The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-07-24
SENATOR JONES
HEREFEW HOURS
THIS MORNING
Discuss Plans for Kennewick
Project with Business Men
and Farmers 4
SLIM CHANCE THIS SESSION
Favors Giving Reclamation Service
Money with No Strings
Tied to it

J. :.
Tied to it
That he expects to make a deter
mined effort to have congress plac
much larger sums of money at the dis
posaI of the reclamation service, i
the assurance which Senator. Wes1D,
l.. Jones gave a small gathering o
Kennewick business mon and farmer.
at a brief conference here this morn.
ing.
Senator Jones frankly told the men
present that he regarded as futile any
effort to secure a. specific appropria-
fdn for any reclamation project at
this time. He also said that he did
not think it probable that any recla-
nation legislation can be expected at
thin special session Of congress. The
treaty, he said, would occupy much
Of Tho senate's time for several weeks
and as soon as that was out of the
way the big task of working out some
solution to the railroad problem would
be taken up, consequently any mat
ters of lesser Importance stand but
little chance Of getting hearing.
Little or no progress, the senator
said, is being made on the Mondell
land settlement bill, and it is very
doubtful what the provisions of this
bill will be by the time it reaches the
floor Of the senate, Il IT ever reaches
there. If it does reach there in adj
vance of other reclamation legislation
he intends to offer an amendment pro-
viding that portion of the appropria-
ton authorized by it be set aside for
the completion Of. the existing pro-
jects.
The senator S convinced, however,
that the success of the local project
lies in an effort to put thru legisla-
ton that will increase the present re-
clamation fund. He believes this can
be done Congressional sentiment, he
says, is more favorable now to in
creased appropriations for reclama-
ton work than ever before. Eastern
senator's and representatives are be-
ginning to realize that the money ex-
pended on reclamation projects is not
money gone forever from the federal
treasury. AS matter Of fact the
reclamation records show that at the
close Of the fiscal year 1918 that of
more than six million dollars expend-
sd for construction Of reclamation |
projects in the United States, all but ]
about 100000 had been repaid to
me government and that of the OPP {
.ratlons cost all but a few hundred t
dollars had been repaid. I
lnese balances, the senator said, had 9
undoubtedly been paid by this time. '
II IS Senator Jones' intention to in Q
'f0duce a bill similar to his proposed h
to the sundry civil bill. t
ms amendment provided for an ap- i
'ropriation Of $5O,OO0,O0O for the COM o
'letlon of existing projects in the a
seN. 1t is probable that the new bill t
WI not be limited to western projects v
vt Will authorize much larger ap- 1
for reclamation in the o
,nlted States. If such bill passes "
= enlarged fund will be handled just s.
: .ne present reclamation fund is f,
Each year the reclamation tt
s.s'ce ! Will submit its estimates for s,
= ensuing year and the money will ei
0ine ~ available thru the sundry civil a
~ Ihe best that Kennewick can I'll
,spe ! Ior under such plan is that 81
:, ..u construction of the local project X
- De included in the reclamation
wees program for 1920, the funds et
!, = which would become available on di
ny y Of that year. OIL
mere is little doubt but that this b,
nj. nj Oe one of the first projects to be ri
49, Dy the reclamation service as al
O. g. as 1t has the necessary funds. de
s'lasor Jones arrived here from
! q .nls morning at 1880 and left
49,, ! sas 1850 s., P. & s. train for van SO
de was met in Pasco by j. M
.hsAa suAln and G. II. Swigart. After til
n1rs, conference at the offices Of the of
d 0la Irrigation district the sena- of
ve. as .a taken for a short auto trip | tel
=. a. the Highlands. Vi
onrs ene proper time I shall an tn
my candidacy to succeed nv Tho