The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-01-22

commissioner to enlarge and perfect The,
display until 1t will not be surpassed bY
anytMng sat the exposit ion. The Sex
.penses Of coll oting and trahspof ting athe
lido not doubt but that the amount named
would dncrease the atIactive ness Of the:exE
-h1hit,' but tits already of o character til res
fleet credit on the territory, and I am IN
willing to recommend more than was set
apart for this purpose BY the legislature two
Of $40, 900, Or so much thereof as may bs
necessary, Will be appropria lated, d full report
OF all expenditures to be made to the legis-
jleture, and Il 1t is found impossible to COM
pletely close the accounts before the adj
,joarnment: Of the present body, to a auhse-
territorial treasurer, and a r. Brown, Esq,
LOT Canton, were designated by me to sact
Temporarily In conjun otibn with the com
mission appointed; by the president DIS a
board Of control and audit It would be
well now for the Legislature to provide for
such officials as may be deemed advisable,
who shall serve until the close Of the ex-
position and the final settlement of all ac-
counts A pamphlet has been prepared for
distribution OF the exposition and elsewhere,
sc, 900 Of which will soon be issued. The
book Is far from complete or satisfactory,
but it will enable the various officers Of the
territory to respond to the many calls made
upon them for information and will thus
answer Until mething better is Inland
GRAIN AND RAILWAY COMMISSION AND AanI-
CULTURAL AND IMMIGRATION AGENTS. ~
@ The territory needs an effective grain and
railway commission; and it needs an agent
of immigration, and it needs an agricultural
h1lrRQn Thu grain r0Ynf11 iGafnr r1r0vinRd for
BY the last legislature amounts to but very
little. practically, not because the agents
appointed to that board hnve been unwilling,
or Incompetent, but because they are pro-
the necessary movements The question
Of securing AFFAIR gradfnE of grain and
reasonable facilities for tpngporting it to
market is one OF much MoHehtS and one
beset with many difficulties. e The matter
has beenwidely discussed, and has no doubt
secured the careful liberation Of many
members of the legislature who will have
measures Of relief to propose. am glad
to learn that tho legislature OF Minnesota ia
disposed to cooperate with the legislative
department Of this territory In an effort to
devise means for the relief of the people of
ference may be appointed by the two bodies,
and that their deliberations will bear aatis-
factory results II our present grain COM
mission, reorganfzed and clothed with larger
powers, can be Of service In this connec-
tion you will doubtless see At to continne it
As constituted under the present law, how
ever, 1t might as well be abolished, The adj
vantage Of having an agricultural agent for
the territory 1s apparent. Dakota Is pre-
eminently an agricultural region. No body
Of men Is more fairly entitled to affair rep
resentaGlon In the territorial government
than the farnler. information regarding the
condition Of the crops, the acreage, aggre-
gate and average yield, experiments with
various seeds, success with diverg crops,
and manner of cultivation, and many other
matters upon which 1t is desirable to have
full information aud now unobtainable in
anything like reliable form. Experience
with such crops In other states, even those
Immediately adjoining us, liz in many In
stances partially or wholly inapplicable here.
The country and the conditions arc new.
Success with any given crop in the territory,
cultivated In q different way or with some
new variety of grain, Is q matter Of great
Importance to the farmers Of the territory,
and all Authorization on this subject ought to
be speedily gathered and widely disseminate.
ed earnestly hope that provision will be
and that whatever ropriation Is needed
to make bureau of the character effective
and Of signal service to the farming interests
will be promptly furnished "a is5 ~
The states about us have commissioners Of
immigration, and find them profitable adj
juncts to the state governmental There Ii
certainly ms much, and 1t seems to me more
room and more reason for the employment
Of euch an agent in Dakota than In any of
the neighboring statea The creation of
three boards to look after the three interests
named seems hardly justihable and scarcely
necessary. But 1t has occurred. to me that
the three departments so closely allied
might be united In one effective board
through which the entire business could be
Transacted IL these three interests men
toned can be grouped together, each with a
member specially adapted to one of the de-
partmsnts named acting separately In their
final action on questions Of moment 1t might
prove to be economical as well as beneficial.
believe that 1t Is the experience that one
board properly constituted, with business
enough before 1t to keep it's members and
more than half dozen assembled at long
intervals, possessing little authority and
handicapped by the fact that their own .pri-
yate business must suffer while they give
their time to the public, practically without
compensation Difficulties may be found in
suggestion, and I shall only be too glad to
have better way pointed out to gain the
end In view. 4 Il & q =. AZ 5sl ID
ORGANIZING COUNTER ~
The organization of new counties is beset
with many difficulties believe that MANY
Of them can be avoided by an intelligent
amendment Of the law. When fifty voters
petition for the organization Of new county
the governor is required to appoint commits
sionerR The number is too small. At least
one hundred ought to be required Again.
II there lis any. valid reason why voters In q
new county should not choose their own
commission decide upon their own coun-
and responsibilities OF their fellow Citizens n
other counties, / do not know what that rea-
son ia Surely there is nothing In tho organic
law to prevent II provision were made aus
thoriztng especial election to be called on
al g8the q,lalia cations Iot voters, and sur
ound such special election with safeguards
o insure fair vote and an honest count. I
believe the interests OF; all parties would be
served AT any rate the present law de-
mands some rational amendment It Is
simply impossible for the executiv I've to avoid
committing frequent mistakes. and he Is La
BILE to commit grave errors under the statute
ASH now stands II have 9appointed COM
missioneIs for but two counties aince
my term Of office began. These are
much doubt as to the wisdom Of orraniza-
don The statute leaves the governor no
discretion, however, when satisfied that fifty
OF those petdtiontngj are votera 4 7 have re-,
squired sworn. violence that those asking fof
Eorgantzat ion speEseased the qnaliti cation Of
nAu1t, IOuONVR bn0I n1Iy. per-
sons may secure the organiza zion OF i conn.
" II tic law ds obeyed, though one hundred
and Fifty protest against 1t It Ii desirable
that new counties be organized as fast az
they possess the necessary population, bal
the minimum number should be doubled al
least Various ID ficultles and complic
exist In some counties organized In the past
/ year or GWo.s In certain cases the people
complain TINT the commissioners have mol
done their duty |, and these cases demand
can be applied and which seems advisable
In some of these cases I presume Justice