Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
"f"AihG KAocks
ihs People of that Territory A.,
Admission TO s~tateh,o, ne for

The People of that Territory A..,,.
Admission to Statehood for
WASHINGTON, October 90
warren, governor OF WyouiDo uc.s 3,
filed with the secretary Of tba '%erritors
report for the year ending june D; so the
The population Of the territory !. s o. 1889.
at from $4,000 to los, 900, a.a Iss,'natsd
n 1870. against 9,1lS
The people OF Wyoming"
ern"r, want statehood. The suS gov
have braved all the perils q, -'n Who
have laid broad and deep found 'tisA, lie
future homes towns and cities. sns VnS Of
treasured up means that. and nave
the commonwealth, are not unm; apnold
me advantages OF state gova.uimOl Of
although the present administrstiianInsnt
greatly relieved the situation nv non has
Ing territorial officers from bona sSSp9oint.
dents OF the territory wherein thu uue resi-.
serve. Yet the people know ram ate to
perienre what it is to live under past 1.
form of government by stranaan rl'orial
little or no knowledge OF the te%rr;sonss with
"no are indifferent to its future groxtiia and
The assessed valuation CT all H.
erty in 1888 was $31,43l,Oo O 'ue prop.
$8.57O,OOO in 1880, and Sc, 9Si against rye
1870. These statements, the ,VoV 10
says, do not represent more tb so'etlor
third. and probably not more thou o&
fourth OF the actual valuation on
financial standing OF Wyoming. FL @
port states that the bonds of Tho ~ u
tory. bearing 6 per cent. interest so, !sfft
126 premium, and that territo,;ooT u at
rats are always at par, and nro. va.
sold when presented. p'o"puy
Inc governor urges upon conOras.
adoption Of a mor3 liberal noI;en tas
matter OF surveying public Iands Una
alb iity OF the settler to obtain a Ioo., In
to the LAM selected by him for a Sor msas
Is stated, worked a three-fold ininro. u
to the government which receives ,utsl,
for the land; next to the county and pay
tory which derive no revenue irom :; iarf.
lastly to the settler who can nh,n = aad
title to the and and is hazardino b;a.aO
provements which are OF no yalps 70 ha ~
in Il commercial sense, as he can no;. um
sell o n.Ortgage them. Moreovar M'f
are tracts OF unsurv. yed land which ."
valuable Tor other purposes than aa 81
culture. There are immense oil fsIdo r
coal beds aud vast forests oil yaInahIa tu y
Der yet u~nsurvsyed. In it's present nknOur
condition 1t is impossible to protact uu
forests against the depredations of nDs."O
pufous men, and the development n "ar
and oil lands is retarded by the imno.":
bility OF surveying them under the nra.o't
RESTRICTIONS The aggregate nnmhss "
acres disposed OF during the whole ~, -.
under the public land laws, ipclnd;u, e @
selections by railroad was 3O1, 375.
Upon the subject of stock RAISING ~,
governor says: GOOD profits cn ~
made in the cattle business TODAY II n,o0
erly conducted and encouraged, TbSs T.
ture OF. the business are that the stockmS,
are adopting better methods Of man.sai
ment. A reasonable increase in the n5..
Of cattle produce, which is cure to coma
soon, will make cattle raising in Wyomn,
one OF the most lucrative industtS
known anywhere under the head |
OF legitimate pursuits. Settlements NJ
farmers and ~grangers taking up agricuEtu
lands have caused a division in ts
area OF the open country, but tbers vet
remains a wide field for the business en-.
Quoted in an open range on every lara
tract that can be used for grazing Opy
many years. While the contraction d
open ranges and the decrease in the AM.
mails handled in the old way has nsp.
sarily lessened the cattle industry in WyO
ming the last few years, yet it is believed
ultimately that stock farming or the com.
bining OF agricultural and stock raising
crops being raised on the streams and
arabic lands and live stock r~anginp ont.
'ide and in the near Ranges will NATURALLY
the number OF cattle and also the
quantity and profits in the terri.
until there will be more cattle raised
n Wyoming than at any time in The