The Dickinson press., 1893-01-07
IRRIGATION AND FORESTRY

IRRIGATION AND FORESTRY
The q lsstion of irrigation in the west
has assumed Importance within recent
years. The national government msde
Al appropriation of $7J. 600 to meet The
expense ihcideut to an Investigation Of
the artesisu and undeih Nv waters lying
b-tween the 97.h MT riGlaI and the fco:
hills of the ito,ky mou ltains; aud
prompted by the importance Of this
m.tter, the last eyisl lture created the
otlioe OF state superintendent OF irriga
ton aud forestry, and in aoaurdunce
with the provision OF this law empower
ing the gcTernor to sel.ot an officer for
this Work appointed w. W. BArrett
Of Llkota to the position. Besides ut
tending to the duties of this Office
furnishing the psopie of tue state with
valutble Information relating to proteo
tion from frost and prevt ntlon Of loss
from hot winds and Grouths irrigation,
meteorolcgy, tree and forest culture,
he hGs rendered valuable assistayos to
the ,lle ction OF forest aud other natural
specimens for Ii stAtes exhibit ut the
worlds Columbian exposition.
In this connection, desire 10 remiud
you that the movement to secure to this
state one OF the several national parks
provided fer 10y act of oonGre IS, entitled
AN act to repeal timber culture laws,
aud for other purposes, has resulted in
reserve being set apart, temp orarily, for
this purpose. 1t now remains for the
people of this state to dc
termine if 1t is their wish that til: Ian !,
80 aes,g' ated be perm lnently devut,d
TO this bjsct, by addressing tue hnL or
abe commissioner of he general land
ofli,s expressing their views upon th-
subj ,ct Should the c,ussnsus uf opiu-
loa among residents OF tue state be il
favor of this reservation being made
pormalent nation park-to oa car d
for by the national government then
the temporary withdrawal Of this Ian |!
from st ttlement will no doub5 Do mad,
permanent Ii it shonli be o,htr wise
the national land department may re
move the presen, restrictions and again
throw this land open to cccu patton by
settlers This eubisot is W. rthy of ai-
ten ion at this time.
UNIVERSITY AND STATE SCHOOL LANDS
The report of the state spe cial land
agent, Hon. j. b Power, shows that he
has ex mined 1877. .OOl acres OF land te-
longing to the general government in
This safe. This work has been pr
fnlmed by Mr. Power with view to
seleeti Z, Us far as possible, only such
lands as would soonest become revenue
produc, ,ng to the state. The total graut
from tho general government for our
public. ohaii able uud educational insti-
tuition not including the indemnity for
losses on school sections amounts to
$685. O8O acres DeductiDg the selections
now certified for indemnity school
lands, there yet renal 's to be selected
from the public domain 3S9.S9S G3
acres to complete the grant for ell these
institutions. The amount required to
indemnify the state for school land
losses cannot be accurately a.csrtainec
until oil the public lands have ba sur
yey+d and the boundaries of perm l1ent
RESERVATIONS h1ei. The report Of this
ofioer shows the aggreg .te expense TO
the state. IN eel.cung AMI certifying
those lands. has been but ore and one
half cents par aore, ana only about two
tfths OF one o9nt p 5r acre for tha entire
total ar "a examined. Il will be Gb,erved
That the state has derived great benefit
from the extended experience AMI thor
ough ayste n iaaugur4t d by this most
competent cflioia', us tie expense in
olrred by him in the performance ci
this important duty las bsen bat mare
fraction of that paiG by other states for
this sele ticn and certihcation OF their
lard grants. Tho lands thus B lectytl
and apportioned to the different irs5itu
ii ms ure a. follows: