Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-07
NEW LAW OF LAST sEssl
New Contracts Also to Be Above
Leaseholders in Difficulties.
RE-sURvEY OF KNKAm Lam
Sum Of Fifty Thousand Appropriated
for This Purpose.
HITCHCOCK ON EXTRA SESSION
Thinks Democrats VIII Not PrOiOnH
and WIN DO but Little with
Tariff Revision Untn Regular
session.
rFrom a staff correspondent)

CFrom a staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON. March 6.-(Special Tele-
gram Judge Kinkaid is stil in the city
and as yet is undetermined whether he can
60 TO Nebraska in the short interval before
congress meets until he has closed up some
departmental matters Of importance 20 his
district Among several things he has ac-
eomplished during the recent session and
which he deems most worthy Of mention is
legislation for the North Platte irrigation
project under the national reclamation law.
Besides other matters Of importance to this
important project, Mr.. Klnkaid, by reason
of his position on the house committee on
Irrigation. became one OF the leading fac
tors in the consideration Of the bill to
provide for the distribution OF surplus
water by means OF facilities possessed by
the government in the existence Of reser-
voirs and canals which the government ac-
tualIy owns and also by reservoirs and
canals to be constructed under specified
conditions. This bill constitutes one of the
most important amendments so far made
20 the national irrigation law and contains
possibilities of great benefit to irrigable
lands contained in the North Platte project
as well as to several other important pro-
jects on the western states.
New Contracts for Old.
Mr Kinkaid regards as only second in
Importance to the irrigation legislation, the
bin recently passet authorizing the sec
retaFy Of the interior to withdraw lands
under irrigation projects, where contracts
have been let but with which contracts the
entrymen or water users on account Of mis-
fortunes have found themselves unable to
comply with, and 10 let new contracts in
lieu OF the old giving the entryman longer
-
water rights, Already, the proposition is
under consideration to grant to many
entrymen and water users under the North
T9atte project more time in which to make
payment OF their water rights, and thus
save TO them their irrigable homesteads
which otherwise, they would forfeit and at
best might only sell their ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
Arnnnk ether legislative benefits intended
exclusively for bis district. Mr.. Kinkaid
deems worthy of mention the appropriation
he securing for $4,000, ready for immediate
use, for the resurvey OF lands scattered
throughout the territory covered by the
Klnkaid act. Heretofore he has assisted
in providing a general law for the making
of such resurveys and he means to keep
ample funds on hand to defray the ex-
penses and is urging the Interior depart
ment to increase the force which will now
be warranted by the greatly Increased
allowance he has received over and above
what he has secured in former years.
Congressman Kinkaid secured also an
appropriation In the sundry civil bill OF
$4,000 Tor payment for a building site for
Alliance, and the same amount for public
building site for Chadron, which sums were
authorized but not appropriated at the
former session,
OF Importance to the homesteaders in
the sixth Nebraska district Is the bill
passed by Mr.. Kinksid authorizing the
secretary OF agriculture to furnish from its
nurseries at the Halsey forest reserve
young trees free to settlers
Raymond b. Morgan, clerk to the senate
committee ON Pacific railroads, of which
Senator Burkett was chairman, with Mrs.
Morgan will sail for Europe on March %
on the White star steamer Cretic. taking
Mediterranean trip for his health. On
his return to the states Mr.. Morgan will
engage in newspaper work in this city.
Don l., Russell assistant secretary to
Senator Burkett, leaves for his home in
Lincoln tomorrow 10 engage In business
with his father.
Senator Hitchcock, with Mrs. Hitchcock
and daughter will leave for Omaha on
Thursday. II Is Mr.. Hitchcock's idea that
the extra session will be short-lived. The
democrats will pass the Canadian rect
procity bin Immediately after congress con
venes and win then report bills making
changes In one or two schedules leaving
general revision OF the tariff to the regular
session next December,
my idea" said Mr. Hitchcock, rs that
the democrats will make such changes in
the schedules as they know will meet ap-
proval OF the president. leaving to the long
session the bulk OF revision"
Senator Burkett and family will leave
for the west in the late spring. touring
overland In a new sixty-hOrse power au-
tomobile. He viii probably be accom-
panied by Senator and Mrs. Scott
Representative Mondell OF Wyoming left
Washington tonight for New York. where
he Will join a congressional party winch
sails on the steamer Colon for Panama
tomorrow afternoon. This is not a
'junketing' party, but is composed OF
some tWenty-odd members who N'slre rest
through sea voyage and, incidentally, to
see for themselves how work on the
big ditch" is progressing
Through an inadvertance the sum OF
fa5OoO was appropriated for the Battle
Greek sanatorium. South Dakota, and car
rled IN the sundry civil appropriation bin
This item was disagreed TO while the bill
enrolled and finally signed by the presi-
dent Il was there In bold black type. II
Is not known exactly what will be done
resarding this particular item, but a sim.
liar case Is recalled where the clear IN
tent OF congress was that a certain mat
ter involving nearly 100000 slipped past
through clerical errors and In that case
the treasury officials merely ignored tn,
Item. This will probably be what mas
happen TO the Battle Creek appropriation
Postmasters appointed are as follows:
Nebraska-Martlahd. Fillmore county. D. 1.
Baker vice p. r. WOodard, resigned.
loWa-fineld. Marion county, ]. J.
Woody vice @. Carver, resigned.
Carl HIM VAS appointed rural carrier
and Herbert Refield substitute route 3
DE smet s.