Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-04


suffered by the various state ihstitu-
tons through the loose methods
that have prevailed under former
administrations in the selection and
administration of these grants.
Even the common school grant of |
sections sixteen and thirty six has
been handled so that millions of !
dollars have been lost uselessly. |
The school lands have In MANY in
stances been sold at ridiculously low |
prices. Bnt even worse than this /
has beer the laxity in endeavoring |
10 supply the losses TO the common
school grant through settlers having |
gone on the school lands before sur |
veys were made, by making lieu sc
lectipns. Notwithstanding the enor-
nous losses that had been encoun-
tered through tins and in other
ways, never until Governor Good
ing was inaugurated, was single
acre of lieu selection made. No
effort had ever been made TO sched-
uIe these losses, so that lieu selec
tions could have been made in cases
where lands were found that were
valuable for farming purpose. Dnr-
ing the present administration 100,
900 acres of lieu selections on ac-
count of losses in the common school
grant have been made.
A study of The records of the state
] land office is instructive. From the
time of statehood, in 1890, and up
to January /, 1905, the total earn
ing of the state land department.
were $l35,0oO. OF this $99, 600
was earned during the years l9O34
These earnings included the rental
of endowment grant and common
school lands, interest earnings and
invested land funds. and the fees OF
the state lard Office. During the
fifteen months from January l, 1905
TO April !, 1906, the state land
Department earned from these sources
1918, 900, and by the end of Govern
or GoodIng's present term, the earn
ings of this department wall have
exceeded 100000. During the
first twelve years of statehood there
had been accumulated IN the state
land department and invested in IN
terest beallng securities the aggre
: gate Of $le4. 900. The state nov
! has invested about 81, 400, 900, anG
: there is large amount of none,
= which will find investments wlthii
, the next few weeks.
The present state administration
e has paved the way for great re
duction IN taxes for the various stat
s departments by covering into tn
e treasury earnings sufficient to cor
l duct the affairs of these departments
e The next legislature will not b
: called on 10 again make appropris
Il tions for the support of the stat
: treasurer, state engineer and stat
. bank commissioner. The stat
0 treasury is now earning n the "a,
D of $1,000 a month. The appropri.
' tions for this Office for the preser
q term aggregate sl2. 900. The stai
A. engineers Office will earn by Januar
n l, 1907, Sl6, 900, although the n
/, ,ropriatIon for the present term
le only Sll. 500. The state bank cor
n missioner was given an appropri
I. ton for all purposes of 50, 600 NJ
et his Office will earn &s, Ono during Il
h two years term. II will thus
re seen that for all expenses of q
e offices mentioned the appropriate
as aggregated $50, 100. During q
nj two years the earnings OF these .
ds fees will he at least $44, 900. I'll
II splendid showing, together with I
yh enormous increase in the earnin
lie of the land department, will email
ng The coming legislature TO reduce (
.ss amount To he raised DO taxation
of all state purposes fully>s0 per Gel
ds Besides there will be an enormu