The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-23
Governor Wnrren,s Rennrt.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Francs E. War
rem, governor of Wyoming territory, has
filed with the secretary of the interior his
report for the year ended June 80, 1889.
The population of the territory is estimated
at ninety five thousand to one hundred and
five thousand against 9,11S in 1870. 1.-The
people of Wyoming" says the governor,
want statehood. The men who have
braved all the perils of pioneer life have
laid broad and deep foundations for future
homes, towns and cities and have treasured
up the means that uphold a commonwealth,
and are not unmindful of the advantage of
state government, although the present adj
ministratiOn has greatly relieved the situa-
ton by appointing territorial officers from
bona tide residents of the territory wherein
they are to serve. Yet the people know
from past experience what it is to live un-
der territorial form of government by
strangers with little or no knowledge of
the territory, and Indifferent to it's future
growth and prosperity"
The assessed valuation of ali property in
1883 was S31, 431 900 against 1851, 900 in
1870 and 81, 924, 900 in 1880. These state
ments, the governor says do not represent
more than one-fourth of the actual valua-
ton. The financial standing OF Wyoming,
the report states, is high, the bonds of the
territory bearing 6 per cent. interest, sold
at l26 premium and territorial warrants
have always been at par and promptly paid
when presented.
The governor urges upon Congress the
adoption of a more liberal policy in the
matter of surveying the public lands. The
inability of the settler to obtain a legal
rig hit to lands selected by him for home.
it is stated, has worked three-fold injury:
first to the government, which receives no
pay for lands; next to the county and terri
tory which derive no revenue from it, and
lastly to the settler who can obtain no title
to the land and is hazarding his i'm
provements, which are of no value
to him, in a commercial sense, as he could
neither sell nor mortgage them. More
over, there are are large tracts of unsur-
Veyed land which are valuable for other
purposes than agricultural. There are
immense oil fields and coal beds and vast
forests of valuable timber yet unsurveyed
In their present unknown condition it is
impossible to protect the forests against
the depredations of INSCRIPTIONS men,
and the development of the coal and OF
lands is retarded by the impossibility of
surveying them under the present restric-
tiens. The aggregate number of acres dis
posed of during last year under the public
laws, including selections by railroads, was
301, 375.
governor says good profits can be made in
the cattle business of today if properly
conducted, and is encouraging to the future
of the business in that the stock men are
adopting better methods of management.
The reasonable price of cattle products
which is sure to come soon, will make cat
tie raising in Wyoming one Of the most
lucrative industries anywhere under the
head of legitimate pursuits. The settle |
ment of farmers and grangers on the agri-
cultural lands has caused division of the |
area of the open country, but there remains !
a wide field for business conducted on the |
open range on very large tracts that can be |
used for grazing only for many years. While |
the contraction of the open ranges and |
the decrease in the animals handled in the |
old way have necessarily lessened the cat |
tie industry of Wyoming in the last few
years, vet it is believed that ultimately |
stock farming,l or combining of agri- |
cultural and stock raising, crops being |
raised on the streams and arabic lands and |
live stock ranging outside and ON the near
ranges, will greatly increase the number
of cattle, also their grand weight, quality
and profits in the territory until there will be
more cattle raised in Wyoming than at any
time in the past