The La Jara chronicle., 1911-06-16
TAYLOR VOTES FOR THE Low WOOL SCHEDULE
Congressmen Take Active Part in
Defeating Measures in which this State is
vitality Interested
From The Alamosa Courier.


Representative Taylor has in
troduced bill for the relief of
homestead entrymen under the
Uucompahgre reclamation pro-
ject in the State of Colorado.
The bill provides that where any
homestead entry was made prior
to June ), 1910, where state lands
were withdrawn by the Secre-
tary of the Interior and were
intended to be regarded under
the government reclamation pro-
icct, but in which water is not
available for the irrigation of the
lands, that the entryman shall
within three months of passage
of the bill, submit a showing
in the form of corroboratcd af-
fidavit." The bill also provides
for the manner of filing by the
entryman for water rights; the
farm-unit of the township in
which the entry lies and other
like provisions respecting such
classes of entry to the land
office for the district in which
the land lies. His affidavit shall
show that his entry was made in
good faith and not for specula-
i've purposes and that he has
established residence on the land
a"d has placed valuable and per-
n.anent improvements thereon,
but that by reason of the lack of
water for irrigation purposes he
is unable to make final proof
within the time required by law,
he shall, in the discretion of the
commissioner of the general land
office, lie granted leave of
absence until the date when wa
ter for irrigation is turned into
the main irrigation canals from
which the land is to be irrigat-
ed, and an extension of time for
the submission of final proof un-
til five years from such date. "
Mr.. Mondell has pending in the
House a bill providing for agri-
cultural occupancy on coal lands
under the homestead laws. The
bill also contains a provision that
the lands under the desert
land law may be sold in the dis
erection of the Secretary of the
Interior, and that selections may
be made by the states under
grants made by Congress through
the provisions of the Carey Act. ="
The Mondell bill provides that
10 desert entry shall contain
more than 160 acres. 1t also
provides that the patents issued
by the Government, "shall con-
tain a reservation to the United
States of all the coal in the lands
so patented, together with the
right to prospect for, mine, and
remove same" All coal deposits
are subject to disposal by the
United States in accordance with
existing laws, and the settler
who secures is homestead or pat
ent shall not restrain mining op-
erations upon the land, II being
provided, of course, that only so
'Euch surface as may he reason
ably required for mining opera
tions shall be utilized for mining
purposes. The operator must
reimburse the land holder for the
actual value of such portions of
his land as may be utilized.
So far as the House of Repre-
sentatives is concerned the wool
tariff is to be revised, and Chair
man Underwood of the Ways and
Means committee says that two
thirds of the Democratic mem
bers of the House will stand by
the party caucus and his commit
tee in ratifying a program which
has been agreed upon. There is
no measure before Congress eX-
cept that of reciprocity, that has
brought a greater protest from all
to practically remove protection
on wool. While there is little
sympathy with the manufacturers