The new era., 1910-02-10
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Representative Taylor has intro
duced bill to grant the town of Coll
bran, Colo, forty acres of land for park
purposes.
The Supreme Court has set the suits
involving the railroad rates between
Chicago and ST. Louis and Denver for
October 11th.
The army appropriation bill, report
ed to the Senate. contains an item
added to the House bill by the Senate
military affairs committee, appropri-
ating $4,000 for completing the rifle
range at Fort Russell, Wyo.
Senator Warren has applied to the
chief of the Weather Bureau for the
establishment OF a weather station at
haw!ins. Wyo., which is the center of
a large area devoted to stock raising
and which would be greatly benefited
by the establishment of a weather sta
tion.
The House committee on public
lands voted to report favorably the
Mondell bill admitting to entry the sur
face of coal lands in the United States.
The measure affects about 100000
acres of lands in Wyoming, Colorado.
Utah, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho. Ns
Recognizing the Importance of an
early decision on the question in
volved, the Supreme Court of the
United States has set March 14th as
the date for the hearing of the Flint
case of Vermont to test the constitu-
tionality of the corporation tax provis-
ions of the Payne tariff act.
The fact that the United States and
Canada are engaged in a cooperative
scheme for the establishment of an
international park of about 5000
square miles in extent along the back
bone of the continent in the two coun-
tries, has developed in the senate. 1t
came to the surface in connection with
the consideration of bill looking to
the erection of the Glacier national
park" in northern Montana.
At an informal reception given him
by the National Press Club, President
Taft said that as to getting tired out
with work, the preparation of mes
sages for Congress was the hardest
work he was called upon to do, that
the three or four hours day he spent
in talking over the qualifications for
office OF men recommended, or rather
the claims they would make as to why
they should be appointed, was not real
work.
That there is not unanimous approx
al of the present method OF disposing
| of reservation public lands by lottery,
was made evident in the Senate when
Senators Gore of Oklahoma and Bur
kett Of Nebraska protested against
the adoption of this method in the
sale of unallotted lands in the Rosebud
Indian reservation in South Dakota.
Mr.. Gore offered an amendment per-
mitting applications for the land to be
made by registered mail, instead of re-
quiring a personal registration on the
ground. In presenting the amend
ment, Mr.. Gore said the present sys-
TEN was inconvenient and expensive
and had the effect of cutting out the
very people who should be permitted
tn enter the lands.
| The secretary of war has sent to
congress an estimate of $500 for
constructing a pipe line at Fort Bay
ard. N. M. to supply the hospital and
other buildings with water.
| Delegate Andrews has introduced a
bill providing for the establishment
of an additional land district in New
Mexico to be known as the Clovis
land district. with Clovis as the site
of the land office. The new district
to be made up of parts of the Santa
Fe and Roswell districts; also a bill
authorizing Gallup county to issue $780,
900 in water bonds.