The Dickinson press., 1892-01-09
1RR1aAr1cN AND FORESTRY

IRRIGATION AND FORESTRY
The q lestiou of irrigation in the west
hos assumed importance within n cent
years. The national government mnde
an appropriation OF $40. coo to meet the
e1peuse incident TO all invektigatiOn oi
the artesian aud uudelh w waters lying
batween the 37:h mtriuian and the foot
hills Of the Rocky moultuius; and
prompted by the importance OF this
matter. the last legislature created the
ctfioe OF state superintendent OF irriga
tion aud forestry, aud in accordance
with the provision of this law empower
tug the governor to sel.ct an officer for
this Work appointed w. ". Barrett
CT Lnkota to the position. Besides at-
tending to the duties Of this Office.
furnishing the psople of tue state with
valuable information relating to protec
tiOn from frost and prevs ntion Of loss
from hot winds and drouths, irrigation,
meteorolcgy, tree and forest culture,
he hiss rendered valuable assistance to
the ollie ction of forest and other natural
specimens for TIE states exhibit ut the
worlds Columbian exposition.
In this connection, desire 10 1emiUd
sou that the movement to secure to this
-tate one Of the several national parks
provided tcr by act of congr. ss, euiitled
IAN act to repeal timber culture laws
and for other purposes hns le suited in
what is known as the Turtle mouptain
reserve icing set apart, temp orarily, for
this purpose. 1t now remains for the
poople OF this state to de
termine if vt is their wish that th' Ian /:
so des!g ated be perm anentlJ devut ID
to this bject, by addressing the horor-
abe commissioner of he general land
Office expressing their views upon The
snbj ,ct Should the CONSENSUS If opin-
ion among residents OF tue state be in
faior of this reservation being made q
permanent nation park-to oe OR. d
for by the national government then
the temporary withdrawal Of this I'm
from st element will no doubt be mad.
permanent Ii it shonl be otht wise
the national land department may re-
move the presen. restrictions aud again
throw this land open to cccu patton by
settlers This subj cot is W. .rthy of At
ten ion at this time.
UNIVERSITY AND STATE SCHOOL LANDS
The report of the state special land
agent, Hon. J. b. Power. shows that hs
has ex mined 1917. 00J acres oil land Ee-
longing to the general government in
this STATE. This work has been par
fo,med by MIR. Power with view to
selecti &, ss far as possible. only such
lands as would soonest become revenue
produo n9 to the state. The total gsaut
from tho general government for ou,
pnblic. ohari able and educational insti
tuition not including the indemnity fol
losses on school sections. amoul ts tc
GS9, $50 acres Dsduoting the selection.
now certified for indemnity school
lsnds, there yet renal ,s to be selected
from the pubic domain sS0, 89S 6.
acres to complete the grant for all these
institutions. The amount required to
indemnify the state for school land
losses cannot be accurately afcertainet,
until all tue public lands have b, II sur
veyed and the boundaries of perm al emf
reservations f1e1. Ths report of this
offio,r shows tbs aggrcgste expense tc
the state, in 81 lsoSlng AMI certifying
these lands has b,en but one and ono
half cents par acre, and only aoous two
hfths OF one can't per acre for ths entire
total or 81 examined. 1t will be observed
that the state has derived great beuei.
from the extended experience AMI thor
ough syste II inaugural d by this most
competent ctfi,iai, as the expense in
cnrred by him in the performance q
this important duty has been bat mere
fraction of that paiG by other states 70:
this ssle, tim and certihoation of theil
lacd grants. The lands thus s. .lectsd
and spportioned to the different INF .itu
Ii MS nre a. follows: