Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-03-22

out bringing to a vote the propose
 legislation which, if enacted into la, would have made it possible for tl
 Department of the Interior to begi
 work immediately on the constru,
 tion of soldier-settlements and pr,
 vide work and homes for thousand
 ot our returned soldiers, sailors, an
 marines on reclaimed land, the fac
 that the bill was favorably reporte
 In both the House and Senate, an
 the nationwide approval of the pla
 as evidenced by the hundreds of let
 ters of endorsement received dail
 at the Department, have led Secre
 tary Lane to take the stand tha
 there is every reason to believe tha
 similar bill will be favorably con
 sidered at the coming special session
 of Congress. He is accordingly con
 tinuing the preliminary work of in
 vestigation as far as the limited
 funds at his disposal will permit, anc
 is also endeavoring to ascertain fol
 the information of Congress the at.
 titude toward the plans of as many
 men in the service as he is able to
 reach through the distribution of
 questionaries at the various camps
 and naval stations throughout the country.
 Secertary Lane is in thorough &C., cord with Congressman Taylor, of Colorado, the author of the bill i'm troduced at the last session of Con- gerss for putting the soldier-settle- ment plan into effect, who said:
 q can only say to the House and to the country, and to the many thou sands of our splendid boys who will be sorely disappointed by this fail ure of the House to pass this bill or act upon this subject, that l will re- introduce the bill on the opening day of the next session of Congress and push the measure with all the energy l possess, and 1 sincerely hope and believe that it will be speedily enact ed into law. And I also hope that instead of the appropriation being for $100,O0O,0O0, it may be five times that amount; because even then we will not, in proportion to our wealth and resources, be doing nearly as much for our returning soldiers as is being done by Canada, Australia, and all other English-speaking coun- tries. am not only confident that this measure will be adopted, but I firmly believe it will go down in his- tory as one of the great constructive policies of our country"
 Many of the State legislatures have not met recently, but large number of the States have already 'aken action by appropriate legisla- lon or by the appointment of com nittees to cooperate with the Federal Government in connection with the 'oldier-settlement plan of the De- 'artment. The action so far report d to the Department is summarized n the following statement: t
 Alabama.-Bill for soldier settle { nent has become law and the leg stature has passed a memorial urg- C ng the State delegation in Congress t Q do everything possible to secure T he enactment of Federal law. A |- committee working under the Post Var Council of Defense, consisting six State officials and three others re officially in charge of the mat ar.
 Arizona-An appropriate bill for cooperation with the United States as been introduced.
 Arkansas-Governor Brough has ppointed committee of eleven, 7ith himself as ex-officio member,
 represent the State, and has wired resident Wilson urging his active lpport of the congressional legisla- on. A joint resolution has been assed by the legislature urging the : rkansas congressional delegation to everything possible for Federal gislation.
 California-The Breed bill was in- oduced January 21 for referendum
 the people of the State to carry S1O,OOO,000 bond issue. It carries so a $1O,00O appropriation. An her bill has been introduced by nator Breed, permitting coopera- n with the United States and car ing a direct appropriation of $1,- O,OOO. The legislature passed mt resolution urging the adoption Congress of soldiers settlement .islation.
 Colorado-A bill has been introdu- carrying an appropriation of 'O,OOO for soldier settlements in operation with the Federal Govern mt. A resolution endorsing the ldier settlement legislation before ngress was adopted by both Hous- bill has been enacted the Internal Improve nt Board to use State lands for Her settlement and to cooperate