Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-02
YUMA PROJECT
GETS ATTENTION
OF LAW MAKERS.
1856 Million Dollars to
Be DOled Out In
Many Places
By PAUL r. MALLON
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent)


WASHINGTON. Dee. Cen
gress got down to business today
and, with its final stroke, planned
to parcel out $1S6,c00,000 to pay
the soldier bonus, the recent tax re
duction refunds, the scrapping OF
the navy and promotion of irriga-
tion and reclamation in the west
Agreement was reached for this
ttep in the senate by adoption Of
the conference report on the Gcfi-
cheney appropriation bill. Republi-
ran leaders agree this is the most
pressing piece of legislation now
before congress and Senator Cnar-
les E. Curtis, new Republican lead
er, announced the bill would be
passed before nightfall.
Acting with like speed. the house
started its business of pairing gov
ernment expenses. The firss of a
dozen appropriation bills that must
be passed-the interior department
supply bills to be reported out
of the appropriations committee
and will be brought up for consid-
; Grafton tomorrow. Adding further
F, 70 the businesslike atmosphere of
the second days session was the
] budget message of President Cool
idge, which instruets congr ,ss iii
government expenses. This message
lis TO be read in both houses.
| The deficiency appropriation bill
4 Il A H.. .1af,,
of the las. session of congress when
Senator Key Pittman, Nevada. Dem
| ocrat, conducted a one man filibus-
/ ter against it.
Deficiency Bill Vital
The bill is vital to the executive
departments. 1t provides approp-
riations of $26,629,39S to pay the
$50 cash bonuses of war veterans
and $l00,000,000 as the first pay
ment of the bonus insurance GER
tificates. To the veterans it also
of the war veterans rehabilitation
bureau; $350,o0o for veterans ma
sional training school, and 100000
for vocational rehabilitation.
To the navy it grants $S,i50,000
to pay off contractors who were
stopped while constructing the ships
which the navy must scrap under
the disarmament treaty and the
$4,000, 600 for the actual scraoping
of the ships.
1t gives the treasury department
SIC, l40,000 necessary to make re-
funds under the % per cent rcduc-
tion in taxes ordered last session in
the tax bill.
a $i50,000 increase in salaries of
consular representatives, aud s5.413,-
800 for the coast guard is contain
ed in the measure.
Irrigation project appropriations,
some of which have been changed
in conference, were announced by
Senator Warren as follows:
Fort Hall. Idaho, 100000; :sl25,-
600 for investigation of projects in
Utah, Oregon, Washington, Nebras
ka, Wyoming and Nevada; $597,0SS
TO reimburse Yuma, Ariz., land own
ers; 100000 North Platte, y bras
ka, and Wyoming; 100000; Span
ish Springs, Nevada; $l,500,Il
Salt Lake Basin, Utah: 81 1,250, 900;
Owyhee, Oregon; $250,000 Warm
Springs Ore, $l,500,000 Yakima.
Wash; for completion of the Yu-
ma project 100000.
Appropriations aggregating s3f
1877 400, which includes Sl,5000g
for construction on roads, were
lotted to the national parks ser
Acting on the suggestion Of Rst
resentm.ivc Hayden. Arizona, the
eonlmittei recsnmended that the
dam at Gila River, Arizona, be
hereafter known as the Coolidge
dam.
Appropriations recommended for
reclamation projects included:
900; Orlahd, Cal, $4,000; Newands,
Yuma, Arizona California S432,
Nevada, $4,000; Klamath, Oregon
California 1861 900; Salt Lake Bas.
in, Utah, S900,000.