The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-06-18
The WORK
OF SENATOR
NEWLANDS
Matters of Interest to People
of the Pacific Coast
States.
Father of Reclamation Act
Still Active in Interest
of Irrigation.

| lands, of Nevada, IN the ilrst session OF
the Goth Congress, includes number
of matters OF interest to the people of
the Pacific Coast States.
He was appointed on several import
ant committees of the Senate, inelud-
ing those on Commerce, Cuban Rela-
tions, District of Columbia, Interstate
Commerce, Irrigation, Library, Public
Lands, Philippines and territories. To
the work OF these committees he gave
close attention and aided in their delib-
erations and reports on some of the
most important legislation OF the ses-
sion, including: Leaves of absence for
homestead entrymen, second desert
land entries, enlarged area OF entry for
desert lands, settlement of accounts
with public land States, survey OF pub
lie lands in certain Coast States, DIS
position OF town sites in connection
with reclamation projects, the appro-
priation OF receipts from sales of public
Lands Tor the drainage Of swamp lands,
the Communication Vt second homestead
entries, the entry OF agricultural lands
IN forest reserves, customs, lighthouse,
and life-saving service on the Pacific
Coast. the Improvement of the consular
service, Alaskan affairs, etc.
INLAND WATERWAYS
NJ Na,,,taYJs 40. aot;x,a -, .,,o,l,;,,,.
for the appointment OF a permanent
inland waterways commission, with
adequate powers and funds. The Pre-
sident having appointed him member
of the temporary commission, he was
chosen its vice-chairman, and accom-
panied the commission, curing the sum-
mer and fall of 1907, on its trips over
the rivers and lakes of the country.
He also attended the principal water
way conventions ana delivered address,
es at many of them; notably at the
National Irrigation Congress at Sacra-
mento, the Lakes-to-tne-Gluf Deep
Waterway Association convention at
Memphis, the Atlantic Deeper Water
ways Conference at Philadelphia, the
National Drainage Association conven-
tion at Baltimore, the National Rivers
and Harbors Congress at Washington;
as we'll as meetings of the boards OF
trade at Springfield, Mass, Atlanta,
Georgia, etc. In ali OF these addresses
ne pointed out the vital relation between
river navigation and forestry, irriga-
ton, swamp-lands reclamation, preven-
tion of soil waste, and other similar
matters in which the Pacific Coast States
are especially interested, and showed
that no movement for the improvement
of the waterways could produce results
of permanent value unless these relat-
ed uses of water were tully considered
and developed in connection herewith.
In this way, he hoped TO secure to the
arid and seml-arld States the large Incl
dental benefits of general policy o.
waterway development, and at thl
same time secure for the movement
the support OF the congressional dele
cation from those States. HIS remarks
upon the subject We're widely published
and attracted much attention.
Early in the session, Senator New
lands introduced a bill providing fol
the creation of permant inland water.
way commission. with large powers
and funds. This bill provided for tn,
coordination of the scientific bureaus
having charge of the reclamation oi
arid lands, of forestry, the engineer
corps of the Army, ETC., with view
to securing the fullest possible bene.
fits of their experience, skill, and CO
operation in the work. This was tht
first bill introduced tor the creation Of
such commission and the only one
which showed thorough grasp of the
entire problem in its relation to the in
terests of the States containing the
headwaters # most of our navigabl,
streams. The bill was endorsed by tn,
Inland Waterways Commission and b,
the Secretary OF War, and quite gen
orally, also, by the various waterwa,
associations of the country.
Late in the session, finding that
while he could probably secure favor
able report from the Senate Committe,
on Commerce, yet that the passage o
SO comprehensive bill at the session
! was doubtful, Mr.. Newlands introduced
a second bill, providing simply for tn,
continuance of the present commission
with small fund for its expenses
The House having passed an unsatis
factory measure, the Senate committe,
Immediately reported Mr.. Newlands
second bill as q substitute for it. This
occurred late in the session and the fl.
nancial bill and other pressing matters
crowded it out and Mr.. Newlands was
unable to secure vote on it. II is his
hope that, during the recess, the wa.