Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-25
SPLENDID SERVICES RENDERED
BY MARK A. SMITH TO ARIZONA
DURING 20 YEARS IN CONGRESS

ed. He addressed the house in this
congress on the following subjects:
ALLEN Land Law" Alien Owners.
8 Arizona" Arizona Funding Act,
(passed); The Surveyor General Of
flee" "On the death of James B.
Beck, (Sen. Ky); Indian County r.
r. Bonds, Oklahoma, Indian Appro-
priation Bill. Indian Scouts" "The
Land Courts, Public Land Surveys"
Fifty-Second Congress.
Reported from committee and pass
ed Arizons Funding Act decreasing
interest on debt nearly one-half: re-
ported from committee and passed
through the house the famous me
Gar aham claim, who had been robbed
from his estate by the New Idria Min
ing compsny in which ID. o. Mills was
a large owner, This is one of the
most famous cases in all the history
of congress. Reported from commit
tee and passed bill ratifyIAe ,uy.
Worlds Fair act of the territorial
legislature; reported from COMMITTEES.
end passed bill for admission of Ari-
iona as a state. introduced many
other bills. Relief of settlers on I'M
surveyed land, removal of Papagoes
on the ella TO the reservation near
Tucson: q, bill for the irrigation of
arid lands: fer development of min
eral lands on San Carlos reservation:
passed bill for right of way for Santa
Fe, Prescott & Phoenix railway;
passed bill for relief of settlers who
had paid money by mistake to Fred
w. Smith while receiver at Tucson
land office and who defaulted in a
large sum: passed bill for relief OF
Mrs Van Vliet near Wilcox and one
for relief of Henry A. Reed at No
gales: addressed the house on the Ior
lowing matters: Arizona Funding Act
Arizona Exhibit at Worlds Fair
Army Appropriation Bill, Court of Pr
vate Land Claims, Deficiency Appro
priation Bill. Indian Depreciation
Claims. Indian Education, McGara
hams Claim, Postoffice Appropriation
Bill, Public Land Surveys. Relief o
Henry A. Reed, River and Harbor BIZ
Rules of the House, Free Coinage o
Silver. Sundry Civil Bill, Timber Cul
,ture Laws, Timber Agents and In
dian Reservations.
He wrote and made the followin:
favorable reports from committees
The Funding Act. A. T. Land Gran
| Gnouirv on law on which taxes wer'
not paid, etc), Report on Public LAM
| avs: Settlers on Unsurveyed Lands
Report on Tucson Land District, (tht
Fred Smith easel, Admission of Ar
IONA, etc.
| Fifty-Third Congress.
| passed hill for the relief of certai
| counties for debts incurred in India
trials; passed bill granting lands t
Buena Vista cemetery; passed bill
empowering Coconino county to iss-z
bonds for public building; passed bl
extending time for proving up on de'
ert land entries; reported bill grantin
chief justice of territorial courts .
appoint commissioners to take PROOF
lin land cases, thus preventing ron
jcurneys to land Offices, reported Dl
| for the relief of settlers on unsurVeye
lands. passed bill for the admissiO
of Arizona as a state: addressed tn
house. as shown by the congresslons
index on the following subject: Tn
Agricultural Bill, Admission of Ar
iona. Arizona Claims, Arizona Funt
ing Act. Arizona Legislature, Arizol
Surveyor Generals Office, Army Al
preparation Bill, Coconino Count
Bonds: Coconino County Building, Il
dian Appropriation Bill, CAGES, Srve
Bullion Coinage, Admission of UtaS
and other Incidental subjects.
Fifty-Fifth Congress
Creed Speak5r.)
Established capitol at Phoenix; II
troduced bill to admit Arizon;
passed bill permitting Tucson to issu
bonds for certain improvements
passed right of way bill for the Gran
= Canyon railroad; aided in former CO.
gress In passing Indian Depreciation
claims bill and offered and presse
amendment in this congress so as
: include Apache Geronimo depreo
lions. The report written by him G
the amendment Of the Indian depred
ton claims consisted of over $50 page
and is a full expose Of the whole que
Ition of the Indians relation to III
government the government ie7pV