Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-03-03
HOUSE KILLS THE
EMBASSY BILL
DECIDES 1T WOULD INCREASE Elk
PENSES OF AMBASSADORS,
REQUIRING RICH MEN.
SENATE DISCUSSES POSTAL BANK
More Oregon Lands Open For Settle.
ment. - Pipestone Indian Land
Dispute to Be Settled by Court
of Claims.

Washington, March 3.-FolloWing an
animated debate on bill giving legis-
lative authority for future appropria-
tons to purchase sites for the con-
struction of buildings as residences of
diplomatic officials abroad, the house
placed its seal Of disaproval upon all
such projects. The measure carried
nc appropriation and limited the
amount that might be appropriated for
such purpose by future congresses in
any one year to 100000
The proposition was advocated by
Representative Lowden of Illinois, and
was opposed on both the Democratic
and Republican, sides of the chamber
Representative Prince declared that
| the policy of providing such residences
would increase the expense of living
abroad on the part of diplomatic off,
GERS and make it impossible for poor
men to accept such posts.
The final vote showed 100 against
and "a members favoring the PROPOSE
| ton
Would End Pipestone Dispute.
A bill was introduced by Senator
Gamble of South Dakota reviving the
issue that has long been pending re.
garding the title to the Pipestone
| lands in Minnesota.
The bill proposes to refer the sub
iect to the court of claims to deter
mine whether the title of the lands is
| in hn I'm ~
Eota or in the United States 1t is pro
vided that the test of the question
shall be without expense to the In
dams
Senate Discusses Savings Banks.
The administration postal saving:
| bank bill may be referred back TO the
pOstoffice committee when the time
comes for a vote On that measure by
the senate
Senator Hepburn Of Idaho so init
mated in speech on his substitute
for the pending bill Whether he
would offer the substitute, he said
would depend upon developments.
Bills authorizing the issuance OF
30000,000 worth of certificates of in
| debtedness for the completion of ir
rigation projects already begun and
providing for the purchase of $4,000,
900 worth of real estate in Washing
ton for the future use of the govern
ment, were passed by the senate.
Land For Settlement in Oregon.
| Approximately 81, 200 acres of land
in Oregon were designated by the
secretary of the interior as being sub
| ject to disposition under the enlarged
| homestead act, permitting of 800 acres
to the settlement The total amount
of land which has been placed within
the provisions of this act up to the
present time is about 8,611, 200 acres.
Withdrawals from entry of public
lands by the secretary Of the interior
involved tracts in Oregon, Idaho and
Utah. Approximately 1892 acres
along the Snake river in Idaho, which
it was thought contained power pos
sibilities, and 1880 acres in Oregon
were withdrawn in aid of Legislation
affecting the disposition Of power sites
! on the pubic DOMAIN.
Headwaters Negligible.
Col. William H. Bixby, an army
engineer in charge of the Mississippi
river improvements, opposed the con
| tention of the forestry advocates be
| fore the house committee on agri
culture and declared the headWaters
of the streams were a negligible guam
| tity so far as effect on the navigability
| is concerned.
I Colonel BiXby was called as an ex
pert in connection with the Weeks bill
relating to the appointment Of a com
! mission to acquire lands for water
sheds for navigable streams.
Of the silt troubling the engineers
on the Mississippin river, he said l.,
100000 cubic yards fell into the river
from it's banks annually.
Taft Makes Nominations.
Nomination sent by the president
to the se~ite included the following:
| To be consuls: Arthur B. Cooke OF
South Carolina, at Patras, Greece
Philip E. Holland Of Tennessee, al
Puerto Plata, Dominican republic.
Ralph J. Totten of Tennessee, al
Maracaibo, Venezuela.