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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



June* 



of the Department of Agriculture, en- 

 titled ' A Primer of Forestry ; ' 2,500 

 copies for the use of the Senate, 5,000 

 copies for the use of the House of Rep- 

 resentatives, and 10,000 copies for the 

 use of the Department of Agriculture." 

 There being no objection, the joint 

 resolution was considered as in Com- 

 mittee of the Whole The joint resolu- 

 tion was reported to the Senate without 

 amendment, ordered to be engrossed for 

 a third reading, read the third time, 

 and passed. 



May 9. 



(Senate.) Mr. Mitchell asked unani- 

 mous consent that the unfinished busi- 

 ness be temporarily laid aside, and that 

 the Senate proceed to the consideration 

 of the House bill No. 4393. There 

 being no objection, the Senate, as in 

 Committee of the Whole, proceeded to 

 consider the bill (H. R. 4393), reserving 

 from the public lands in the State of 

 Oregon as a public park for the benefit 

 of the people of the United States and 

 for the protection and preservation of 

 the game, fish, timber, and all other 

 natural objects therein, a tract of land 

 herein described, etc. It provides that 

 the tract of land bounded north by the 

 parallel 43 4' north latitude, south 

 by 42 48' north latitude, east by 

 the meridian 122 west longitude, and 

 west by the meridian 122 16' west 

 longitude, having an area of 249 square 

 miles, in the State of Oregon, and in- 

 cluding Crater Lake, shall be reserved 

 and withdrawn from settlement, occu- 

 pancy, or sale under the laws of the 

 United States, and dedicated and set 

 apart forever as a public park or pleasure 

 ground for the benefit of the people of 

 the United States, to be known as Crater 

 lyake National Park, etc. 



The bill was reported to the Senate 

 without amendment, ordered to be 

 printed to a third reading, read a third 

 time, and passed. 



May 10. 



(Senate.) A message was received 

 from the House announcing that it had 

 passed the following bills : 



Concurrent resolution of the Senate 

 to print 3,200 additional copies of the 

 bulletin entitled " Irrigation Investiga- 



tions in California, Bulletin No. 100, 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Office of Experiment Stations, 

 1 90 1." 



The message also further announced 

 that the House had passed a concurrent 

 resolution (No. 49) to print 1,000 copies 

 of the Preliminary Description of the 

 Geological and Water Resources of the 

 Southern Half of the Black Hills and 

 Adjoining Regions in South Dakota 

 and Wyoming, recently prepared by 

 Nelson Horatio Darton, in which it re- 

 quested the concurrence of the Senate. 

 The concurrent resolution was agreed to. 



The Public Printer estimates the cost 

 of this publication at $1,423. 



( House. ) Resolved by the House of 

 Representatives (the Senate concur- 

 ring), That there be printed 10,000 

 copies of Senate Document No. 84, be- 

 ing a message from the President of the 

 United States, transmitting a report of 

 the Secretary of Agriculture in relation 

 to the forests, rivers, and mountains 

 of the Southern Appalachian region, of 

 which 1,500 copies shall be for the use 

 of the Senate, 3,000 copies for the use 

 of the House of Representatives, and 

 5,500 copies for the use of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



The Public Printer estimates the cost 

 of this publication at $16,350. 



May 13. 



(Senate.) Mr. Simon, from the Com- 

 mittee on Irrigation and Reclamation 

 of Arid Lands, to whom was referred 

 the bill (S. 1969) to conserve the flood 

 waters of Lake Tahoe, in the States of 

 California and Nevada, and to regulate 

 the outflow thereof, reported it with an 

 amendment, and submitted a report 

 thereon. 



(House.) By Mr. Kern: Resolutions 

 of Zealous Lodge, No. 217, Locomotive 

 Firemen, of East St. Louis, 111., favor- 

 ing the irrigation bill as amended by 

 the Senate. To the Committee on Irri- 

 gation of Arid Lands. 



May 14. 



(House.) By Mr. Griffith: Petition 

 of National Association of Manufact- 

 urers in favor of a system of national 

 irrigation. To the Committee on Irri- 

 gation of Arid Lands. 



