as passed provides that
all that portion Of Utah included within
that part of the Uintah reservation
which lies within the boundaries OF
Wahsatch county shall constitute a
new land district and that land Of
fee shall be located at Vernal. The
bill is similar to that introduced in the
Senate by Senator Smoot and now
pending before the Senate public lands
committee.
The House Copmittee on Public
Lands ordered favorable report on
Representative Brooks 640-acre home
stead bill, making 1t conform in all
essential features to the bill recently
reported for South Dakota. That fea-
ture Of the bill permitting settlers who
have made homestead entry under
| present laws to increase their entries
| to an aggregate area Of $40 acres, was
amended to apply only to settlers In
| that part Of Colorado affected by the
Brooks bill. and 1t was stipulated that
any additions to present homesteads
shall be Of lands lying adjacent thereto.
As the bill was originally drawn. this
| right to make additional homestead
entries was extended to any settler on
arid lands between the Tooth and 105th