The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-21
MONTANA'S GREETING.
The First Montanian Gov.
ernor's Annual Report.
A MANLY MESSAGE
Governor Hauser's Report to secre-
tary Lamar---Sound Views Ex.
pressed---Solid for Silver.

Governor Hauser's Report to so..o
tary Lamar---Sound Views Ex.
pressed---Solid for Silver.
The following is the full text of Goverpo
Hausers first report to the Hon. T.. a. G.
Lamar, Secretary OF the Interior. It ia q,
able and business-like document and will
prove OF interest to every reader Of c,ur
MINER.
HELENA, NJ. r., October 10. 1ss5
TO the Hon. l.. T. e. Lamar Secretary o.
the Interior, Washington, d. G-SIR: Com.
plying with your request OF August "a,
1880, have the honor to submit the fol
lowing suggestions and statements of the
affairs and condition of the Territory nj
Montana.
Having entered upon the discharge of the
duties OF this office since the close of The
fiscal year, am unable to do $50 far as
statistics are concerned more than to
direct your attention to such matters as
can be leaned from the biennial reports of
the Auditor and Treasurer of the Territory.
From these 1t appears that the total as.
seSsment OF property in the Territory for
theyear SS4 amounted to $49, 1850 81.
the same being an increase OF $4,000, 600
Qn round numbers) over the previous year.
1t should be remembered that the assess
ment does not give the full value of our
property, and does not include our mines,
winch are worth great many millions.
POPULATION
No census OF the popula ton of the Terri
tory has been taken since 1880, at which
time it was 80, 1877. At present it can only
be estimated by the total vote cast at the
general election in November, 1884, which,
AS appears from the report OF the Auditor
and Treasurer, was &c, 800. From the same
official source it appears that at the pre-
cedins general election the total vote cast
in 1882, was 23,31S. The increase has
been greater during the past two years
than at any other period, and our popula-
ton may be fairly estimated at 100, 900 to
10000.
AGRICULTURE.
The numerous valleys OF the Territory
are remarkably fertile, with proper facilities
for irrigation yielding large returns in
wheat, oats, barley, and ali kinds OF vege-
tables, unsurpassed in quality. Owing to
the high price OF labor here, as in all mining
countries and the great distance from the
markets of the world, our farmers have
been unable to compete successfully in
foreign markets with those of Dakota on
the east and Washington and Oregon on
the west; consequently nothing more is at
tempted than the supply of the home de-
manA, which is large, owing to the great
number of men employed in the mines. In
all those portions of the Territory where |
the necessary care and attention has been |
given to the planting and cultivation of |
fruit trees 1T has been demonstrated that |
the hardy varieties off ruit of all kinds can |
be successfully raised. Small fruits of all |
kinds succeed every where in the Territory |
and the yield is simply enormous.
INDIAN DEPREDATIoNs.
am advised from reliable sources that |
during the past season numerous depreda-
tiolls have been comtted upon the rights |
oi stocklnel by rowing bands of Indians,
who have been suffered to leave their reser-
rttions and to roam promiscuousiy y through
aregon Of country where there is absolutely
no game, and where to sustain life, these
Indians have killed cattle running upon the
ranges, and in several instances have run |
off the horses belong Ing to the cattle men.
This has been carried on to such an extent |
that the stockmen have become greatly and
Justly exasperated. can but renew the re-
luest so frequently made by my predeces-
sors that some such action be taken by
your department us will result in restrain
ing and confning these Indians upon their
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the fairest and best portion OF the Terri
tory, and from which the whites are rigidly
excluded.
RESERVATIONS. !
From statistics furnished by the
United States Surveyor Generals Office for |
Montana, it appears that three Indian
in this Territory embrace an
area Of $4,000 square miles, including
nearly 81, 900, 900 acres of the finest agri-
cultural lands to be found on the Continent.
would earnestly urge upon your Depart
ment the necessity Of cutting down these
reServa tiOnS to a size commensurate with !
the needs OF the Indians. The greater por-
ton OF these lands, SO necessary for the use
Of actual seetlers, is Of no use whatever to
the Indians. Since the extinction OF the
buffalo there is little or no game and but
sGiail portion, ii any, of these lands are cul-
tiNated. Why not throw the reservations
open for settlement and sale, reserving a
portion for the Indians, to be held by them {
in severalty; break up their tribal relations
and reserve ii portion Of the proceeds OF the
sale Of the lands for the use and benefit of
the Indians during the period and process
OF education and civilization? Without |
troub!ingyou with details which will suggest
to you, such policy would be
IA charity to the Indians and result in fur
nishing homes to hundreds of thousands OF
our own race, besides furnishing the world
with over Il million cattle which would and
could be grazed and sustained on these
lands. That they (the 1ndians) can be edu--
Gated and civilized, has been demonstrated
by the Fathers at St. Ignatius Mission, In
their boarding schools and workshops on
the .Jocko Reservation, in this Territory,
and doubtless at other places.
crnrI pAISJNa |
Next to mining, stock raisingis the largest {
and leading industry in the Territory. Ac-
corling to the official report OF the Auditor i
and Treasurer for the fiscal year ending {
December 81, 1884, the whole number OF I
horses assessed, was 80, ,S43; mules ana {
asses, ,534: sheep 593, ,S96; cattle, .5O9,-
1858. Since the assessment there have been
q large number of cattle driven into thc
Territory, allowing for these and under as
sesslnent and the increase, L wouid eS'F
mate that we have now in the Territory
Cattle. 100000 head
81 l,oiSes ....................". d1UU'oo00 i .
'hec cl).............. ...............I, ,@O"'oo" '
EXPORTS.
While there are no statistics giving the ex- /
act exports, yet through the railroad com d
panics, cattle and sheep organizations nun
ns companies reports, ETC., IL can oe
very closely. q
Mr.. Harrison United States Assayer, ana r
secretary Of one OF our largest cattle associ- /
alions, has assisted me in making the r
following estimate OF exports for the pas'
Twelve months:
Silver, gross value, at 81 .05......Sl ,Ooo'Vo0
Copper, d" H.. 7,Ooo,OOo c
cold :. - 2,5OO,OOO n
Lead :. q :. 4. 100000 Il
Beef cattle, ~ 600 head. 100000 \
wool, 100000 lbs, gross .oo ooo [
Petrrs and fn,s 25O,OOO e
TotaIuross y, Inc Of exports. .s26, 400, 900 t
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