Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-31
Senator Brown Urges Appropriation
for Irrigation Project in Rivers
and Harbors Bill.
COMMITTEE GIVES HIM HEARING
Money Will Do More There than on
Southern Levees.
TO PREVENT FLOODS IN PART
Eebraskan Urges Basic Theory Of
Conservation of Waters
FUNDS FOR THE UPPER MISSOURI
vital Amendments TO Employers LA
biIity Act Contemplated I'm Measure
TO Comp UP in Senate
To-day.
Money Will Do More There than on
Southern Levees.
o PREVENT FLOODS IN PART
FUNDS FOR THE UPPER MIss0UT
CFrom a Staff correspondent }


WASHINGTON. March 80. - Especial
Telegram. )-senator Brown appeared be-
fore the committee on commerce today
having the rivers and harbors bill under
consideration, to urge upon the govern
ment the completion Of the ditch in
Scotts Bluff county by appropriating
$4,000 in the rivers and harbors bill.
OF course, the senator recognizes that
this is not germane to the rivers and
harbors bill. but he thought he might
send 1t over and was accorded, IN conse-
quence Of his audacity, a most respectful
hearing.
He explained the government is expend
ing thousands Of dollars on the lower
Mississippi each year TO protect people
dwelling on its banks from floods that
come each year. These floods come be-
cause of great quantities of ice melting
at the headwaters of the Platte and
other tributaries OF the Mississippi Could
this water be conserved each spring by
retaining It In great dams 70 rthe use of
users the result would be the failure of
the Mississippi to override its banks.
Senator Brown believed that part OF
the money used annually in building up
the levees Of the Mississippi might Justly
be used in conserving waters at their
place Of origin. thereby preventing floods,
/ as we'll as proving of great economic
value to the people of the country. This
appropriation If adopted. will finish the
canal as surveyed in Nebraska
Owing to Senator Fry's continued illness
and the number of individual projects
urged by senators for the improvement
of rivers, harbors annd streams through
out the United States. the rivers and har-
bors bill will not be reported before the
last Of next week. 1t may be set down
as a certainty that the bill will carry
between $sOo,O0O and $s5O.OOO for the i'm
provement of the Missouri river above
Kansas City. @
\ Employers Liability BILL.
4 vital -amendrnents to the enploysrs,- LA
4 biIity act as embodied in the bill recently
introduced in the senate by Senator Brown
have been approved for passage by the
judiciary committee of the senate. SEN
atcr Brown viii have charge of the bill
on the floor. When he called It up today
Senator Bailey declared he had not had
opportunity to examine the measure, and al
his suggestion Senator Brown asked thai
It be laid over until tomorrow. This bill
eorrects a number OF delinquencies Of th'
act. The corrections as embodied in Sen
ator Browns bill have the sanction Of tn,
4 attorney BeueIdl anu representatives OF ln0
labor unions.
The application Of Z. ]. Spencer of Rapit
City, w. E. Bauer, A. Gloege, C. S. Blod
gett and Alma L. Cain to organize tn,
First National bank of White OWL S. d.
with $4,000 capital has been approved b!
the comptroller of the currency.
Civil service examination win be helC
April % for rural carriers at Arlington
Utica and Wahho, Neb.
New Rural Carriers.
Rural carriers. appointed are as follows:
Nebraska: Upland. Route g. Lewis Rich
nlOnd. carrier; T. E. Brock, substitute
Iowa: Adel Route T. G. w. Harmon, car
rier: no substitute. Cumberland, Route
Fred Mattheis, carrier; Joseph NJ Eblin
substitute. Dow City, Route !, NJ. A. Riley
carrier; Rosa A. Riley. substitute Luther
Route 1, VIII C. Patterson, carrier; no sub
stitute. Oelwein, Route g. Henry c. Goss
I carrier; c. NJ. Goss, substitute. Oslcaloosa
3 Route l. John B. Sherman, carrier; no sub
sttute. Vinton, Route 6. Thomas H. Phil
. lips. carrier; Samuel S, Philips, substitute
South Dakota: Forestbu.s Route /, Al
bert c. Neirmeyer carrier; d. L. Gibbs
substitute. Strandburg, Route 2, T. E. All
rahamson, carrier; no substitute.
Earle Hii was appointed postmaster g
Riverdals, Buffalo county, Neb,. vice J. +
, Nelson, resigned.