The Lamar register., 1905-02-22
DoINGs AT WASHINGTON


oming and after an hours fight over
the provision giving preferential rights
to Asmus Bcysen OF Iowa this failure
passed
Pre- sidont Roosevelt. In transmitting
to Congress the report Of Ambassador
Porter concerning the efforts to locate
the remains of Admiral John Paul
Jones, has urged the erection of monu.
ments for both Jones' and John Barry,
to emphasize the value set by our
people upon the achievements of the
naval commanders in our war of indie
pendence."
Senator Teller has proposed an
amendment to the Indian appropriation
ball designed, If it is adopted. to check
the Raven Mining Company and the
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
dered their designations, and on the
9Th of March they will all be nomi-
mated for reappointment with the ex-
ception of Mr.. Wynne, who Is to be
appointed consul general at London.
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 a three-handled sill
yer. gold-lined cup. The cup is re-
membrance of the recent Panama trip
of the committee and expressive of the
trp,nn Df th.. ,y,,tt pS
Colonel Hepburn's presiding qualities
during the recent rate legislation cam
paign.
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
oil irrigation OF the department. The
total irrigated area of the country by
private enterprise is 9.500.000 acres. at
a cost of $200,000,000. The committee
is planning a 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-
rlgation.
The House committee on irrigation
has changed the plans of its intended
western visit during the recess of Con
gress. so that visit may be made to
Denver and Cheyenne. to the Path
finder irrigation project In Wyoming
and also to Salt Lake and Ogden. and
the proposed irrigation projects In
Utah. 1t is planned also that the com
mittee shall be at Truckee. Nevada.
June 18th. which will be the third an.
niversary of the signing of the irriga
tion bill and will witness the opening
of the Truckee irrigation system.
Former Representative John F. Shat
roth Is at the capital attending to
business before the departments and
aiding Senator Teller in his efforts
to secure legislation to define the
rights of the Raven and Florence min
ing companies for preferential mineral
rights on the Uintah Indian reserva'
ton, Utah. Senator Teller's amend
ment to the Indian appropriation bill
for this purpose has been incorporated
in the bill and an effort will be made
to retain 1t in the Senate and finally
in the House.
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 office for more conven-
lent transaction of the business which
will be incident to the opening than Is
afforded by present land office 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
new land district and that a land of.
flee 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 committee on claims re
ported favorably the bill to pay Will
liam Radcliffe, British subject. s25..
900 as compensation for the destruc'
ton of his fish hatcheries and other
property at the hands of mob OF
Delta county. Colorado. in the summer
of 1901 Radcliffe's claim has been the
subject of an international conference
and during the session of the present
Congress, President Roosevelt called
attention to it in special message to
Congress, in which he recommended
that as an act of equity and comfy
provision be made by Congress for :he
payment of S25,000 in full settlement
of it. The House committee on claims,
in considering the matter, found that
tling him to payment as he was not a
citizen of this country, and also that
the mob that destroyed his property
was composed of foreigners. but de-
cided that he had certain equitable
rights which should be recognized
and consequently found a favorable re-
port for him.
The secretary of the interior sub
mitted a report to the Senate in re.
sponse to the resolution introduced by
Senator Kearns, which directed the
secretary to explain the causes of the
delay in the opening of the Uintah
reservation beyond the time set in the
act providing for its opening, which
was passed May 27, 1902. In his re-
port the secretary states that the delay
was due mainly to the fact that the
act providing for the opening made
no provision for surveying the reser.
vation or making allotments of land
to the Indians, both being necessary
before the reservation could be
opened The provision for the surveys
was finally made March 3. 1903. when