The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-01-24


By an act of the Legislature, approved
March 8, 1868 this Institution was established,
and permanently located at the city Of EN-.
pot ess fSsn ~ scres sdisc.ns 70 . G
of EmpOria, should be donated, and secured
to the State ih fee simple.
Emporia promptly donated to the State the
tract of valuable land upon which the Nor
NAL school buildings were afterwards erect
e 3d. and IN addit M 70 this from time to
add to the success of this institution. But
independent of these facts. which IL seems
to me should have some weight I'm determin.
ing this question, q thorough y organized
and well conducted normal school u abso-
lutely necessary 20 insure the greatest sue
cess to our common school system of educa-
measured by the qualifications of the teach.
ers. Therefore it 10 important that those
desiring TO teach should be provided by the
highest grade Of quaIincsfion. Hence the
necessity of well conducted institution of
this class.
ton be made to rebuild and restore 70 our
educational system the Normal School At
EmpOria.
STATE UNIVERSITY.
This Institution, as shown by the reports,
Is in q fiourishing condition; and, to insure
its continued success, its interests should be
carefully guarded, and such aid and en-
cOuragement extended to IL as will insure
the maximum of efficiency in all its depart
The total receipts of the University. from
January ], 1871, to June 80. 1878. As exhibited
en- sse TO
amount TO A6.0646l: leaving balance on
hand, June 80, 1875. of Sss703. The estimated
june 80, 1856 is SIS $50, and for the fiscal yess
closing June 30, ISL, $4,000.
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Having received no report from the Agri-
cultural College. I can only say that informa
, Th aerhsed IRON % r rnstt 70 4, TINS
satisfactory progress in its various depart
ments, and Is y credit to the State.
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
This department continues to do q wonder
valuable and reliable information relating to
our State, are not only highly esteemed by our
own citizens. but are eagerly sought after by
f citizens Q. Gsner states anu countries desr
sas. This department should be literally
sustained by the State. and every ecessary
provision should be made to increase IFS EN-
cheney ana usefulness. 1t Is TO the work of
thi3 department that We are indebted for tho
statistics showing that Kansas has sprung
from twenty fourth ia rank among the States
in the production of wheat, in lsG6, to first in
rank In 1873. producing. as she did. over 81.
900 coo of bushels. while in the production Of
corn. Kansas rises from twenty fifth In rank
In 1868, to fourth in rank in 1875.
Tie rooms occupied by this department are
wholly inadequate for the purposes for which
they are used, and respectfully suggest that.
ttonal room ~ the importance and necessi-
ties of the department. seem to demand.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
The report of the superintendent of Insur-
ance gives = very satisfactory exhibit of the
transactions of that department.. Several
suggestions and recommendations are made
by the Superintendent, TO which your atten--
ton Is invited. The total receipts of this de-
a Ak<. 1871
the report, were sls, sl6.42, which was disburs-
ed as follows: To the school fund, $500; and
to the insurance fund, S9,4&6.42.
COMMISSIONERS OF FISHERIES.
The report Of the Commissioner of Fisher
les, to which request your attention. shows,
among other things, total expenditure OF
$3.50 IS; the accidental loss or destruction of
600 salmon eggs; the deposit, without the
young shad in the kaw River, at Topeka, ind
the appropriation OF S6.0N to
enable him to successfully prosecute his
work us such Commissioner.
PUBLIC LANDS.
I am of the opinion that the interests of the
State would be best subserved by concentrat-
ing the management and sale of all the school
lands of the state, including the lands OF the
under one general head, to be
known as the State Land Department, by
which all contracts for the sale OF land should
be either made or approved, and that all pay
tracts should be made to the head of such de-
and covered into the state Treas
ury. to be placed to the credit of the a-ticu--
lar fund to which it belongs, and BY the Treas
urer dfsbursed according 70 law. Such q sys-
tenn for the disposition of our public lands.
would be less expensive, insure greater safety
TO the purchaser as well as the State, and
would be less complicated than our present.
system. There should also be provision
made for an appraisement of all of said lands
by q commission duly created for that pur-
pose, which should personally inspect every
tract of such lands, and in their report give q
full and complete description of each subdi-
vision of 40 acres, embracing quality OF soil,
stone, water, timber, location, value, etc
Such an appraisement, being entirely freed
from local Influences (Which make our pres
emit system OBJECTIONABLE, would be uniform
and reliable, and more likely to do equal JUS
tice to all concerned.
The commission who selected the 265, 900
acres of land recently secured to the State
from the United States Government, having
in their report given such u description from
q personal inspection of eachafract described,
eho roll lau lof vaf 1,rifI