The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-25

would have liked much to have had
an arrangement so that the state could
nut on two or three boats but the leg
islature did not like the idea and 1t
was plain that We couldn't. get that
bill anyway.
Under the new bill commission ex-
penses and expense of buying equip
ment is saved and only the steamboat
feature is lost, but the legislature did
not feel like entering upon propo-
sition like that.
When asked about the present status
of the bill and why it was not passed
the open river booster said:
.It has been approved by the appro-
priation committees of both houses.
think the only reason it is delayed is
that if must take it's turn on the cal
endar. 1 think it will probably pass
the house next Thursday or Friday
and will then be sent to the, senate at
once.
1.-THE only thing that could hurt the
bill now is the failure of the Omni-
! bus bill This bill provides for a
special levy to raise $1,O0O,0O0 for
| the deficit for the support of state edu-
cationaI institutions. If there was any
difficulty in getting this special levy
there might be a disposition to cut
every other appropriation That is
the only possibility Of peril.
Omnibus Bill Must Pass.
+; Wi
to pass There is not money enough
without it to provide for the state
institutions. This legislature wants
| to appropriate $5,000,000 outside of the
Yukon appropriation and has only
SO, 900 900 in money so it will have to
pass the omnibus bill as if it cut out
all appropriations yet unpassed there
would not be enough money to provide
for the state institutions.
Professor Lyman left Olympia last
Friday, stopped over in Tacoma on
Saturday and yesterday in Portland
Reports from those who have been at
| Olympia say his work in the interests
of the bill was invaluable. He made
some very effective talks before the
various committees, according to these
reports. When he arrived the whole
thing was hanging fire and he went To
| work at once to meet changed condi-
! tons by having new bill drafted.
With characteristic modesty he gives
all the credit to others saying that
| Stevenson of Whitman and Chairman
Thompson of the house appropriations
committee have been most energetic
in working for the BILL
81 think the Walla Walla delegation
has done the best that was possible
under the circumstances with the river
bill because it was plain after ROess-
ler's report that the legislature would
not do more than he recommends"
We found little opposition to the bill
in King county l think the delega-
ton will support the new bill as a
unit"
No Trout Hatchery.
Walla Walla will not have a trout
| hatchery according to Professor Ly-
man.
lie W Dis no SuppOIt loI llle Dlli
after the report of the state fish COM
missioner in which he said that he
| would send 10000 ifs htO Walla Walla
or any part of the state whenever need
! ed. at trif1ing expense and that it
| was not worth while to install new
hatcheries. This killed all hatchery
bills as it was decided by practically
all the members that the present hatch
erys on Lake Chelan and the Little
| Spokane river were enough in addition
! to the government hatcheries. 1t was
generally agreed it would be a waste
of mony to install new hatcheries af-
ter that report"