El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-07
BORAH BILL IS To
THE POINT But
VERY SHORT
Means Much to Irrigated
Sections and May Pass
This Session.

Washington. D. C., Aug. THE Bo-
-au bill which mcars so much Tor the
GAUGE of irrigation in the territories,
and especially in New Mexico. where
scores of irrigation districts have
been formed or are contemplated as
soon as the bonding restriction Is re-
moved is given in full below, Is short
but important to persons Interested In
irrigation districts. 1t is;
BE it enacted, etc, that section -FOUR
of the act entitled An act to prohibit
the massage of local or special laws in
the territories of the United states
10 limit the territorial Indebtedness
and for other purposes approved July
90 1885. be and the same Is hereby
ameaeed as follows, to W.. by adding
to the section the following
Provided that the prohibitions ard
limitations contained in this section
shall not be construed to apply 20 ir-
ripation districts heretofore o. here-
after organized in ACCORDANCE win 'He
territorial laws.
This is the bill for which II. T. Hen
derson. engineer for several irrigation
districts in San Juan county, n. NJ,
was working during several weeks
stav in Washington earlier in the SEES
sion. He also had a bill or similar
import introduced into the mousse
where il was considered and favorably
reported by a unanimous report OF the
committee The Democrats, however
have steadily adhered to the rule tnat
no legislation not on the list announced
at the beginning of the session should
he considered and as yet chairman
Flood. of the territories committee. has
been unable to get the bill considered
However. now that the Borah Dill is
on the senate calendar, there is prob
ability that il will become law at
this session.
Culberson got bill through for the
extension of the Dallas postoffice and
an appropriation for a site for new
federal building, and a number OF
minor matters have been passed TINS
session by having them originate In
the senate. Ell Paso's extension might
go through in this way. If the senate
gives promise of remaining in session
for some time after the vote is taken
on the statehood matter, FL Paso could
probably get its bill through by having
the papers in the case now In the
hands of Morris Sheppard of Texas.
chairman of the house committee on
public buildings and grounds trans
ferred to one of the Texas senators.
with information that would convince
him of the desirability of an early
passage Of the bill
Complains of Apple Rate.
M. w Thompson. of Espanola, New
Mexico, a small station on the Denver
and Rio Grande above Santa Fe. n. NJ,
has filed a complaint with the inter-
state commerce commission complain
ing of the rate on apples from Espanola
to Prescott, Phoenix and other Arizona
points. He contends that on all his
shipments last fall, aggregating sew
eral cars, that he was grossly over
charged He quotes published rates
showing that Denver commission firms
can ship apples by the carload from
Denver to Phoenix for 20 cents per loo
mounds a distance of 1922 miles, while
shipping from Espanola to Phoenix he
is charged IS cents per 100 pounds
for a distance of 712 miles
Brewing Company Files Claim.
The Anheuser Busch Brewing com
pany of ST Louis, has filed claim
| for reparation against the Ell Paso &