Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-31
he conferees. as follows.

the conferees. as follows:
"That the secretary of the interior
is hereby authorized and directed to
make practical and exhaustive inves-
tigation of the character, extent and
value of the coal deposits in and IN
der the segregated coal lands of the
Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. In
dian Territory, and the expense there
of, not exceeding the sum of $4,000,
Choctaw and Chickasaw nations in
the treasury of the United States,
provided that any and all information
obtained under the provisions of this
act shall be available at all times for
use of congress and its committees"
The conferees agreed to the senate
amendment to. carry into effect the
provisions of the agreement entered
into by James Mclaughlin, an Indian
inspector acting on the part of the
United States, and the tribes of In
dams belonging to the Klamath In
dian agency in Oregon. This agree
ment has been pending before con-
SICoo III Ten years. OnQST Tic treaty
the lands ceded by the Indians COM
prised 621,S 1924 acres, for which the
United States was to pay $537,0O7.
The cohferees agreed to adopt the
senate amendment to carry into eff
feet the provisions of the agreement
with the Indians residing on the Col
vile reservation in Washington, en-
tered into in 1891. Under this agree
ment there shall be set aside for the
benefit of these Indians $1,500,O00 in
full payment for 100000 acres of
land opened to settlement by the act
of 1892 Of the amount to be set
aside s150,00o is appropriated by this
congress.
For the construction of irrigation
systems to irrigate the unallotted
lands of the Uncampahgre, Uintah
and White River Utes in Utah, $780,
900 is appropriated, of which s125 900
is made Immediately available 1t is
stipulated that the entire cost of the
project shall be repaid from the sale
of the lands within the former Uintah
reservation. Railroad rights of way
are limited to from so to 100 feet
on each side of the track, according
to the physical features of the land.
Friday, May 25.
Washington. The senate passed
the so-called free alcohol bill as it
was reported from the committee on
finance. The bill has already passed
the house, where it was specially
championed by Mr.. Murdoch of Kan
sas, and the amendments which the
senate has adopted do not materially
change its scope. 1t does not go into
effect until January 1, 1907. There
was some debate on the measure and
the necessity for the amendments ex-
planned. The bill was passed without
division.
Senator Aldrich said the bill would
greatly injure the business of the
wood alcohol manufacturers and gave
this as one of the reasons why the
date for the bill to go into effect had
been extended until January next.
Senator McCumber expressed sur
prise at the statement, saying that as
the interests of the consumers are a
hundred times greater than those of
the manufacturers they should be
preferred. He therefore moved the
restoration of the date fixed by the
house bill, carrying it into effect
three months after its passage.
Senator Allison said the bill was
crude and that it should have been
more carefully considered. He spoke
of the Importance of the measure, say
ing it might affect $100,00O,O0O of
revenues, but expressed the opinion
that as the bill has been amended
by the senate fraud under it could
be prevented. He did not believe that
distillers generally would take ad-
vantage of the opportunity to manu-
facture denatured alcohol as provid-
ed for by the bill.
Washington.-The omnibus bill, au-
thorizing additional aids to navigation
in the lighthouse establishment was
passed by the house of representatives
recently.
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