Yellowstone monitor., 1914-10-01

~- ony comers who
may challenge his theory of his 'I0 cu.
ent's rights, following the litigation 'I
its course until he gets results. Ill
Able in House Debates
The Montana members bavo -
themselves able to assert their riss.
In debate on the floor. Stout sros
forcibly on the appropriation for IN
maintenance of the assay Office At IT,,
ena. Our representatives won ~
fight in the committee of the Who'll"
though most of the western Offices tau
He addressed the house briefly IN ~
amendment to the hog cholera hill ~
propriating 100000 to suppress dor nv
rine, a dread disease prevalent amo..
horses in eastern Montana, SAVING .u
that was necessary to supplement tha
active work he had done amonv ~
members to ensure it's passage, Tho
stock raisers of Montana are lar.o,.
indebted to his energy for the adm
tion of the amendment. He made
good fight in the absence of his m,
league, while detained in Colorado %
amend and increase the appropriation
for work on the Flathead irrigation
project.
He made a strong speech, eyokiOv
both laughter and applause, in advo.
cacy of the bill to extend the timo
within which payments are to be mada
by settlers under the reclamation proi.
ects, and he made brilliant address
on the Alaskan coal land bill, in tho
course of which he commended tho
program of conservation Legislation
urged by Secretary Lane. This in.
cludes the waterpower BILL the coal
oil, gas and phosphate bill, the mining
law revision bill and the radium bill
in the formulation of all of which Con.
gressman Stout has had an important
part, giving at all times the hearties
support to the secretary whose admin
istration of the land laws has been
such boon to the settlers on the pub.
lie domain, and who entertains the
view that the conservation of our nat.
ural resources means their economical
use, not locking them up indefinitely.
Evans on Water Power.
Evans addressed the house repeat.
edly and made an Illuminating and
persuasive speech to save the Helena
assay Office that contributed materi.
ally eventually to keep i nthe bill the
appropriation which the senate at
tached to it. He made valuable con-
tributiOn to the debate on the water
power bill, in the course of which he
said:
"This bill and all other conservation
bills now before congress should be
promptly passed and that these great
states may go on with reasonable de-
velopment. Surely no one can doubt
the patriotism of the present secretary
of the interior. He is an ardent advO
cate of this bill in it's present form; he
is tireless worker for the develop
ment of the western country. He
knows that in its development he Is ,
working not alone for that section Of
the country, but for all the country
The west has great resources and far
reaching possibilities, but it is as YET
undeveloped, and must remain unde
veloped SO long as it's natural re-
sources are withdrawn and no leglsla'
ton enacted to permit the development
thereof"
He made repeated appeals for just
appropriation for the Flathead pro]ec'
that would have prevailed were he
thing not queered by the prejudice o
a hold-over subordinate in the lndap
Office.
Seizing the occasion of the deOa.
on the sundry civil bill, which includea
an item to expedite public land SUI
veys, he held forth in eloquent phrase
for half an hour against the sentiment
now happily decadent but heretolu'
extensively prevalent in official clrclss
that every man who seeks to acqua'
title to a piece of government lanu :
a thief. In the course of his remai''
he said: :,
II have no patience whatever w.
the doctrine that every man VIM =
ters upon the public domain is alsuv.
est and desires to acquire some.lp'
from the government for no'n'Ds
There are no more patriotic, home'% :.
ng people in the world than those ~. ~.
ire now attempting to acquire 's ~,
% 16O-acre tracts of land in the s'sa =.
rid west. Only a few years ago y, =,
ands which are now being use'
purposes were cons'. ..,s
for cultivation, anu ,hs ].
lsed for grazing purposes only .. .,..d ID
,attle king and sheep baron ho' ne !.
ar from the center OF civiliza'lon' IN. i
has no benefits o. ps Ii
,anionship, schools or churcne', ,,.tsr v
8 oftentimes compelled to haui hut
Iot alone for himself and family ,uty #, III