Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-05
CONGRESS TO SPEND
MONEY FOR WEST
Estimates Include Large Sums
for Institutions of Three
States.
FOR NEW POSTOFFICES

'ooihiS toAi, LSh' '~NSpSSiai ISiS-
gram .)-Congress resumed business
at the old stand today with little out
of the ordinary to warrant extended
description. The congratulations and
condolences between the members
who had been reelected or had been
relegated to private life, were spoken
in the lobbies or in private, the en-
livening scenes of former days, where
men of opposite parties threw them
selves into one another's arms, being
entirely missing from the picture.
1t was business from the beginning,
and outside of the warm receptions
accorded Vice President Marshall
and Speaker Champ Clark as they
appeared in their respective places as
the presiding officers over the two
houses, the wheels Of legislation be-
gan to grind early, betokening a de-
sire to accomplish everything possible
within the time limit set by the con-
stitution for this session. namely
March 4.
The roll call in senate and house
disclosed that the entire Nebraska
delegation was present, number of
the members coming in on early
morning trains, to- on hand when
the gavel fell, calling the house to
order.
Messrs. Lobeck. Sloan and Shallen-
berger came in together from Chica-
go, as did Green of Council Bluffs,
la. Representative Kinkaid arrived
this morning, coming by the south
ern route from Nebraska. Represent
ative Reavis has been in Washington
since shortly after election, while
Representative Stephens arrived in
the capital last week. Senator Nor
ris has been in the city for a fort
night, Senator Hitchcock arriving on
Saturday.
Nebraska's Share.
Estimates for 1918, as presented to
congress through the treasury depart
ment, shows the following:
Indian school. Genoa. including pay
Of supertntendents, $685. gem
eral repairs. $500; addition to
hospital. $2.5oo; employees quar-
ters, $7120; purchase and erection
of steel water tank. s2.4oo; in
all ....................$ $500
Insane institution at Canton, s. D. 10000
Support Of Sioux Of Yankton tribe
(s d. .......................... $4,000
Education Of Sioux nation Is. D.,
including erection and repair Of
buildings ................... 200. 900
Support Of Indian school at Fland-
reau. s. D.................... 1885
nf nd of
S. d. ian increase of $22. 900 over
1910 ...................... ss,o25
Support Of Indian school at Rapid
\City. s. D.. Ia decrease Of $4,000
from the 1917 appropriation) 66.5oo
Support Of Sioux Of different tribes.
Including the Santee Sioux Of Ne
braska .................... so7, 900
Hot Springs reservation........ 10000
Support Of Indian school at reserva-
tion, Shoshone, Wyo. 36,725
Support of Shoshones employees
| (wyo) ................... 5000
Roads and bridges, Shoshone reser-
walton (reimbursable) ........... $4,000
Public Buildings.
For public buildings In process Of erec-
ton:
Alliance. Neb, postofrice, for COM
Belle Fourche, s. D., for continua-'
ton .................... $4,000
Buffalo, wyo.. for completion. 31,5oo
Carroll, Ia, postoffice, continuation $4,000
Central City, Neb., continuation. $4,000
Chadron, Neb., postoffce, completion 10000
ton .s..'........................4 $4,000
pletion Observation-Disclosures. 10000
ticn ...................... $4,000
Cody, Wyo, postoffice for completion 10, 900
ton NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. $4,000
stion Observation-Disclosures $4,000
ton ............ $4,000
Redfield. s. D., postoffice for compile
ton ..........--.. ....'.... "a l3'Voo
Wahoo, Neb., postoffice for compile
ton .............. .........'.I :. Ss'ooV
Washington, Ia. postoffice for COM
Under the reclamation service:
For North Platte project Nebraska Wyo-
ming, $1,170,OO0. this being" $4,000 over ap-
propriation for 1917.
For Belle Fourche project $274, 1000, being
sl76 900 increase over 1917.
For Shoshone project, Wyoming, $252, 900
decrease of $5o0.00o from 1917 approprta-
tion.