Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-30

NfhAfANAa 'ANNHANANAi - NNAA' hNM NNANtAN
with a view 10 experiments In school
organization anu methods Of iustruc.
ton. lie says that tue usefulness NJ
his bureau deponda on the uubllrttion
and Determination % the valuable in-
formation u collects or procurcs.
In epeaking Of
UTAH TrsRuORY
Secretary Noble say. ia tho matter OF
school lnud the total grant 20 the Torn.
tory Of school LANDS Il 49, s0 acres, hut
since the water supply available has
beon largely appropriated by sutilfr
for use on their lands, when the school
lauds are offered for sale there will b.
no winter 10 use upon them, and this
viii render the greater part Of them
practically valueltss.
II h sugguotcd thnt the grant should
he increased, aud the legislature should
be authorized TO take BJmc action 10.
spcoting the sale of lands heretofore
granted. lie also Gays tho demand for
a public building Tor federal offices nj
salt Lake CITY y again urged Tor the
protection 0i tbs public records.
The addition 10 the Utah ponitcu-
tiafy, provided for by Congress, has
been completed, according % plans aud
specifica'ione, nj a cost Of s0i. 900.
The Dcsefot University since being
opened had advanced rapidly In popu.
lar favor, AMI the attendance tor the
coming year will be the largest In its
history.
The Industrial Home and hgrlcul.
tutal College are mentioned favorably
In tue report, and Sppoar TO be In good
condition.
Rsioulng 10 the Indians, II Ia TO.
Iotted that appropriations should he
made Tor the temporary support Of the
Indians Ia 10oels County, who ara
anxious 20 own their land, and those
In Garfield, San Juan, SEWER, Kane
aud Iron Couutlca. At tho last ecs.
sion Of Cougrcss $40, 900 was appropri.
nied Tor the rUlIcf OF the Shohit fndi-
ans, IN Washington County, Utah.
The law provides that tho money
should bo used for thelr temporary
support and 10 cnahiu them 10 become
arii.supporiing. Similar apprlpfis.
lions, he suggests, should be- made fDr
the Indians OF the counties above
named.
The Secretary quotes literally from
Governor phomss' rcyort, giving popu-
latlon, area occupied aud unoccupioi,
ntsrH. ed valuation, stock mining and
other Interests, cluslng with the gov.
efnof's defamation that otis the desire
Of the mountainous Of Utah that the
commission shall be rrlained.p
he then quotes from the majority
and minority reports Of the commission
and CLOSES thus:
There Il no such claim for statehood
found IN any Of these paperS, or prob.
ably existing, as needs In the Judgment
Of tho secretary n favorable recommen-
dalton 10 Congress.
ltis period Of very decided and
Important change not only In the TO-
ligious belief, as proclaimed, OF n very
large part Of the population n Utah,
but also or new political ntii llatlons
and apparently Of more or less passion
aud tumult. II would seem best 4
delay national action. The Territory
il progressing most favorably In ma
terinl wealth and social elevation. IL 1,
prospecting under IT, present conditions
and no doubt tho time win come whcl
II may be- admitted Into the Unloi
with pride aud safety; but Il n believe,
TINT that time u not now nj hand
The secretary closes his report will
n resume of tho work done on ia,
Nicaragua canal. He then says: !
seems appropriate that this gfoit high
way Tor tho producte and manufacture
IRON and imports 10 tho United State
should be connected with the depart
ment of tho interior II u being bull
at the sams time that the great vast
places Of The country arc being opene,
10 settlement, tho factories increasing
the railroads extending, and tho popu
latlon rapidly multiplying. Soon GU
commerce must reach not only thl
States Of South America and Mexico
but China aud the Fast by tn,
Western route. II N gratifying TO not,
that this short passage 10 some ~ TN
greatest commercial markets OF tn
world viii he ready by the time do
mand for II becomes imperative.