Arizona republican., 1921-03-09
OMNIBUS BILL Is. PASSED BY HOUSE AT NIGHT SESSION
Senate Expected To Act On This Important Measure Today - House In Busy Evening Session Until Late

In a long and feverish night session pr which the house plowed rapidly through mass of business, the omni- pus good roads bill was passed by the unexpectedly large majority of 33 to 5. IL was sent to the senate where action on IL IS expected today. Friends of the plll were assured that the house amendments would not be seriously re- olsted
 The omnibus bill was reported out last night by the cpmmittee on enrolled and engrossed bills along with a half dozen others and they were immediate " ordered to third reading. The omni- bus bill was fifth on the list. There was no debate and the bin went to vote.
 Tactics that are frequently resorted to by hurried legislatures on the last night were introduced, the reading of two'or more bills at once. Tn this case there were three readers and when they had been finished. the speaker an nounced, You have heard the reading of No. So and So" That was literally. correct. Everybody had heard the reading. but no living auditor had un- derstood it.
 The main event in the senate was the consideration in the committee of the whole of the Cave Creek flood bill. This measure had been referred direct ly to this committee without making a VttVAt AiAOASii t Ste4IditS tOiAihit ltcc, and in that way got an early place on tho calendar. After some discussion of it. Manager Cragin of the Water Users association was invited to address the committee on the need of the control of the uncertain waters. As MT. Cragin was taking his place, Mir. MacMillin, with singular courtesy. moved the in de1inite postponement of the bill. But there was no second.
 Would Save State Loss
 Mir. Cragin described the value of the property of the state in the path of the flood whence the interest of the state in the control. Representing the Water Users association and speaking of the damage 1t had suffered by the breaking of it's canals. Mir Cragin said that the board of governors had authorized the expenditure Of $50 900 for the construc- tion of a concrete apron that would carry the flood over the canal Thus the property of the association would be secure. But the association was desirious Of saving the state and the people in the path of the flood from loss, and would pool its fund. with enough money from other sources to aggregate s350.000, the cost of estab- fishing a permanent control.
 It was mentioned that the plan oi control involved the building of a dam umms6 miles north of Phoenix. Dr. Sims s<ed if the state would have an in srest in that dam, meaning in the Aam as a part of an irrigation enter 5rise. Mr. Cragin replied that it would nave a pro-rata interest in the. enter prisc but he said that it would not be .a part of an irriSating enterprise, trough that might be developed from it. Tnere was nothing. though, in the bill touching upon that. s,} Mr. Wilkinson suggested an amend nent to the measure safeguarding the rights of the state in any enterprise that might develop in the future. With the understanding that such an amend ,ment would be made the committee agreed to a favorable report on the bill
 Marketing Bill Not Reached A It was expected that the co-operative N5nl which had been reported out yes terday afternoon w1lld be called up hut at late hour 1t had not beer reached.
 An important measure, though af. fecting only Maricopa county. withou cost to the state. was senate bill 160 for the validation of the last issue O MaricOpa county highway bonds. Ina was sent to the house yesterday. ant strong efforts were made last night t bring if out. It is a matter of vita concern to this county since it is immi nent that the validity of the bonds vii be attacked, though no doubt thei validity would be established, at @1great cost of time, and the friends o ~She bill were assured that it would b advanced as rapidly as possible to fina passage.
 Both houses were in session unti nearly II o'clock.
 The lower 1OJse of the legislatur yesterday upset all calculations in il disposition of the general appropriatio bill. Originally, the bin carried a lit tie more than s4,O00,000 which repre- sented a cutting down of the figures c the budget by s36O.3so. It Was predict ed that the house would still furthe reduce the total.
 House Is ProdigaI
 But from the outset when it wa taken up in the committee of the whol yesterday morning the house, with 1iberality amounting almost to prodi galfty, enlarged the appropriations. l practically every case the amount suggested in the budget were restore and in many cases more was given tha had been asked originally, but not mor than the aslxers later wanted
 The increases are estimated amount to considerably more than $1