Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-12

ed with general supervision of the inte,
osts OF health and lifo OF the people n
the State, collection OF vital statistics. an,
supervising system oil registration a
births, marriages and deaths. belicy,
this to be necessary and udv.sab,
measure, and with proper economic iimi
tations rs to expenditures, rec0mmsnt
that such board lie established.
rIsu AND GAME
The fish and game OF ;he State ar,
rapidly being slaughtered. ,rhis did,
tressing fact IL not SO much from the lch
OF proper legislation a. from failure IL
enforce the laws alieady had. In m,
opinion, every peace officer OF tho S,nts
should be specially cha ged with the duty
Of detecting and prosecuting viola ioni
OF this law, and such u strong publif
sentiment created against the ponchor ana
the giant powder fiend that each win
come to be regarded as a sneak thief and
u villain. Many excellent and timely
suggestions on this subject will be found
in the annual report OF the state ish aud
game warden. / am satisfied that If van
will provide the sinews, ho will carry on
such vigorous warfare against fish and
game marnuders that they will bn Glad
20 surrender. The warden has spon
much time and labor in attending To I'm
important public inter and 1 commend
his recommendations to your serious
consideration.
PoRr DOUGLAS.
Fort Douglas was established in 1862.
and has continuously to date been occu,
pied by United States troops. 1t nj
financial benefit to the State, and desir.
able from every standpoint, To have
these troops quar- cred mere The post
has been improved from Time to time 90
that, with lis environments, 1t has be-.
come au attraction OF the S a,e which the
citizens recognizs AS their military city,
anu are impelled to regard with the same
pride ard affection that they do tho cor
pora,e cities. towns and village4 Inthe
army, Fort Douglas is regarded a, an ex-
tremely desirable residence post because
Of it, beautiful location, its general
healthiulness, and Its proximity to Salt
Lake City. 1t Is not even intImuted that
there is any intention on the part of the
government to abandon the post, as its
cen raj oca ion and availability 10 rail-
roads perhap. render its future safe; yet
to be more positively assured of Its per-
petuation and tor lhe comfort of the ofi-
GERS and men. he post ought to be
materially improved. The officers, quar-.
tiers and the barracks are in IA condilion
OF decay from long continued use With
out improvement, and il you should
deem 1t advisable, l would gladly join
you in II memorial 10 Congress, asking
Tor u suitable appropriation to practically
rebuild the garrison and thus secure It's
permanent anchorage here.
TRANS MISSISSIPPI EXPOSITION,
An exposition Of all the trans Missis-
sjpp states IN TO be held at ihe city of
Omaha in ls9s From the latest infor-
ma ion at hand, II is learned the capital
stock Of the enterprise is 81, $50 OC0, for
which SIOj, 900 II already subscribed and
the first Il sessment paid. Congress has
appropria cd 5000 900 TO assist the EXPOSE
ton, and a bill, in which 100000 more is
asked, ls now pending. The ate of
Nebraska 1t Is expected will give $3.50 900
Hnd tho city and county OF Omaha $780,
OGO. some OF The states have made pre-
liminary appropriations and others have
promised assistance. Tho Legislature of
Utah. at its last session, Adop ed Joint
resolution, extending encouragement to
the project and expressing the belief that
the Interests of Utah would be especially
benefited by such nm exposition. If, after
careful examination iulo our financial
future, IL should bo deemed expcdicnt, a
suit b Q appropriation TO present in q
credlIable manner our great reso urces at
this exposition would, in my opinion, DO
a profitable advertisement.
CONCLUSION,
have thus rapidly sko,ched for your
Information such matters as will give YOU
general idea Of he condition OF the
Sta {, aud II amy foregoing recommended
tion or suggestion shall aid Won in any
manner 10 reach satisfactory conclusions,
shall feel honorod.
IL Is my desire TO cooperate with your
respective bodies and with your COM
mittees and members in the interest OF
the taxpayers and the people generally,
and TO this end | cordially invite your
consultation, individually and colleo.
lively. You are the chosen representa-
tives of the people. Utah has committed
her affairs To you. II is an important
trust. have full confidence in your in-
tegri,y of purpose and believe you Will
be actuated in the performance of your
duty by that patriotic devotion to the
public welfare and that love Of country
which arc tho heritage Of every trua
American.
HEDER NJ. WELLS,
Governor.