Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1910-02-03
ACTTON> URGED
By NORRIS
r,.,ntve Told in Washington Of Delay Due to
Insufficient Appropriation for Work.

!agent notifying him of our release
of sections Is and 36 IN the national
| forests and advising him that lieu
selections may be made therefore.
He has been requested promptly to
notify me Of all unsurveyed town
ships in the state which he deems ad
visable to ask the government speed
lily to survey. So soon as this inform
alton is received, proper applications
will be made and the state thus Civ
en- an opportunity to make selec-
tions. 1t is estimated that the state
has probably 100000 acres thus
involved and naturally it is Of the
greatest Importance that this land
is identified and thus made available
to the state, that it may lease or
sell the same and derive therefrom
the great revenue to which it is
justly entitled. Again, the lands
being unsurveyed, may be said to
be interfering with settlement.
Another feature of our visit has
to do with light and power for the
penitentiary and insane asylum. It
has been found that on Race Track
creek within the Hellgate reserva-
ton there is a splendid power site
with sufficient water to develop
! 900 horse power. BY actual survey
it has been found that by the dig
ging Of ditch 1.6 miles the water
will be given a fall of ATS feet. To
transport this power to the Deer
Lodge penitentiary will require a
pole line Of Il miles and to Warm
Springs asylum a nine mile line only
will be required. Thus sufficient
power may be developed for light
ing and heating purposes at both
institutions, in addition to leaving a
surplus for any manufacturing the
state may determine upon engaging
in at the state prison, such as a
binding twine plant.
We were assured that there
would be no objection by the gov
ernment to the granting of an ease
ment to this site, but that congress
sional action would be necessary
for an actual transfer in fee simple.
IOur congressional delegation has
pledged itself to bring this about
| if possible. The attorney general S
Office is now engaged in drawing the
legal papers necessary for the water
appropriation. and I have every
reason to hope for favorable action
at the hands Of congress.
i Another matter to which may
not improperly call attention is the
proposed abandonment Of the Fort
Shaw Indian school, and for which
tract Of TAO acres the state has ap-
I piled for use as an experimental
station. That the request will be
] granted have no doubt. Action at
the present session Of congress pro
viding for the opening Of the Grow
Indian reservation to settlement is
not to be expected, but it may fol.
low at the short session. The depart
ment assured ns of speedy surveys
and Indian allotments on the Black
feet reservation and as soon as thi:
is done, the remainder will be avail
able tozsettlement.
All in all, the trip was highly
satisfactory, and with united actor
on the part Of our citizenship i
bringing abouta speedy survey 9.
lands desired by the state will re
suit not only in the savings Of thou
sands upon thousands Of dollars, bu
also in providing highly desirable
: homes for the many newcomers W.
J are certain to have in the immediate
! future if we can offer suitable lane
| inducements. y
! A number Of people will be unabl
to join the proposed porter hous
!. steak boycott, = for the reason tha
they long ago joined It, anyhow.
Even Roosevelt never called any