Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-02
AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT.

AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT.
The annual report OF the Hon. Secr,s
;ary Of the Interior, Of which we give a.
brief digest IN this i-su is adpcument
Of marked interest TO the people OF th-
west ADD particularly Of Montan, ,
wrere the question of irrigstation Is
assuming such gig mi; proporti IN.
Secretary No,le appears 10 be in per
feet accord with Commissioner Carer
in the vi " that The national govern
ment should hold aloof from the de
tails of the irrigation problem even to
the extent Of ~vtcating the premiss q,
already occupied in the matter o
reservoir sites, -urreudering these with
the lands tributary to the trus eeship
OF the Stale interested. These reserva-
tons for reseroir : tee, under
taken at the Instance Of Major
Powell have although in their
most inchoate state, already salts
fed the brains Of the Interior Dedart~
meut that the national governn cut
cannot satisfactorily conduct an affair
involving 20 much detail anu uscrs-i.
tatIng such an accuIa Z knowledge Of
the tx sting conditions as 0btaiIs iu
TINS matter. ItI D., therefore probable
that no extension or elaboration If he
reservoir system viii ue attempted
until tue larger uul moe impurtau
question az sla-e or national coutrDi of
irrigation o.. settled. That the
recommendation for state cont
rol Will 20 before cougies.
this winter with the hesry endorse
meut OF the Interior Department. J.
unqueSli0ued. 10 j. a.s1 equally sure
that the scneg - Will meet with the
solid objection 90 all states east of tine
Mics $ippi RI 20 who see, or sti-ct To
see IN the de rlOpmrut 10y irrIgs ion
Of the arid ls IDS a deauublow 10 agrl-
culture Ia q section r. ferTed 70. The
argument { at the rapidly increasing
population # the country demands an
equal increase Of the food producing
area goes for nothing with the granger
element of tie eastern aud MIDDLE
states, AM the most determined OPP.
position 10 the plan may be- looked for
IL would not he surprising if il e,ame
"A national issue, ~ 30 far a. the ard
states are concerned, this feature of the
case depending mainly upon the treat
ment il receives IN the I-rthcOming
democratic cOugIe.-. Development
by irrigation has become . fixed policy
Of the Republican administration and
it, endorsement or rejection by the
democratic house will be anxiou-lN
looked for by the people Of the arid
states.
That Tart Of the report Of the Hon.
Secretary referring To the Cheyenne
Indians located IN Custer county will
be read with some interest by our
people, though it psrtskes somewlst
of the flavor Of ancient history. Win
the awful occupation Of the lana by
the whites, the Cheyenne question j.
fast approaching d sIlution-a peace
able one let u hope, but neverthe e :
n solution, aua one that will leave the
white settler ma-t-r- If the -ituaii n
Il matters little now 10 know that one
commission recommended She rem va
Of the Indians to Pine Ridge and an
other their r-teg ton here. Tue most
gratifying realization fer the people Of
the upper r -ebul and Tongue river,
Is that We sr- a0nut through with COM
missions end Indians alike. and that
the era of white "a remary though
lpng DELAYED it. about 20 dawn ~
Custer county.