Weekly journal-miner., 1915-06-09
WEEKS RESUME OF THE
 DOINGS 1.-THE CAPITAL

] ton was taken by the land depart ment the Colorado river was liable tc overflow its banks and wash away g , whole lot of valuable state land. The commission was reported as nervous ly watching the encroaching waters of the stream, powerless to raise a helping hand to prevent a great dis aster.
 The relief was not granted, and the | Colorado continues to discharge its waters into the Gulf of California, and the state land remains intact upon its banks in this state.
 Pinkley injected the commission into the proceedings today with an other sensational story to the effect that $2O0,O0O worth of land is sub ject to selection now and that unless immediate action is taken the state will lose its opportunity to obtain a slice of it, and that, as in the Colo rado river case, the hands of the land department are tied for want of money.
 In view of this most alarming con dition, he made a motion that au- thority be granted by the legislature to provide for the transfer of $100O to the land department so it could be available for the purpose of mak- ing this selection.
 Rather than lose out entirely, he compromised by making motion authorizing the land committee of the house to make an investigation and report at this afternoons ses- sion and to introduce a bill for the purpose of affording the necessary relief.
 Nearly the entire time of the morn ing session was taken up in discuss ing this question from the various viewpoints which the alleged condr ton presented, during the course of which Christy took occasion to refer to the fact that although the com mission had expired on the 11th day of March ii. was one of the most lively cadavers he had ever seen, and expressed grave doubts of the em. ergency existing as reported.
 Marian attempted to amend the I Pinkley motion by having special committee appointed by the speaker 10 make the investigation, but his motion failed. The Pinkley motion was then adopted and the land com. mittee instructed to investigate and report oil the gravity of the situation It this afternoons session.
 A message from the governor was received transmitting the report of a deputy state engineer on the condi. ton resulting from the floods of last winter in Apache and Navajo coun- ties and it was referred to the appro- priation committee.
 Pinkley introduced the only bill of the day. It provides for the aboli- ton of the death penalty for murder and the substitution of life imprison- ment. Bills previously introduced passed their second readings and were referred to appropriate com mittees
 In the Senate.
 With twelve members answering roll call this morning, the senate took up house bill No. 9 and considered it in committee of the whole. This is the measure providing for an ap propriation of S45,0OO for the ex- penses of the present extra session, and which provides for sufficient money to meet the demands of O. day session.
 A motion was made to amend by making the appropriation $25,000 in stead of the amount stated in the bill. Stapley moved to further amend by making it read $15,000. While there seemed to be an unanimity of opinion in favor of reduction, there was a wide difference as to what the reduction should be- Votes were taken on S15OO0, $2O,O00 and S25,OO0, all of which were lost, when Prcsi- dent Sims proposed that the figures should be fixed at $1S,000, which was carried by vote of eight to four
 During the discussion of this meas ure it was brought out that the ap- propriation for the last session had $l96 feet over after all the demands on it had been paid.
 PHOENIX. June 4 - Senate bill No. 1. introduced by Senator Stapley, and known as the prohibition bill re- ceived its finishing touches this morn ing in the senate and was referred to the enrolling and expressing com mittce to be dressed, for final pas sage. It construes the twenty-third article of the constitution adopted at the election held last November.
 It provides that any duly licensed |