American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-06-20
NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
House Would Do Away With
Land Office Receivers and
Give Work to Clerk.

stores the old order of things, receiV
ers OF local land offices will pass int
history June 80. The house commit
tee on appropriations. in framing the
sundry civil bill, abolished the office
of receiver and transferred the duties
OF that office to the register. This
was in accordance with the recon
mendation that has been made many
times by the general land office.
Representatives from the public
land states fought in vain in the house
against the provisions of the bill re-
lating to the land service. The resolu-
ton TO abolish the offices OF receivers
OF public money and substitute the
appointment OF chief clerks for land
offices went through under a sharp
fire. Charges that special and agents
abused their positions failed to cut the
appropriation of $500, 900 to prosecute
depredations. Chairman Fitzgerald,
Of the appropriation committee, de-
Tended the bill against attacks led BY
Representatives Mondell, Hawley, and
Burke.
Disagree Over Rivers And Harbors.
The conference committee on the
river and harbor bill is deadlocked
and after a spirited row adjourned for
10 days. Threats are being made by
house members thai the whole bill will
be defeated unless the senat recedes
on some of its larger amendments.
One amendment which brought
about a serious disagreement was the
senate's increase in the appropriation
for the Cello canal from $500, 900 to
100000. The house conferees are in
sisting that they will not stand for
this increase, but senate members oil
the conference insist that this and all
other increases are justified by the
recommendations Of the army engin-
GERS, and that no increases have been
made that were not recommended by
he war department.
1t is understood that none of the
other northwestern amendments is at
tackled by the house, Cello being the
largest increase made in that section.
Committee Will Investigate Hanford.
By unanimous vote the house di-
rected a subcommittee OF the judici-
airy committee TO go TO Seattle, Wash,
and other places to Investigate the
charges against Judge Hanford, of the
federal bench. which have arisen from
his decision in the OLSON socialist cit
izenship case.
Chairman Clayton named the follow.
ing subcommittee to go to Seattle. |
Representatives Graham, Illinois.
chairman; Higgins, OF Connecticut, ,
and Mccoy OF New Jersey.
Timber Industry Ranks Third.
Lumber and timber manufacturers
third in value among the pro-
of the industries of the United
States, according to the 1912 statistics
made public by Director Durand.
The census figures show that there
were 1851 lumber and timber es-
adjustments and 7s4,9Ss persons en-
gagged in the industry.
The value of products were s1.156..
l2S.747. The value added by manu-
which is the difference be-
.ween cost of materials and value of
products, was s64S,011,I6s.
Louisiana led all other states In
number Of wage earners. 4S,072, and
ranked first for value of
PRODUCTS, ss9, 154,S25. and value added
~ manufacture, s52,275.e54.
National Capital 6revities.
The president. in a special message
o congress asked for an appropriation
II $780, 900 to care for volcano victims
Iear Kodiak, Alaska.
The house has refused to appropri-
tie more than $685. 900 for preparation Z,
nd mounting of skins collected by
'heodore Roosevelt on his African
trip. .
Petitions favoring an amendment to ,
be constitution enabling women to ,
ote, signed by 116.5s2 persons, were
resented In the house by Congress
ian Berger of Wisconsin.
The United States bureau of educa- g,
using the preliminary figures of f.,
he 1910 census, reports that the pro- :,
ortion Of illiteracy in the United !,
is ITO per 10000. :
Both the senate and house have
greed to the conference report of the
my appropriation bill. carrying
which will legislate Ma ,,
r General Wood out of his Office as ;,
def OF STAFF on March 4. 1918. =,
The president has vetoed the army :
preparation bill. He returned the
II to congress with a message indi-
ting his disapproval of the legisla-
re provision which would oust Ma =,
Wood from the office of =