The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-22
IDAHO LEGISLATURE.
That Honorable Body Arrived
in the City Yesterday.
UTAH IS AN OBJECT LESSON! +.
An Interview-They ADVOCATE Com
biration of Teri itories-The
Object of Their Visit.

The members of the IdahoLegislature
who started for Salt Lake Thursday
evening, arrived in the city last night.
The party consists of the following
named gentlemen, and in charge OF
W. c. Allen, editor of the Shoshone
Journal: Il. q. Burkert speaker of the
House and Representative Of Alturas
County; A. Bruner, representative OF
Boise County; M. A. Kurtz, repre-
sentative of Ada County; ]. R. San
burn, representative of Shoshone and
Kootenai Counties; George P. Wheeler.
representative of Bingham County and
editor of the Pocatello Reporter; A. S.
Cheney, CT Latah County; l. G. Sargent,
of Shoshone County;J. 1. Mitcham, Of
Nez Perez County; G. M. Day, of
Idaho County; James Lyons, of Bear
Lake County; George Sampson,
of Owyhee County; George w. Hunter,
sergeant-at-&ms, of Alturas County
Charles Il. Reed, chief clerk and T. s.
Potter, assistant clerk, all of the
House. Only few members of the
council are IN the party, they are, J.
w. Brigham, of Latah County; w. Y.
Perkins, Alturas County; E. s. Jewell,
of Washington and Owyhee Counties;
]. p Campbell, sergeant = at arms;
j. II. Watson, assistant sergeant
at = arms; A. Henschkel, page;
Miss Matte Cohn, assistant en-
rolling and engrossiDg clerk. and
Miss @, G. Sweet, the clerks secretary.
They are also accompanied by Mrs.
Charles H. Reed, Mrs. George W.
Hunter, E. s. Bruner, D. Heron and j.
r. Straughan and wife. The party
took Grant Bros. buss line for the
Continental where they are quartered
A HERALD reporter callsu at the
Continental and interviewed number
of members of the party and cleaned
from them the facts as portrayed be-
low. The object of the visit is to gain
information on any and all subjects
ing the Territory prominently before
possible of a general nature that can
be utilized to the advancement of
Idaho. It is their special mission to
examine our artesian wells, methods
of irrigation, and for this purpose they
have brought with them J. r. Straug-
han of the United States Surveyor
Generals office, who will thoroughly
investigate the subject. They also de-
sire to ascertain the results achieved by
the Chamber of Commerce TO the bene-
fit of the city, the cost and manner
of fitting out an exposition car and the
best way of recurring population and
capital for the development of agricul-
tural, industrial and mining le-
sources of the Territories. One, point
for which they are laboring, and in
which they desire to secure the cc-op-
Grafton of Utah, is TO increase the ap-
preparation in Congress for public land
surveys and Photographed surveysf for
the location Ct reservoirs ard water
canals to reclaim the Large tracts Of
arid land in Utah and Idaho. The
moneys recently appropriated by Con-
gress for this purpose are being chiefly
expended in Arizona and New Mex CO,
to the neglect Of the Territories of the
north and west. 1t appears to be toe
general sentiment of the legislators
present that combination with Utah
for the mutual benefit OF the two Terri
tories would be desirable and beneficial.
In fact, Idaho is anticipating State
hood, aud this visit to our Territory is
for the purpose CT accommodating useful
knowledge in order to better p, epare
them to bring their advantages be-
lore the people and to take
the preliminary steps toward the
qualification of their highest
ambitjon-Statehood. 1t was stated by
a prominent member of the party that
an earnest effort would be made in the
near future to call a convention of all
the Territories OF the north and west
for the purpose of more thoroughly dis
cussing the ways and means of advanc-
ing their com mon interests, and giving
greater impetus to each of their sew
eral districts; to induce greater immi-
grafton, and secure the attention of
Congress in the matter of appropria-
tons to enable the Territories to
develop their resources more rapidly.
The Legislature, before adjoining Tor
the holidays. appointed committees to
investigate the different subjects of
importance, and they will devote to-
day to their special search and to pre-
pare for their reports at the reassem-
bling of the Legislature on January
I'd. No regular routine of work has
been arranged, the entire excursion
being Of an informal nature. 1t Is
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