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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



March 



heretofore withdrawn from market for 

 reservoir purposes to be restored to the 

 public domain, subject to entry under 

 the homestead law, with certain restric- 

 tions, ' ' reported the same without amend- 

 ment, accompanied by a report (No. 

 3659); which said bill and report were 

 referred to the Committee of the Whole 

 House on the state of the Union. 



February 7. 



A bill (S. 7288) extending the time 

 for making proof and payment for all 

 lands taken under the desert-land laws 

 by the members of the Colorado Cooper- 

 ative Colony for a further period of three 

 years was referred to the Committee on 

 the Public Lands. 



A bill (S. 6689) to protect from tres- 

 pass the public lands of the United 

 States and the wild animals and game 

 thereon, which does not propose to in- 

 terfere with local game laws, was intro- 

 duced by Senator Perkins, and passed. 



A bill (S. 7123) providing for the fur- 

 ther protection of the public forest re- 

 serves by giving wardens power to arrest 

 persons found violating any laws and 

 regulations of the reserves was intro- 

 duced by Senator Depew, and passed. 



In the House, Mr. Lacey, from the 

 Committee on Indian Affairs, to which 

 was referred the bill (H. R. 16280) to 

 open for settlement 505,000 acres of 

 land in the Kiowa, Comanche, and 

 Apache Indian reservations in Okla- 

 homa, reported the same with amend- 

 ment, accompanied by a report (No. 

 3661). Referred to the Committee of 

 the Whole House on the state of the 

 Union. 



February 9. 



vSenator Foster, of Washington, sub- 

 mitted an amendment proposing to ap- 

 propriate $21,000 for the management, 

 protection, and improvement of Mount 

 Rainier National Park, Washington, 

 and the same was referred to the Com- 

 mittee on Forest Reservations and the 

 Protection of Game. 



In the House of Representatives, a 

 bill (H. R. 17327) providing for the 

 sale of public lands belonging to the 

 United States, and situated on the 

 Mississippi River and Grand Pass, was 

 referred to the Committee on the Public 

 Lands. 



A message from the President an- 

 nounced that he had signed the bill 

 (H. R. 159) providing for free home- 

 steads in the north half of the Colville 

 Indian Reservation. 



February JO. 



A joint resolution was presented to 

 the Senate from the Legislature of 

 Wyoming, relative to irrigation investi- 

 gations by the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, and praying for 

 their continuance, was referred to the 

 Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. 



Senator Heitfeld reported without 

 amendment and with a report the bill 

 (S. 7288) extending the time for mak- 

 ing proof and payment for all lands 

 taken under the desert-land laws by 

 members of the Colorado Cooperative 

 Colony for a further period of three 

 years. The bill was passed. 



Senator Burton, from the Committee 

 on Forest Reservations and the Protec- 

 tion of Game, submitted a favorable re- 

 port on the amendment to appropriate 

 $21,000 for the management, protec- 

 tion, and improvement of Mount Rainier 

 National Park, in Washington. Re- 

 ferred to the Committee on Appropria- 

 tions. 



The bill (H. R. 16731) referred to the 

 Committee on the Public Lands, which 

 permits the town of Montrose, Colo., to 

 enter 160 acres of land for reservoir and 

 water purposes, passed the Senate. 



Senator Warren introduced a joint 

 resolution (S. R. 167) providing for a 

 careful inquiry and report respecting 

 the present operation of certain public- 

 land laws. Referred to the Committee 

 on the Public Lands. 



In the House a petition of the Bone- 

 steel Commercial Club, of Gregory 

 county, S. Dak., for the opening of the 

 reservation land in Gregory county for 

 homestead settlement, was referred to 

 the Committee on the Public Lands. 



February Jt. 



Mr. Mondell offered an amendment to 

 the appropriation of $130,000 made for 

 the Geological Survey for the purpose 

 of surveying lands within forest reser- 

 vations, stating that the General Land 

 Office alone should have the preparation 

 of these surveys. The amendment was 

 lost. 



