Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-03-10
NELSONCl|NCHES
RIVER PROJECT
PROVIDES FOR ADOPTION OF EN-.
CINEERS' REPORT IN ITS
ENTIRETY.
AGRICULTURAL BILL IS PASSED
Appropriation Bill Passed.-More
information on High Cost of
Living.

Washington, March 9.-Senator Mel
son decided to present to the commit
tee on commerce, at its next meeting,
the amendment intended to cover the
improvement of the Mississippi river
between Minneapolis and st. Paul
The amendment, as prepared at the
engineers office, is as follows:
Improving Mississippi river from
St. Paul to Minneapolis: The modi-
fed project recommended by the chief
of engineers in his report, dated March
3, which was printed in house docu-
ment TAI, Sixty-first congress, second
session, is hereby adopted and all flu
ture work on said improvement shall
be projected in accordance Herewith"
Mr. Nelson will present the amend
ment covering the high dam project,
and he will suggest that the commit
tee request Representative Stevens, of
st. Paul, to appear before them and
discuss in detail the plans and object
of the improvement on the new lines.
Nelson Gets Good Results.
In so much time as Senator Nelson
has been able to give to the details of
the river and harbor bill now before
the commerce committee, he has at
tended to few projects in which
Minnesota is interested. At his sug-
gestion the committee has adopted an
amendment providing an appropria-
ton of SCI 600 for the proposed canal
| lob nd I oh
nibigoshish. Another amendment Mr..
Nelson has secured provides for $22,-
900 additional for improving the up
per Mississippi between Brainerd and
Grand Rapids.
The committee also adopted at Mt.
Nelson's request an amendment pro-
viding an appropriation of about $1,000
for charging the turning basin and
for maintenance of the improvement
poject at Warroad. With the adoption
Of these items in the bill, and if the
amendment shall be incorporated pro-
viding for the new project at Mime
apolis and st. Paul, the river and har-
Dor bill will be completed, so far as
Minnesota projects are concerned, for
this year
After adopting three amendments of
Importance and listening to another
verbal castigation of the forestry bu-
reau by Senator Hepburn, the senate
passed the agricultural appropriation
bill. AS passed the bill the carries a
total appropriation of $13,522,636, an
increase of $1S1,36O over the amount
carried by the bill as it passed the
house.
High Cost of Living.
Retail meat dealers placed upon the
farmers and the packers responsibility
for the niger price of meat in testi.
mony given before the select senate
committee which began it's inquiry in
TO the increased cost of living.
Five retail men from New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing.
ton were heard and Walter Brown a
Washington dealer, who kills his own
meat, was the only one who did not
admit that the price of meat had gone
up at least 10 per cent during the last
y
prices were practically the same now
as then. All agreed, however, that
competition among the retailers kept
the price to the consumer as low as
possible consistent with the price
charged by the wholesaler.
Indian Land Allotment.
BY the direction of the president,
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger
sent to congress a bill authorizing
the superintendent of Indian schools
to allot land on reservations under
their jurisdiction.
In recommending the passage of the
bill Secretary Ballinger declared that
the uperintendents of schools are es-
pecially qualified for the work and
that many delays were occssioned I'M
der the present system by which the
work is done exclusively by special
agents.
Representative Hanna of North Da.
kota recommended the reappointment
Of A, S. Ellingson as postmaster at
Northwood, Grand Forks county. The
recommendation was concurred in by
Representative Gronda. Mr.. Filing.
ton had excellent record with the de.
partment and Mr. Hanna gave him
enthusiastic endorsement.
The postoffice appropriation bill
carrying appropriations aggrigatine
S241 100000, passed in the house.
Jake Schaefer Is Dead.