St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-07
A SLAP AT MR.. SPARKS
The Governor of Wyoming Submits His
Report Regarding the Territory's
Condition.
The Tide Of immigration Checked by the
Severe Rules Of the Land
Office.
Say About the Mormon
EVIL.
Candidates for Office Must Resign the
Positions in Federal
Service.
wyoming Territory.

WASHINGTON. Oct. &c. e. Warren.
governor of Wyoming Territory, has sub
United to the secretary of the interior his
report of the affairs progress and develop
ment of the territory during the last year.
He says:
The general business depression Of the
country during the year has been quite
keenly felt in Wyoming. Cattle-grOwing, the
leading industry of the territory, has suffered
severely from the unsatisfactory beef market
and the tide OF Immigration and settlement of
public lands is being sensibly checked by the
severe requirement exacted from the settlers
by the rules and regulations of the general
land Office. ASIDE from these retarding in
fluenceS the territory is making rapid prog
ress. Very fattering results attend all eff
forts in developing our mineral resources,
and railroad building is pushed with remark
able vigor.
The governor makes strong argument
against harsh treatment by the govern
ment of intending settlers in general, be-
cause some entries of land have been
found fraudulent. He says the
PROSPERITY OF THE TERRITORY
depends ON opening its lands to entry.
AS an evidence of how the government
is disposing OF its lands in Wyoming, the
report says that 'only two patents for the
entire territory were received through the
Wyoming land Office during the year last
past and one of these conveyed but forty
acres and the other eighty, and this, too,
in territory containing nearly 60, 600, 900
acres of public and reservation land.
Agriculture depends almost entirely
upon irrigation, and as all example of
what has been done in this direction and
what is intended. there have been recorded
within four months in the district cOmpriS-
ing the southeast portion of Laramie
county. more than 500 canals and bitches.
extending over 1000 miles in length and
covering at least 100, 900 acres of land. The
report SPEAKS fatteringly of the mining
outlook, and predicts that the attention of
the whole world at no distant time will be
directed to Wyoming on account of her
coal and mineral productions. The COVER
nor offers
THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS:
That the alleged Enclosure Of public lands,
alternating with railroad sections, receive
attention and necessary legislation; that GER
tain public lands be either leased or sold;
that final proofs upon public lands by bona
flde settlers be4nade easier and that patents
may speedily issue after final proof and nee
essarry inspection; that the school and uni
versity lands be leased and thus be made
useful to the schools and territory; that the
abandoned Fort Fetterman military reserva-
ton be sold and other reservations opened to
settlement; that Mornings railroad facilities
be greatly increased without delay; that
congress reimburse Wyoming for money
expended in erecting the territorial capital,
the government to own the building and
occupy it for federal Offices etc.; that con-
gress increase the number of members al
lowed for the legislative assembly and also
increase their compensation, and that four
United States judges should be provided for
Wyoming territory.