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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



February > 



Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, intro- 

 duced a bill to appropriate funds for 

 investigations and tests of American 

 timber. 



A joint resolution was introduced by 

 Senator Rawlins, of Utah, directing 

 inquir}' as to the practicability of divert- 

 ing the w^aters from the Duschense into 

 the Provo River, of Utah, for irriga- 

 tion purposes. 



Senator Stewart, of Nevada, intro- 

 duced a joint resolution proposing an 

 amendment to the Constitution of the 

 United States conferring j urisdiction on 

 the federal courts in controversies re- 

 specting the use of water, except where 

 the water and the use thereof are in the 

 same state. Referred to the Committee 

 on the Judiciary. 



December 10. 



Rep. Jenkins, of Wisconsin, intro- 

 duced a bill to authorize and regulate 

 the sale and use of timber on the unap- 

 propriated and unreserved public land. 



December t3. 



Mr. Jones, of Washington, introduced 

 a bill in the House granting to the 

 Yakima Irrigation Company a right of 

 way through the Yakima Indian Reser- 

 vation, in the State of Washington. To 

 the Committee on Indian Affairs. 



December 17. 



Mr. Fordney, of Michigan, intro- 

 duced a bill in the House amending an 

 act relating to forest reserves, selection 

 of land in lieu of relinquished claims 

 in forest reservations, and national 

 parks, and amending the act of June 4, 

 1897. 



Rep. Moody, of North Carolina, in- 

 troduced a bill for the purchase of a 

 national forest reserve in the southern 

 Appalachian mountains. 



December 18. 



Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, introduced 

 a bill in the Senate to conserve the flood 

 waters of I^ake Tahoe in the States of 

 California and Nevada, and to regulate 

 the outflow thereof. 



Mr. Stewart also submitted the fol- 

 lowing resolution: 



Resolved, That the Secretary of the 

 Interior be directed to furnish the Sen- 



ate with such information as he may 

 have relative to the cost of acquiring 

 the land necessary for site and the con- 

 struction of an impounding dam thereon 

 at the source of the Truckee River, to 

 control the surplus waters of Lake 

 Tahoe, situated in the States of Califor- 

 nia and Nevada, and to estimate the 

 cost of private property to be used for 

 that purpose and the damage, if any, to 

 private property caused by the erection 

 of such dam; also such information as 

 he may have as to the quantity of water 

 that can be stored and the number of 

 acres of land in excess of the land al- 

 ready irrigated which can be reclaimed 

 by the surplus water now running to 

 waste, and as to whether such dam 

 would interfere with the navigation of 

 the lake or in anywise impair the prior 

 rights of appropriators of the waters of 

 the Truckee River flowing from such 

 lake. 



Mr. Bowersock, of Kansas, intro- 

 duced a bill to provide for the leasing for 

 grazing purposes of vacant public do- 

 main, and reserving all rights of home- 

 stead and mineral entry, the rentals to 

 be a special fund for irrigation. 



Rep. Fordney, of Michigan, intro- 

 duced a bill to repeal all provisions of 

 the act of Congress approved June 4, 

 1897, entitled "An act making appro- 

 priations for sundry civil expenses of 

 the government for the fiscal year end- 

 ing June 30, 1S98, and for other pur- 

 poses," authorizing the relinquishment 

 of tracts covered by claims or patents 

 within forest reservations and the selec- 

 tion of other lands in lieu thereof, and 

 for other purposes. 



JANUARY, 1902. 



January 6. 



Rep. Bell introduced a resolution by 

 the Chamber of Commerce of Sterling, 

 Colo., favoring government construc- 

 tion of reservoirs. 



January JO. 



Mr. Bowersock, of Kansas, presented 

 resolutions by the National Live Stock 

 Association, asking for an appropria- 

 tion for irrigation. 



Mr. Young presented a letter by N. 



