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Show SEO. KOIHiES' IMPORT. AmanitUMlii- lnfiist I.ml., ef Which 12ll,ll0ll,OI)ll Acres Mlglil ' ho Hcdreieeil. THC SALT LAKt IRHIQXTION CON-ClltSS CON-ClltSS NOTICCD. IWallli or tha United Milci.-InJhil Affans. Cntt of llio ruivnt. II i-irt on l!la!i. flf Tetssrseh lo tas laws tiii: tiM'ii, itr.i'uitr tirArerelsrr stable Ine the I'asl I Itenl liar, Washimitux, I). C, Not. 29. Thn flectttaryof the luterlor, John W. Noble, Is out with his aunual npilt lo tho I'mlileiii fur the fiscal ear tndlsg Juno SO, 1801. Ho says Ihat the years of thn present ailmlulsiratlon have been marked by thn expansion of the putdlo domain for private settlement and thai unlike all other coiintiltst our Umtidsrles am far bcond our use. Bticaklug of lioinesltal attlhra Hie secretary aayss Tha number of agricultural agri-cultural latent', which liichnh s thoso for in.mr.ti ml", lwuei fur lin'J was 7i),HI, lor 16110,117,217, and forlul. lH,3'.i;stid thirn warn left of Dual eulrtta for auch landa at the nnd of the lavt fiscal isr, June .10, 1531, only 81,172. riiceo am reiulu gratifying aud oucou raging IheAmounlof vacant land remaining remain-ing Is fiTV.OU I.M-1 acres. 1 1 Is estimated Ihalnt Itstl flOd.UOd.OiKl acree of these vaoAiit lands are useless for agriculture, but tint llo.lDO.OOlHhatarn now desert may lio redsemt-d by Irrlgallou so as to iroduce thntereats, fruits and garden rroducla toslbln lu theclttnaln where heanlauda are looalnil. I n tlio n-cn-tary's annual rrrt for 1S0J (I p. 0-H) theqursllun of WhAl legislation was advl.nl.lu fir the eitatiHihuienl of reservoirs an I Irrigation dltcbia was discussed at sotiiu itnglh, au i Ihn same sutjsethai I -.in ally nested by Ihe present commissioner id the (leueral l.iud olllco In his rejKjrt fortlmlatl fiscal )tur. It hat been 'ill by nu eminent writer on Iho future nf our country that the child Is alma ly burn who will See U0,ll,ikrJ uf Inh-TjUantt III tha United HUli-.. Dong I uforo hl sLlge of our development Is r-vltud Iho qunstlon of thn water eui ply uud Its di'tillsilloii will 1st one nf vital luter-its,Aud luter-its,Aud lis pror a-ilutioii should be given now. 1 1 la worthy of nit Ion that THIS HlltKIAllU.XrD'dlltRM, held at riah I. tko City, Utah, rivnt.nl-trr rivnt.nl-trr lo 17, res' lveil,amoiigothertiiluge, thai It was lu favor of granting In trust, uonuu!i condltlou aa would aerte the puhllo lidmrsLtw. to the titatenand territories ueedlul of trilgallun, all lands now a part of the isiblio domain within said Htatea and Territories, of dot clo; Ing Irrigation, to reudir the hndnuw and firtllu and capnblo of supr-orllng a poiailsilou, and thil a committee ihoul I la selreti-d to pre-tre pre-tre and , resent lo Congress Hits mem orlsl of thn contention. Tho prolcrllou of timber at headwater head-water Is warmly recoinmertdeit. Portlier Por-tlier Instructions nirirllng the cutting of llmlar lu Colorado, Monlam,tdahn, the Dskotas, Netada aud Utah aro Bigg, lod. Congrtesla atked lo take union to halo the Umber resertatloiis that urn proclaimed by the I'rwl lent established us national (aibllo rks or gnnted lo tho Htatea t bo prisi rved unluialrd for publlo usn only. The absolute wealth or thu United Hlalrsle intimated at $'li,010,(KM,(iinl, marly f 10 10 per taplla, oa agalust iiii vr capita In lnuil, and Is attributed to topulatlou staklni; Ktllement, which in turn Is due to the treatment accord-e accord-e I the plouet r by tho present administration. adminis-tration. During tho last yaar, 2,14),0).78 acres of isibllo lands weru dlipoed of byoaih sales; 8,211.110.01 by mlsctl-Isneous mlsctl-Isneous cntrlta, aud 1.10,il'M!l acres of Indian lands, aggregating lO.WJixl.X. acrtss The total eaali rrcrlpla from various sources for the year auiouuled lo H,U,220.14. Tnniiumberof agricultural pttenta lituetl durlug tlio year wuio lU.Wi, whlih, allowing loi) acres to each pali nt, would ombrato au aggregate uf IS.II.tiiHJrcriB. There were patented for the benefit railroad conipanlea under Congressional Congression-al grauta during tho year 3,ua4,U7l).2 Lcrea. The table of vacant publlo lands shows that Utah has a total of V.,l J9,-017 J9,-017 acres, THU AUI1.N1STIIATI0N OV l.MJIAN ai fAina has Uen attemlnd with routarkablo success dining Iho last fiscal year. The libera of the commissioner and thu very able aslalautcommls.lnerhavu been grtat, aud the bureau Iias also demanded de-manded continuously Iho attention of the sttretary. Under thu aot grautlag pensions lo soldiers and sailors who arn Imapao-Italed Imapao-Italed rorthe tfonoanco or manual labor aud providing lor penalons lo widows, minor children, and dependent pan uts, approved Juno 27, 16D0, thn work of the llurrau of Paulsons haa Uu grtally augmeuled, but vvlth most satisfactory results, 'lhls Act relieved re-lieved many thousands of disabled veterans, stricken since tho data of aervlceor who, through la;su of lime, eau no longer prove their dliablllly to have boenlncurrtdlu the line of duty. Ha benefits have also tell extended lu many thousands more of widows, orphans nud dendent parents of such veterans. THE I.Lr.Vl..NTIt Cl'MDEJ work Is neatly completed at a cost of 3J.OI1.04I. nieAuuual reiortof thecominisloner of paleuta will bo duly submitted lo Congress, as required by liw. It Ap. I-tnra ,thut, Including a pllcallona for jiAluutii for Intvnttiius, for dealgus, re-ii'tuis, re-ii'tuis, for lliu isglhtrallon of trade marka and labels, and for catiaLa, thn total number of upplloattons retxlvtsl waa 45,om; uumlierof isttenta grauttnl, 2,rU)7, tradis marka and lal!a ngls trred, 2uu; intents withheld for mm psyllium uf funs, ilt patents niplrrd, 15. it. lnulotalrtiultartcel lu , 74i o, anil tho vxiiulidltuies il.H:i ou. Vd, Itatlug a surplus of 157,.JHiV lo hn turned Into tlirtrr-asiiry, and In-creoslug In-creoslug to J3,i;,Hl;.fl7 tbuanjiint In Iho Irriuiury to the iredlt of the luleiil fuhd. Tho value of mineral ,roducta In this country In llio last twelve yenre iiaadeubletl, nnd ilutln theiytar llio reduction In rrlce or mineral pro. duels has iiisiillpj lu A Hiving lo tho consumers lu this country or over $I.UUi,ouh From a ronslderAtlon of the r-rt tit lhntmmlsloner of railroads and of tl,t- engineer unlir him, It appears the tatloui roads corning under (he Jurisdiction nf hit oITlco nro twins; rap-Idly rap-Idly Improrod In much Hi Mine par-tloularn par-tloularn as lepoitcd last ytnr. tiix itnuiiaaionrit uv kiiucation rtiurts Ibat turaulng the old lino of laillcy ho l.ad collected nceuralo and rtlnrnt Blallstlea! Inrorinallon re-ganllng re-ganllng uduoatlon at homo and abroad with a view lo cxivrhnnnla lu a school orgAUIaallou and mrtbods of luttruc-tbin. luttruc-tbin. Ho saya that tho uisfulness nf Ids bureau depends on lite ubllcatlon and dluemlnatlnn ef the tsluiblo In-rormall In-rormall in It collects or proourest. In 'IKSklnnuf I Tall TrtniTuuY Htcrtlary Nol.losayi to tho matter of school bind thn total grant lo thu Territory Terri-tory of school linda Is 41,0S'I acres, but slnon the waler supply available has lon largely appropriated by settlers for ura on ttitlr lands, when theenhool lands aro oTercd for sain lliero wilt l no water to use iion them, and this will rentier thn grruttr part of them practically valueless. II Is suggested Ihat the grant should In lucrtau-d, and the legltlaturn should bo authorised to take lime notion re-si-icllng tlio site ol lands heretofore granted. I In alto saya tho demand for u publlo liullJlog for federal ultlcns at Hilt Iakn City It ngalu urgnl for thn protection of thn publlo records. The addition to Ihe lllah nlten-tlary, nlten-tlary, provided hr by Comtress, has been completed, accordlrm to plaits and l rlllcatlons, at a cost of J M.noii, ThnDcsertl Uiilvertll since lelng opened had adtanccl rapidly In vpu-lar vpu-lar fator, and the attendance for Ihn comlugyoarnlllbo the largest lu Its hl'tory. Ihe Industrial Home and Agricultural Agricul-tural Cdligu are msntlonnd fatorsbly lu thn rej-jrl, and Appoar to be In good coudtiloii. 11 foiling lo the Indlans.lt la re-lotted re-lotted tint appropriations shoul I he made for thn tumi-orary support of the Indians lu tootle County, who arn Aiixlcuslo own their land, nnd Ihosn InOarflell, Hm Juan, Hotter, Kunn and Iron I'ouullee At thu last session ses-sion of Con, te- (10 ms) wasapproprl-Alrtl wasapproprl-Alrtl for the relief of the Hliot.lt Indl-mis, Indl-mis, lu Wrthlni(ton Couiity, Utah. The law providia Ihat Iho money should tin usud fur their temporary U orl and to enable llleni lo become setf.siipporllng. Hlmii.ir aiiprjpria. tlons, he suggests, shoul I ttmsdn fur the Indlaus or the counties above Tho Hecrttary qu itea liberally from Qoieruor fhotuat.' rvturt,gtvi!iK ioimj-litlon, ioimj-litlon, area occupied and unoccuphsl, nisemed valuation, stock tnlulng and oilier Interi'ta, cloalng Wlttl thu e;iiv-i e;iiv-i rnor'a declaration that 'dtla the desire or the non-mormous or Utah Ihat the commission ahnli lie retained." Ho then quotes from the minority aud minority reports or the commission and clusia thus: There Is uosuch claim far statehood found In any or those (altera, or probably prob-ably txlsllng, aalitHilalntlinJudgmout ortlioaacrelary a tavorable reoomrneu-datlnn reoomrneu-datlnn to Congress. Ills a ulnd or vary dcclJeiland luiisirlant change, not only In lliero-llglous lliero-llglous belief, as proclalme.1, of a very largo i sit of thu lopiilatlon of Utah, but also of new political nfllllattous, and apparently of maro or less rstsluii and tumult. It wnul 1 seem imal to dtlay national actiou. The Territory It progressing molt favorably In material ma-terial wteltli a-id social elevation. Jt It prospering under llipreeentcondltlour, and no doubt tho limn will coino w hen It may be admitted Into Ihe Unlou with prldenud safety; but It la believed thai that tlmo It net now At hand. The eucretiry cloaca hla report wllh a resume of tho work dono on the Nicaragua canal, lie then ssyst It net-ms a( nrvpriBlo that this groil high-wny high-wny for tun products and manufacture Irom and Imports to tho Unlti-I H'.slis should tw cuiimctod with Iho detiarl-uieututtb'ilutetlcr. detiarl-uieututtb'ilutetlcr. It I being built at the enmetlme Ihat Ibo great watte places ol llin country aro belngu(oned to settlsmeiit, Ihufactorlrslucrnttlng, thn railroads extendlDg. and tliu imputation impu-tation rapidly multiplying. Hion our commercn must rtacb not only the Htattsof Hitith Imertcann! Mexico, hut Chlua and the V.ut by thu Weateru route. It la gratifying lo note Ihat this short rsttsageto some or the greatest comniercltl markets of the world will be ready by thn lime A demand de-mand for It beoomi a Imperative. Hallway Malltltre. Waiuiinuiox, Nov. iO. Thn third annual rtporton "United Htatea Hallway Hall-way Htatlttlcs," Issued ty tholnltr-slnla tholnltr-slnla romuierrnromuilsslon, says. In mil: Thu railway mileage of the unit-ol unit-ol Htatea on June Si), Isal, was lu.l,. &97.UA miles, an lucreasn during Ibo year of tl.u.H 1.00 miles, lliu total milt ago, Inrludlng tlJe-trockt, etc., la 2uu,-uSO 2uu,-uSO 67 mill's. Thenuinbtr of railway cor(ratloua la 1707. Porty comtiaules o;irate 47.51 per cent, of tho total mllu-ago. mllu-ago. lliu total grots Income of tho railways waa $1,001,677,0.12; seventy-four seventy-four companies receive 80 per cent, or this amount. Tho total number of lutomotivie wai i-O.OS. 8881 paisengtr and lU.K'1 Irelghl. Thn number nl cars was ltll.l cj, ol which 20,511 were (insiengsr. Thu total number of men employee! waa7t9,al. Tile total capitalisation ca-pitalisation of railway property was l),btll,488,40i, 'Ihn total number or iiHseeiigers carrltd during (ho yeur was 40.'.43U,8I13 and the total tons of freight transported 1130,441,817. Tho number of psrsous killed In acclJeuts during tho year w at 0320; Injured, 29,0.11. Ilrkels Hneelilug lu I'ekln. Ixi.sno.v. Nov. .9. Advices Irom Hhanghal aro to the uect that the lebel forces In Marchurla Iirul defeatid Iho luireilnl troo( tent lo aupi ress lliu ilslug In that region. The luiiorlal foiuia uumtarod 4000, and theuefest cautea the government thu graveit anxiety, llelnftri't menu lo Iho bum-In bum-In r of i ooo hai o beeu dltpaiolied from rieu Isln Ioumioso tborebtls, whonre I mar hlug lo I'ekln. sir iho lm rial trcHaareagalniieleateil, tho poidilou uf i'ekln and Tleu fslu will be cx-Hemely cx-Hemely critical. |
