, 1908-05-26
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
SOME WORK.

While the failure 10 pass the s2o.
acre homestead bill at this time +. n
sore disappointment 70 the people of
wyoming, yet they have plenty TO do
rink of the vast irrigation projects
mat are being developed in the state
more Una v hundred Thousand
acres OF land are within these nro.
jects. When they are peopled our
population Will have been trebled. II
Is through the small irrigated area
tnat our greatest population will come
Mr.. Mondell did not xpeet great
thlngs to all the state from his latest
oHl' but he did expect that 1t would
orlng much population and wealth IN
lhose sections where dry farming
couid be carried on successfully. Per.
maps the county that needed it most
Just at the present time is Laramie
county, where the dry farmers are
hooking In by the score and the him.
dred. More than a thousand have In
oa'ed lands In southeastern Laramie
county within the past two years and
mus Tar they are confident and sue.
eessfui. Many have lately been hold.
ing back, with the idea in mimi that
they woul be enabled TO take I'm 320
acres instead of 100. This will now
De stopped and entries under the old
law will go ahead rapidly.
During the session the wyoming del.
egation secured the passage of two
acts that are of great value tn the
and farmers of the state
the second homestead bill introduced
by Mr.. Mondell and the second desert
iand bill, In their wording they are
practically the same, one giving a sec.
ond homestead entry to all those who
a Tor any reason lost or forfeited
.helr claims prior to February 8, 1905.
provided they were not cancelled for
fraud or ~relinquished for a considers
ton, and the other giving exactly the
same right to those who had prior to
March 2S lost or forfeited a desert
land entry.
Our delegation has been particu-
iarly active this session in getting
matters through of a material benefit
to Wyoming. Hereafter we will get
20 per cent of the revenue maid the
government for timber and grazing
In the forest reserves, instead of 10
per cent Appropriations were secur
ed for public buildings at Lander.
Rock Springs. Rawlins and Douglas.
Senator Warren being able to increase
The amount in the senate 10 a sum
$4,000 in excess of the amount al
lowed by the house committee on ap-
preparations. Senator Warren was al
so able to secure 81 1000, 900 for the
army maneuyers on the Grow creei
reserve. after considerable sparring.
The lieu land bill relating to this psr-
ticular reserve was also passed, max
ing it possible for people who W
lands therein TO exchange them for
nds outside the reserve. This was
Senator Warren,s bill. It. will enable
the government to make a solid block
or this reserve and add to the argu-
ment for permanent maneuvers.
Another bill of vast importance TO
Wyoming which became a law was
Senator Clark's bill providing for all
Increase in b mileage of jurors and
witnesses in federal courts to Is cents
per mile and the per diem to 500 per
day.
The Wyoming delegation has been
keen, active and alert at all times, and
Wyoming has gained materially and
in prestige through the session of con-
gress just closed. 1t is now in a splen-
did position to aid in the election of
Secretary Taft and to continue its
great influence at the White house
and in the departments.
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