The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-18
MESSAGE
Of William Hale, Governor Of
Wyoming,
To the Eighth Legislative As
sembly, January, 1884.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, !
WYOMING TERRITORY, ,

WYOMING TERRIToRY,
Cheyenne, January 10th, 1884.
Gentlemen of the Council and House O
Representatives:
In accordance with q prevailing Gus
tom in this territory, I appear before
you to greet you and welcome you to
the halls of legislation.
congratulate you upon the fsvora-
BILE circumstances under which you have
met. The general health Of our people
has been good, our industries have been
prosperous. and the advancement oil
these interests, in the future, as they
may be affected by wise and judicious
laws, will early receive your thoughtful
consideration.
To enact statutes for An old common.
wealth, where business channels are
settled, where human activities repeat
themselves from day to day, is a work
not hard to perform; but when men
meet to make laws for a sovereignty
which is buC a day old in point of ma
tional existence, the labor must necess-
ably engage every human energy, and
invoke the assistance Of every mental
effort; for to aid in building up a gov
eminent which must in its duration i'm
press favorably or u~nfavorably the hu-
man race. is a work involving the
greatest responsibility that an individ-
ual may assume. To have had some
thing to do or to say in the performance
of a work like this, where every act is q
mark which time only can erase. and
where every thought is a monument,
and where every effort you may make
is history, l say, to have had some
thing to do with the accomplishment of
these things, will be to you a pleasure
and a glory, or not, as your efforts may
be wisely and ju~diciously put forth.
The ear future will prove that the
Industries of our Territory will be very
numerous. That although few are pur-
sued with great profit to-day, those
which are within reach Of capital and
well directed physical labor, will, when
they shall have been sufficiently devel-
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commercial affairs as TO be sufficient in
their results to repay every effort that
may be exercised to put them In motion,
and perform their full share in contrib
uting to the worlds demand for sup
plies and labor. Among these
Of wealth may be named the vast de-
posits OF petroleum which have been
found in many portions Of the Terri
tory, and now only await suitable COM
mercial advantages to warrant the tap
ping of the basins.
The immense supply Of soda, easy of
access, Ill its natural state, and mex
haustible in quantities of the best ma
tive quality, have been found In many
places. Corporations for the refine
ment Of crude coal oil and soda have
already been organized, and at no dis
tant day these enterprises, employing
large capital and a great number of Ia
borers will be in full and certainly sue.
cessiul operation. Indeed, refining
works for the treatment of soda have
recently reached completion at Laramie
City.
Coal Of superior quality abounds
throughout the Territory and will be
found in the future to be one OF our
greatest sources of wealth. Gold, sill
yer, copper; iron, and other ores, In In
limited quantities, are found nearly ev-
erywhere within our borders. Ores
bearing the precious metals are treated
in many places with handsome profit.
The extension Of railroads through
the central portion of the Territory,
running east and west, is confidently
assured and expected. Corporations
for the extension of railroad lines from
Cheyenne to the Montana boundary,
and from some point on tho Union Pa
cihc, in the county Of Carbon, to the
Yellowstone Park, and ultimately on
through the regions of the north, have
already hled their articles, and in case
OF the latter the route has been sur
veyed and carefully examined by COM
petent men, and found to be In every
way practicable. This line will pass
through the region of the great coal, Pc
troleum and soda deposits, as well as
the unsurpassed agricultural and graz
ing fields Of tina Sweetwater, Wind Riy-
er, Big Horn and other valleys.
Thus 1t will be seen by a passing
glance that the roposing u of
wealth within our borders but await
the approach of capital and reasonable
business courage, while the enterprises
already equipped for work in the Terri
tory, f~oreshadow results OF the most
startling character. 1 commend them
TO your careful investigation, with the
confident belief that whatever may be
proper within the pale of appropriate
legislation, will receive your hearty and
cordial sanction. The industries now
pursued by our people will receive such
aid as may fall within the scope Of your
powers and duty. The live stock bust.
ness, now employing thousands of men
and millions of dollars in money, prose-
cuted as 1t is over a vast unoccupied
territory, win require at your hands
such protection As experience has de,
monstrated to be necessary and proper.
Our agricultural interests, second in
Importance to no other in the Territory
should receive from you all the protect,
ion that the magnitude of the subject