Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-03-09

and make frequent inquiries TO that
effect. and all are anxious and urgent
In their demands. These petitions
cover a very small portion OF the
country where surveys are realy y
needed.
We are indebted 10 Col. Geo. Scheetz
for many important suggestions In re-
gard TO the principal locations where
surveys are needed and no doubt he
understands more about the different
settlements in eastern Montana. the
character Of the settlements, the needs
OF surveys and the character OF the
country needed to be surveyed than
any other man perhaps In this part OF
the territory, having Travelled over the
country frequently. We give the fol-
lowing list Of townships furnished by
him in which are more or less settle.
ments on agricultural portions Of the
country.
On Powder river and tributaries
there is within the section OF country
from township ii north to 2 south aud
from range AZ east to SO east, q town.
ships with cotton wood timber along
the streams.
Little Powder river and east fork
has 6 townships with pine hills In the
rear.
Spring creek has 8 townships with
pine hill. in the rear.
Beaver Flats, Ekslaka postoffice,
with voting population OF 81, has 9
townships with good pine bills in the
rear.
Box Elder creek has IA townships,
with good pine hills in the rear.
Lite Missouri, Alzada postofflce.
with sIvoting strength Of IS, has 9
townships, with ash on the river.
On Beaver creek, south OF Mingus.
vile. there are nine townships, with
pine hills adjacent.
On Little and Rig Pumpkin creeks,
where it is we'll settled. there are 8
townships, with pine ON the hills ad.
jacent.
On Moon, Graveyard and Sweeney
creeks, where 1t 10 partially settled,
there are Q townships with pine bills
in t. e rear.
Cabin and O'Fallon creeks are par
TALLY settled. with is townships.
Reservation creek has two town
ships and 10 well settled.
On the north side Of the Yellow
stone river there are over 100 town.
ships of rolling prairie. On the south
side there are l0i townships, making q
total of 20i townships In Custer sud n
part of Dawson counties awaiting a
survey and mostly agricultural lands
and most OF which Is well eettied. In
most OF these valleys there 10 water lu
the streams where irrigation can be
IN idr success If necessary.
The estimvted cost Of the surveys OF
the foregoing valleys and townships
would be about $780, 900, which would
open up for settlement about 2,S92, 900
acres of the beet agricultural lands In
eastern Montana, capable Of support
ing population Of over 5000 people,
allowing 800 acres or half section TO
the family.
The appropriations heretofore made
have been very msagre cInsideriug
the wide stretch Of country in the ter-
ritorv remaining unsuryeyed. There
are something near $1,000, 900 OF acres
Of land in Montana. About ons.fourth
Of it l. surveyed, leaving 6s,00O, 900
acres yet unsurveyed. Counting the
three land districts in Montana, one at
Helena, one at Bozemsn and the
other here at Miles City equal In their
demands for surveys, 1t would take an
appropriation of sl6s,0OO year for
about ten years to complete the work
of surveys alone in Montana. Instead
of that there was u propriated for the
fiscal year ended June 80. 1857. for the
territory for the survey Of public lands
$4,000. From this very mesgre ap-
preparation there were contracts
awarded for about $500. The balance
was turned back into the treasury as
stated above.
This is retrenchment on the part OF
the general government TO painful
degree to our country, but lt is re.
trenchment In the wrong direction.
1t is u kind of economy that 10 greatly
retarding the material progress Of the
country.
Another very important considers-
tiou in the matter of surveys 10 the
fact that It will render large amount
Of railroad land in land grant districts,
such as ours, t,,ect to taxation. to
which the railroad company will offer
no objection as they seen desirous OF
the survey of their lands 80 ne to en-
able them to sell. And II the general
government has kindly feeling Tor
the thousands Of poor settlers IN the
west who are struggling along. and