The new era., 1910-03-10
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The Senate passed Senator Guggen-
helms bill authorizing the sale TO the
town of Fruita of 1850 acres of public
land at s1.25 an acre for water storage
purposes.
Wyoming increases in national for
est grazing permits this year are 49,
900 cattle and horses and 200 head
of sheep. the larger increases being
225, 900 sheep on the Hayden reserve,
215, 900 head of sheep on the Wyoming
reserve.
The increases in grazing permits in
New Mexico forest reserves this year
are 144, 900 cattle and horses and 657,-
600 sheep, the larger increases being
10000 sheep on the Carson reserve.
40, 900 cattle and 175,000 sheep on the
Datil, AZ 900 cattle and $4,000 sheep on
the Gila; 10000 sheep on the Jemez.
and $4,000 sheep on the Zuni.
Representative Mondell of Wyoming
has introduced bill appropriating
$4,000 to build an iron stairway from
the foot to the summit of the Devils
tower, in Devils Tower park, Wyo-
ming; also bill to place the ceded
portion of the Shoshone Indian reser-
vation, Wyoming. within the provisions
of the Carey desert land act
The secretary Of agriculture has an
nounced that there will be substan-
tial increase in the number of live
stock which will be allowed this year
to Craze in the national forests. The
increase over last year will be 100000
cattle and horses and 100000 sheep and
goats. The most substantial increases
will be in Colorado. Montana. Utah.
Nevada and Washington.
An echo of the financial operations
of Cassie Chadwick five years ago
was heard Monday when the Presi-
dent commuted. to expire Immediately,
the seven years sentence imposed on
Arthur B. Speer, the cashier of the
Citizens National Bank of Oberlin, O..
for making false entries. The pris-
oner had served all but four months
of his sentence. Mrs Chadwick died
in prison.
President Taft has instructed the
American ambassador at st. Peters
burg, Mr. Rockhill, to make strong
representations to the Russian gov
ernment looking to the inviolaoility of
American passports in that country.
Mr. 4tockhill, it is stated, will take the
mater up personally with the EN-
peror. The Jews of this country want
action that will give American citi
zens freedom from political arrest in
Russia.
! Delegate Andrews has introduced
bill authorizing the city of Gallup to
issue 500 1000 in five per cent bonds to
provide funds for constructing water
works Also bills authorizing New
Mexico to sell one township OF school
lands for city park purposes to each
OF the towns of Tucumcari, Roswell Ar
tesla and Melrose.
/ Senator Warren secured the passage
in the Senate of his bill permitting
the state of Wyoming to relinquish 49,
900 acres of school and state lands par
TALLY occupied by government recla-
nation reservoirs and works and to
select in lieu OF the lands to be re-
1 llinquished an equal area in other parts
of the state.
! Practically without opposition the
Senate passed the Aldrich bill provid-
| ing for the appointment of a govern
ment business commission to be com
posed of five senators and five rep
resentatives.
By a majority of two the House
committee on interstate commerce
voted to create the Interstate Com
merce Court, which is one of the prin-
cipal features of the Townsend admin
/ istration railroad bill. This provision
the President and the attorney gen
eral have been fighting to have kept
in the bill.