The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-24
LETTER Of EXPLANATION
TO CONGRESSMAN MORGAN
Says No Feasible Irrigation
Prof CT Has Been Found
in Oklahoma
Special to Daily Leader.


secretary Balinger OF the interior
department is not impressel with OK
lahomas claim upon the reclamation .
fund was made plain by a letter re-
teived from that official by Repre-
sentative Morgan.
While MI. Bailinger does not at
tempt 10 answer four questions recent
y submitted to him by Woodward
congressman on the subject, he lays
emphasis on the fact that no feast
lie irrigation project as that term
1t understood by the department. to
have been used by cong ess, ii the
reclamation act, has been round fl
oklahoma
Continuing be says: 1T cannot beE
. afinitely determined 1t this time
y neither any further expenditures
can, unier law, be made III Oklahoma
f1i following reasons:
'Frst The difficulty of securing
feasible site in which to construct All
irrigation system, that wouli be prac-
,icable and would prove profitable.
''Second-That it suite places where
H. may be practicable TO erect sue.
Il system where the create part OF
the anl is In private ownership"
Secretary Lallinger places the un-
expended balance in the reclamation
fund at s7,00o,000 and states that to-
tai receipts amount to almost $40.
100000, Of which Oklahoma has CON
ributed over s5,00C.000. To date
only $4,000 has been expended In
the new state. fTs
Here Is the provision in the recIa-
ration act which Secretary Balllnger
contends keeps Oklahoma from enjoy
ing its benefits:
That T. Is hereby decla-ed to b,
the duty OF the secretary of interior
In carrying out the provisions of this
act so far as may be practicable and
subject 10 existence of feasible vi,
Jects, 70 expend a major, portion OF
ihc fund arising from the sale Of pub
lie lands within each state and terr
tory here before named for the
tenefit II the arid and semi-arid
l3nds within the limits of such state
e. territory
Differences t3uried
itGDl AItdSbT i upSudy
u II introduce in the house the bill
greed rpon by the Oklahoma congress
iional delegation for the winding up
" the affails of the Five Tribes. Sen
lto- owen probably will introduce
he same measure in the senate.
Although the measure has not been
I ade public. It IS understooa to con
IN some radical departures from
he original Creager bill II is under
iiood further that the bill is a com
romise measure ar' that some OF
he members of the Oklahoma delega-
on although not in entire harmony
With the bill, will sink their differ
noes IN order 10 procure an imMe.
liale settlement Of tribal affairs n
Oklahoma.
That thore will be no forest reserve
md no opening of rolls insofar as the
iew Creager bill is concerned may be
tated as a certainty.
Fort Sill Line Assured
The Ferris bill, granting to the
Fort Sill 4 Lawton Railway company
right.of.way through Fort Sill In or
Ger to establish electric car service
between Lawton and Medicine park
was placed on the unanimous con.
sent calendar of the house. This, il
Is thought. will result in the passage
Of the bill on Monday next.
Boil WeeviI Fight
Substantial increases were made in
he agricultural appropriation bill
by the senate committee
On agriculture. The bol wecyil ap-
was ra'sed from s215.000-
10 s250,og0, while $4,000 was aSded
for drainage surveys, thus meeting
with Senator Cores opportunities
Or. 5. A. Knapp, who has imme-
1iate charge of the campaign against
he boil weevil decla es tnat OF the
fifty-six cotton counties in oklahoma
ihirty.niBe are receiving federal as.
sistance N combating tho plague and
that the department S field of opera
lion In he new state would assume
an evsn wider scoDe after the pass
age of tic pending appropriation bill.
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While II is often impossible 10 pre-
vent an accident. II Is never impos-
sible to be prepared-it Is moi beyond
any ones purse. Invest % cents In
4 bottle of Chamberlain's Iinlment
and you are prepared for sprains,
bruises and like injuries. Sold by all
dealers.
LIGHTNING KILLS 8 HORSES
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Atwood. Okla, Feb. 24--During the
srow storm lightning struck the
story livery barn in Alien and MI
ID three horses and injured two eth
srs. rbree school children were
,hnrkcd hx fhe same holt hut not