1902. 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



77 



O. Murphy, in regard to irrigation of 

 arid lands. 



January 15. 



Mr. Gamble introduced a bill in the 

 Senate for the relief of bona fide settlers 

 in forest reser^'es. 



January 14. 



Senator Teller presented a memorial 

 of the legislature of Colorado, remon- 

 strating against the leasing of public 

 lands and their cession to the various 



states. 



January J 5. 



Rep. Lacey, of Iowa, introduced a 

 bill to regulate the use of forest-reserve 

 timber. 



January 20. 



In the House of Representatives, Mr. 

 Haugen introduced a resolution by the 

 Iowa Park and Forestry Association for 

 the preservation of forest lands, etc. 

 Mr. Ketcham presented a resolution by 

 the Mount Hope Grange, No. 902, of 

 Hackensack, N. Y., against the irriga- 

 tion of any portion of the public domain 

 at government expense. 



Mr. Lacey introduced a resolution by 

 the Iowa Park and Forestry Association 

 in favor of a southern Appalachian 

 National Park. 



January 21. 



Senator Hansbrough introduced a bill 

 appropriating the receipts from the sale 

 and disposal of public lands in certain 

 states and territories to the construction 

 of irrigation works for the reclamation 

 of arid lands. 



The bill granting to the State of North 

 Dakota 30,000 acres of land to aid in 

 the maintenance of a school of forestry 

 was considered as in Committee of the 

 Whole. It proposes to grant to the State 

 of North Dakota 30,000 acres of the un- 

 appropriated public lands within that 

 state to aid in the maintenance of a 

 school of forestry, and provides that in 

 the case of the discontinuance of the 

 said school the lands so selected shall 

 revert to the United States. The bill 

 was reported to the Senate without 

 amendment, ordered to be engrossed for 

 a third reading, read the third time, and 

 passed. 



Mr. Newlands introduced a bill ap- 

 propriating the receipts, etc. 

 (See bill introduced into the Senate by 

 Mr. Hansbrough.) 



Rep. Woods presented a petition of the 

 California Club of San PVanci.sco, Cal. , 

 for the purchase of the Calaveras grove 

 of vSequoias for a national park. 



January 22. 



Mr. Fitzgerald introduced a resolution 

 of the New York State Fruit Growers' 

 Association in opposition to the pro- 

 posed appropriation for the irrigation of 

 arid lands. 



January 24. 



Resolution of the Pennsylvania P'or- 

 estry Association, in favor of the Appa- 

 lachian National Park, was introduced. 



January 27. 



A bill was introduced by Mr. Shallen- 

 berger to establish agricultural experi- 

 ment stations in semi-arid portions of 

 the States of North Dakota, South Da- 

 kota, Nebraska, and Kansas, and in the 

 Territory of Oklahoma, for the purpose 

 of demonstrating and improving a sys- 

 tem of soil culture and conservation of 

 natural moisture, wherebj' the product- 

 iveness of the lands located in the semi- 

 arid regions of the United States may 

 be increased without irrigation. 



January 28. 



Senator Millard, of Nebraska (byre- 

 quest) , introduced the following bill : 

 to provide for the leasing for grazing 

 purposes of vacant public domain, and 

 reser^'ing all rights of homestead and 

 mineral entry, the rentals to be a special 

 fund for irrigation. 



January 29. 



Rep. Lacey, of Iowa, introduced a bill 

 to transfer certain forest reser\-es to the 

 control of the Department of Agricult- 

 ure, to authorize game and fish protec- 

 tion in forest reserves, and for other 

 purposes. 



STANDING COMMITTEES OF SENATE. 



On Agriculture and Forestry. Messrs. 

 Proctor (chairman), Hansbrough, War- 

 ren, Foster of Washington, Dolliver, 

 Quarles, Quay, Bate, Money, Heitfeld, 

 and Simmons. 



