Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-27
BURNETT MAKES A DENIAL
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to place the administration OF the timber
lands of tho government under the secre-
tary OF agriculture. The work will be
carried on under the supervision of the
bureau of forestry. Ten per cent of the
moneys coming from timber sales goes for
the benefit Of schools and roads in the
counties where the timber Is taken and
! the residue in the states named in the
| irrigation act goes into the reclamation
fund. 1t is provided that after June So
| 1908, timber moneys from both reserved
! lands and forest reserves shall not be used
except upon estimates made by the secre-
tary Of agriculture, and appropriated for
in the usual way by congress. This is an
important provision and establishes new
policy with what is known as lump sum
appropriations, indicating that the policy
/ is later to be applied to expenditures by
the reclamation bureau and may be eX-
tended to certain expenditures in connec-
ton with the Panama canal The bill
gives free use Of timber for mining, agri-
cultural and domestic purposes. and pro-
vides that lands chiefly valuable for stone
may be entered under the placer mining
laws.
Helps Irrigation Project.
Congressman Mondell OF Wyoming late
this afternoon succeeded in passing his
bill giving the state of South Dakota per-
mission to select lands on the public do
main instead of lands originally selected
in order that the great irrigation enter
prise may be carried out in that state.
Originally these lands in question were do
mated to the state for penal and eeemosy-
nary purposes and under the constitution
these lands cannot be sold except by act
of the national legislature. As 5000 acres
are involved the bill is designed to make
exchange possible.
Minor Matters at Capital.
A favorable report was made today by
the invalid pension committee of the house
on Congressman Kennedy's bill granting
an Increase of pension to Thomas A.
Hughes of Omaha. Mr.. Kennedy asked
for $50 per month on account of the help
less condition of Hughes, but the COM
mttee cut the amount to $24 Mr. Hughes
is now receiving Sl2 per month.
Captain Hull of Iowa returned from his
home in Des Moines today, satisfied with
conditions in his district.
Representatives Mccarthy and Pollard
left for their homes IN Nebraska yester-
day evening to look after their fences
Mr.. and Mrs. W. s. Poppleton of Omaha
will be in Washington until Wednesday.
having arrived in the capital yesterday
from New York. They we're guests of
Senator Willard and Mr.. Kennedy this aft
ernoon in watching congress work
Congressman Martin returned from South
Dakota today. Speaking of the political
situation in his state. he said that his can
didacy for the senate was meeting with
much appreciation.
! The bill granting the Milwaukee railroad
authority to construct a bridge across the
Missouri river at or near Everett, s, D.
| passed the house today under Congress
! man Burke's direction. This is only one OF
| a half dozen bridge bills the Milwaukee
railroad has before congress to span rivers
in various states between South Dakota
and the Pacific coast on its through trans
| continental route, a number of which
passed the house today.
Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska
! Chester, route /, Edward c. Long carrier.
James Fosdlck substitute; Harrington.
route e. Samuel A. Schager carrier Hans
Schamer substitute. IoWa-Atalissa. route
| I, Fred Wiese carrier. Edward O. EppIng
| substitute; Bartlett, route l. Fred Rector
! carrier David Potter substitute; Cascade.
| route g. John Lowham carrier Thomas
| Lowham substitute; Cherokee, route /
Hugh c. Fowler carrier Daniel p Hiscox
substitute; Gilmore City. route . William
II. Brown carrier Austin Brown substi
tute; Oskaloosa. route l, Homer Hedge car
| rier, II. A Hedge substitute: route 2, Her
bert Snyder carrier. ThUmas wheatcroft
substitute; Ringsted, route ?. Carl John
sen carrier, J. ]. Fink substitute
Rural route No has been ordered estab-
lished May Is at Mitchell. Dawson county.
South Dakota, serving 5l0 people and 1o2
houses
The comptroller of the currency has an
proved the conversion of the Safety Saw
ings bank of Humboldt Ia. into the First
National bank of Humboldt, with SOS 900
capital.