The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-03-16
NEWS FROM WARRINGTON.

A second attempt 10 nave the HOUSE
pass a bill providing for the purchase
or erection Of embassy buildings in
foreign capitals was defeated.
Senator Hughes has accepted an In
vitation to speak at the jefferson Day
dinner to be given in Washington
April 18th. 1t is expected between 500
and 600 guests will attend.
Representative Taylor OF Colorado
made an argument before the House
agricultural committee In support Of
the Lefean bill to establish a stand
ard sized box for interstate shipments
of apples
DIR. Mary Walker. with her frayod
frock coat. her silk hat. her old-fash-
Toned Ascot tie and her armful of 1870
Congressional Reports. created some
what of a sensation in the senate
chamber a few days since.
A bill is before Congress which. II
passed. will compel residents to put
venient for the carrier and unless this
is done the mail carriers will be in
structed not to deliver mail.
The Indian appropriation bill, as
passed by the Senate. included Senator
Warren's amendment placing ceded
lands OF the Shoshone Indian reserva-
ton. Wyoming. under the provisions
of the Carey desert land act.
A statement of the gross receipts
during February of the fifty largest
postoffices shows that the business Of
the Denver office was s9l,290. as
against s74.567 for February. 1909. an
increase of 22is per cent. The aver
age net increase Of the entire fifty Of
fices was liz per cent
The Senate passed the Indian appro-
priation bill. including amendments of.
fered by Senator Guggenheim. appro-
priating $4,000 for the Grand Junction
Indian school. and $780, 900 for the Fort
Lewis school and extending the time
in which the state of Colorado may
elect to take these school properties
until July LIST. 1911.
Mrs. Catherine NJ. Cook. Colorado
state superintendent Of public instruc
ton. is visiting Washington. and was
introduced to Speaker Cannon by Rep
resentative Rucker. After talking with
Mrs. Cook the speaker said he was ia
vorably impressed with woman suf
frage and asserted that he had always
believed that the women Of his family
his wife and daughters. were as vel
! qualified as he to vote and take par
in political matters.
Zia Pasha. who visited the United
States last fall as special commission
: er from the Slltan of Turkey to Presi
dent Taft to announce the formers &C
cession to the throne, has been ap
pointed Turkish ambassador to Wash
, ington.
. Senator Chamberlain Of Oregon ant
Representative McCredie OF Washing
! ton have introduced joint resolution
, to investigate the death of Lieutenant
, James n. Sutton of the Marine Corps
, who was killed or committed suicide
I in an alteration with fellow officer,
at Annapolis.
: The secretary Of the interior an
: nounces the completion OF the secont
unit of the Belle Fourche. South Da
kota. irrigation project. embracing
10000 acres. and divided into 40-acrt
and s0-acre farms. These farms are
now available for entry under the pro
visions of the homestead and recla
nation laws. No lottery system is EN-
ployed. A cash payment of 1910 pei
acre must be made at time of filing
to cover the first installment of the
building. maintenance and operation
] charges.