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Show GOVERNORS THE MESSAGE. Utahs Admiral Showing at the Close of One Year of Statehood. wholly by the state have their brains stolen away by rum. viewed In a logical If this subject In the light of considered or sense, precedent set by other state, an adjustment of policy to give the state Its proper share of the revenue derived from the liquor traffic I now In order. Insane, supported STATE BOND SALE. The sale of $200,000 of state bonds, C'hlvM rcllv of Ch IMal drawings per cent per annum Interest, Hfrird-Bepwr- t IU Ahlnti4 and running . 29 y ears, was effected by C tbe (' the state board of loan commissioners atlaaal Jr.e I, at a premium of $1,212 50, and DwhMlii, Mtat Laada, thl proceeds paid fntoihe State treasury I knrd, R.lla l) t, t in Julv. Considering the strained finan. btisie d business uncertaintial condition and lanlllulluaa. Klf., ( ta.lilmd. ties ir.ciuent to 'detune generally and al particular-Iv- , to he preside year an exceptionally good a ale 'he Mesof text is 'he (uii thr Following ore sage of Governor He&er M Wells 'o 'hr Rtilr. ltbr I i arBl-l'ralnaia- - !. legislature To hr Lrg-lTf.e !' llaurr. l, ! a' or .'H of the Jon of M,1 or S;e of t 'an x'atr t'lrrt ts I WON. in the act land com-- . ' for toe loca . ro.Mir.g a! oi s'.r- - 'amis, which pre ;.r loan! from making any sale-- 1 ' ..ring ne year, and retarded of lands. t The first .I's'iie - referred to wa the one '.hat lers or occupan's of state lands h' wiiton which to die their for the perfcrence right purchase the land occupied by them The board deemed It unsafe to attempt or octo sell any lands until the cupants had filed their application and It wax definitely determined what tate lands were actually sct'led or occupied The second provision gave settler or occupant of state lands the perfcrence right to purchase land In any size tract not to exceed loo acre. Until the pre ference rights were determined. It was Impracticable to appraise the land far the reason that the appraisement ought to be made in tracts conforming to the settlement or occupancy and until the applications were made the board could not determine how the quarter sections would be subdivided. ;roilonY hoard of the cor liition and nee.! of the several departments of state. The transition of Utah from territorial 'ife Into the broadened functions of 'a hood ha been attended, I think, wih fewer complications than In mo.' of the attrroundinK atatea. I'pon the first sta'e legislature devolved the duty of providing necessary lawa to act in motion the machinery of atate government. The were confronted wi'h aub. Problems jecta of great Importance. which may be permanently and aucceaa-- f ulty aolved only when experience haa matured Into Intelligent judgment, had to be met and aolved at once. Old precedents were found not always to be a true guide, old method had to be quite generally discarded, and in the readjustment of lawa, of methods, of Institutions TIIK I'CBLIC SCHOOIS. and undertaalnga, a conacientloua reThe education of the children of the gard for the public welfare and the stale a subject that Invariably and rlghta of the people was the only safe occupies a large share of the properly . criterion both for the legUlator and the of each legislature. No subeaecutlve. It was Inetlvable that the attention (. of more vital ject Importance in dework could not be fully completed and that some mistakes would occur. The termining the future of the state, the Influence and character of Its people, and responsibilities of taking up the labor the position It shall occupy Inlthe nation where the first state legislature desisted, of correcting errors and omissions in and before the world, it should be the aim to Increase constantly the efficency existing laws, and of anticipating needs of the schools, yet there should ever be for the future, has been transmitted, to manifest' a wholesome regard for the 1 obliand doubt nc that have the you, of the citizen, to see that the burgation resting upon you, at legislators, rightsof taxation are not greater than he will be faithfully, honestly and Intelli- den can bear, and to semi bis money with gently discharged such discrimination that the best possiIStSliI.MV a praoiKiATUis. ble retain may1 Tie atiuTned. The state Among your earliest duties will be has been generous to the common the neccessity to provide for the Imme- schools In the recent past and 1 believe diate need of itate Institutions whose they are steadily oecomlng more effThese icient, but I ask you to Investigate careappropriations are exhausted. include the University of Utah, the .A- fully the system In effect, to ascertain if gricultural college, the State Industrial some improvement may not be had, school, the school for the deaf, dumb without Increasing the cost of maintaln-ance- . and blind, the state prison, etc. The superintendent of public A CASH in hi report for the year, Asi, is with interest and conWhich is the replete revenues that It While apparent of the state from all sources will be suf- tains many valuable suggestions, to I Invite your attention, points ficient, when fully collected, to meet all which some out on apparent defects, both In the a and leave hand, surplus obligations the fact remains that the treasury Is not present system and In the administration of educational affairs, and recommed yet on a cash basts. Ills my esrnest radical changes. The most Important of be measures that adopted by may hope his recommendation that the is these you that will accomplish this end and make the state warrants good for cash present school district organization of no matter at what time of the year they county schools be consolidated Into a single district in each county, to be conmay be presented. The present is easily explained.. .Expenditure trolled by the county board of educaare necessary at the beginning of the tion. If It shall be found, upon Investithat the change, If made, would year, and during the year, and warrants gation. the efficency cf the district increase are Issued therefor under the law. and school at the same time diminish treasto state the These are presented the If no expense, It should be agregate cash in and have he the urer, treasury applicable to their payment the warrant are registered and marked A1T0X v i. kn krai's opinion a. "not paid for want of funds, M and must The state constitution make the atthen be hawked about for perhaps ten or twelve months before the taxes pro- torney general the legal adviser of all vide sufficient funds in the treasury to state officials, and the law makes It his duty to give his Opinion In writing withredeem them. out fee to the legislature or either house INCREASE OF REVENTES. to The legislature at Its last session pro- thereof, and any state officer, board or when required, upon any commission, vided for the collection oft fee of 25 of law relating to their respec question on stock the of cent per $1,000 capital each corporation incorporated after the tlve offices; also, when required by the service or directed by the goverpassage of the law, and the same fee for public asstst county attorneys In the each company filing with the secretary nor, to of their duties. During the discharge of state amended artlclea Increasing lit the attorney-genera- l has been capital stock. These fees have yielded year past, $6,8889010 nine month. Another law called upon for an opinion on very authorised the collection of a tax on the many points of law from almost every locality In the itate, and the publication groat annual premiums of foreign of these opinion, and proper distribucompanies doing business In the state. This tax yielded $8,645 25. tion thereof, would materially lessen - Snch. collection are In no sense op- the burden of the attorney-general'and Unquestionably prove a valupressive, but tend to equaliie the bur- office, dens of taxation by lequlring corpora- able reference book to all official tions doing business In the state to bear throughout the state. I therefore rea just portion of the expenses of the commend that a suitable number of these opinions be printed and dlstrtbut-ed- . government. to I commend your consideration the rental contract. propriety of further increasing the rev. The various institution of the state enue by legislation that will authorize a moderate Inheritance tax to be paid by are In a healthy and satisfactory condiwealthy estates m probate. In other tion. The respective boards of control states such a tax Is productive of much are composed of representative dtlzehs revenue, which lessens correspondingly who devote much time and attention to the direct taxation. It seems to me their duties without compensation. If - also to be only just, considering the well a a partial recompense fqr their er. established fact" that a very large pro- vice a per diem were to be allowed the portion of the crime committed are member of these boards, other tha n" thA result'd and the state officers, at $4 for attendance at .state Is charged with the expense of each of their regular monthly meetings, criminal prosecutions and the mainten- the aggregate would not exceed hc5o ance of the state prison, that the state per annum, and they would feel that, to ought to get a percentage of the reve- a limited extent at least, their labor nue resulting from liquor license now were appreciated. I recommend that collected entirely by dtie and countie. thfk be done. ThI view. leceiTet tunher evidence In VNlVERslTY or t'TAH. he fact that a large proportion of the The cteady advancement bth in effi re-ur- -- ..i ! 1 i- - dlffi-cull- y s 4 s 1 iI r ' i ' liquor-drinkin- i t i ? ciency and popularity of that ancient md honorable Institution of learning, the University of Utah, ia gratifying to all citizens interested In Jtne cause of higher education. The attendance has grown from 368 enrolled student for . to J29 In the school year 1892-9It Is also noteworthy and commendable that the institution ha been conducted the past year upon the appropriation made by the legislature there being no deficiency at ail on account o( maintenance, the deficiency report of $3,200 being gxpjainetl by. the board of regent and Consented to by the sta'e board of examiners, as necessary and unforsren and hiring no poaslble referent e o the conduct of the Institution The gres'er portion of this defitself iciency,' namely .$2,500, occurred through a misunderstanding as to the amount-e-l the deficiency one year ago (the appropriation having leer $ 3.500 Instead of fib.too., and the tala ice, namely, $700, comprised a forced and unexpected for the purpose of connecting the b Hiding on 1 l.erslty square with tie tin sewer sv in- bo that this de ficlencv of $3,200 represents the entire Indebtedness of tn i stltution at preen', A n immediate . propriatlon should ocover this del; be made, not omv tienev , but to enable t,e university to conir.ue until the appropriation Is pass ed at the end of the present session. 3 1695-96- quired. A deficiency of $2,000 wa made uecessary 'to suitably equip the new quarters, and, after investigation, was contented to by the state board of examiner. The board of trustee represent that a great need exists for a manual training department, wherein the children may be taught to make their own shoes and clothing and be fitted for useful and honorablellvesLas the name Implies, wa the intention of the legislature, I recommend the follow Ing appropriations for this school for the ensuelng two jrearsk l orttiaiirtainance $24,000 00 For farm land 5,000 00 For barns, fences, sheds, etc. . 1,500 00 For furnishings of newbldg. 1,000 00 For deficit, 1890. 2,03509 Total $33,535 09 The board of trustees also ask for an additional appropriation of $1,038.30 for on old reform school certificates ar.d notes and if It be found on later in that such allowance is just, 1 muinnitnd its appropriation. v THE STATE PRISON. The state prison, formerly government property and operated entirely at expense, has, since statehood, to owned and operated by the state The appropriation made by the legislature for maintenance of this institution f,,r the year 1896 was $30,000, and, notXL COLLEGE, IHEAGKIClLI withstanding this amount is JTro.ooo The wora of the Agrkultural college le.s than the cost of maintenance by the at Logan is yearly growing mde pre government for the year 1895. It is with It is supported by approprla pleasure I am able to report that there ten'ious state is :,o deficiency and that there remained lions from both the national governments, though tiie plant was con- in the treasury on January a balance of structed hv and belongs-- w holly to the 2,649 74. This showit g is all the more state. It Is represented by the board of creditable from the fact that necessary trustees that the sum appropriated by repairs to the building have been made; t year for maintenthe legislature a new brick chimney of greater capacity ance proved hardly adequate to tbe for the boiler erected; all the roofs, wants of the Institution, and that im- which are of tin, and Ell of the outside portant work was therefore neglected or ironwork thoroughly painted ; a lot of With the unsatisfactorily performed. fencing of the grounds done ; arm and consent of the state board of examiners garden supplies, harvested by the former a deficit was incurred of $3,200, of which management and belonging to the govamount $2,750 went for the purchase of ernment, purchased; necessary wagons, a house belonging to a retiring profesfarming implements, horses, cows, hogs sor and $459 to repair damage to the thickens, etc., pu chased a reasonable bulldiug from a severe wind storm In fire Insurance placed on the property for the fall. An Increase is asked In the three years, and sundry articles of mayearly maintenance allowance from chinery for the factory supplied, all of 16,000 to $13,500, and other needs, which have been paid for. The which Include extension of shops, man- which have contributed to thisagencies result ual training school, purchase of more have been exercise of economy by the land, printing press, repairs and paintwarden in the purchase of supplies, preing, laboratories, students' fund and vention of unneessary waste, use of sewage, are set forth aggregating $14,-00- 0. slack instead of lump coal, Increased The total appropriation asked for utilization of the labor of convicts on the for the ensuing Diennia! period is $42,-50- farm and about the prison, pay ment by The practical education given to for care of prisoners servgovernment the students at this college especially ing sentences for violation of United recommends it to the generosltv of the States laws and by various counties for legislature, yet appropriations in excess care of held for them, reducprisners of economic prccedented needs should tion In all salaries, and proceeds of sale not be made, except after a careful and of the output of the prison factory. The searching Inquiry. The Institution is at state hoard of corrections, having the present In a very satisfactory condition. and control of the prison, The trustees have discharged their du- management in its report for the v ear 1S96, estimated ties with fidelity and the faculty is able, a further saving each year for the en energetic and suing two years on account of maintenSCHOOL FOK IMF. DEAF. ance, of $5,000, and asks an annual ap By act of the legislature last year the j propriatlon of $25,000 instead of $30,000 school for the deal and dumb, thereto- for the maintenance of the prison. It fore conducted In connection with the represents, however, that there is a great university at Salt Lake City was sepa need for a better add purer water supply rated from It entlrelv and established as lor the prison, the supply at present bean Independent school on the campus of ing pumped by hand from a water ditch the old reform school at Ogden, with Into tankr located u the top of the buildthe aided functions of educating the in pipes about distributed then and ings blind. This transfer, which involved the Tfifs Improvement will premises. moving all the portable property be contribute to the general healthfulness longing to the deaf and dumb school, of the Inmates and will add Increas d was attended to with care and discretion, protection against fire with a consequent and the new school opened at Its r.ew decrease In Insurance rates. The estiThe buildings mated cost of this Improvement Is placed and grounds now occupied are well st im$5,000. The board also urges the adapted to the use of this institution, portance of enlarging the workshop and the wisdom erf the change. has which I regard as a hopeful and signifiperfect attestation. The purposes cant forerunner of further financial adof the school are to provide an educa vantage to the state. z! ready the contion for all the deal, the mute, the deaf victs make all the clothing used In the mute and the blind oi the state who are wishln prison (from material produced of sound mind and body and under 30 the state), also supply the state insane used for year of age, though only about asylum with all the clothing of them are now in attendance the Insane, and have produced some The school Is ably and economically lines of marketable clothing which have conducted, and the progress of the stu- beet, sold In accordance with law. dent surprising. Tl.e department of Outer Industries also are In process of the blind, though it ha an attendance establishment It Is contemplated also of but ten pupils, is in no sense neglect to all prisoners, not otherwise employ ed, having a special instructor, a separIn breaking rock, as soon as ed, ate room for study and recitation and engaj land are available to provide teams and small dehclencv will be special equipment. wagon to haul the rock which of $673.43 was made necessary for re In the vicinity of the prison. quarried pair to the buildings from the dL'no The law enacted at the last session of rou wind storm In September, and me legislature lor the government and consented to by 'he state board ( of the prison has proved Itself examiners. In estima'mg future needs, discipline to be generally efficient and satisfactory, the board of trustee calculates a per and classespecially so In respect to the capita expense of $250 per annum for ification of prisoners Into grades and the End dumb nd ,8 300 for the f under well guarded regulablind, and ask that appropriations be paroling,trusted and well disposed prls ol tion, provided to Cover maintainance to the oeers. I recommend appropriations for end of the school year 1S09. the ensuing two year as follows: . STATE INDL'STRUt SCHOOL. For maintenance of prison.... ..$50,000 cn ' The Institution formerly known a For enlarging workshop the reform chool u, by act of the For Improelng water supply. legislature ne year ago, ordered to be For new machinery removed from its original location and For Improving lavatory Its name was changed to state industrial For team and wagons school. . Thla tfa done to make room - 1 " , $57,575 for the school for the deaf and dumb asylum. insane and blind, for which the elaborate buildIs one of The care of the unfortunate ing were better adapted, and authority In state. of the duties trustees of wa given the the Industrial the paramount school to procure another location In the state Insane asylum at Provo we while not Ogden City. The buildings and ground have an Institution which known a the OgSen military academv, possessed of all the modern Improveconsisting of ten acre and a substantial ments Incident to many ot the lavishly brick butldlng of adequate proportions, conducted hospital lor the In.ane to be neverthele accordingly purchased,, and a contract found in the eastern state, ur fill entered Into pay $11,000 therefore when satisfactorily present want. a clear title I given. The new site U The present management ha striven to eligibly located and the building an- Increase the discipline ol the asylum, swer the present need oi the chool, to exercise greater Interest and solicihough additional repair will be re tude for the patient, to promote greater - K fii 1 la-- wide-awak- locatlaa.-ln.-SeptenilH'- r. one-hal- f , n the-dea- i neatness and cleanliness and better sanitary conditions for the patients, and to minimize expenses to the lowest possible limit. A few necessary Improvements, heretofore authorized by the legislature, were made during the year. The airing court, wherein patients can enjoy the aunllght and mild exercise, are In process of completion, a new ice house has been built, and a neat, new fence In front of the grounds erected. An aim of the management haa been to keep the patients employed as much as P9lhl q,. although ex periemee hx dem onstrated that but little of the work of the patients Is of any permanent profit, the benefits therefrom resulting rather to the patient than to the asylum. Summarizing the needs for the ensuing two years, the board suggests the following: Care and maintenance. ..$86,96,8 New hot water bol.er 5x V alut for records .... 1,000 insurance on building 3,ooo demned and dUtroyed, but no action was taken In Utah, our law being Impotent to deal wltlv the matter Many year ago before the advent of the codling moth and the wooly aphis, Utah fruA was famoua for its luscious flavor, and the yield for a new country was enor mous. Endowed by natuae with a superior soil and climate for fruit growlrg we have since permitted most of our sister states to forge far ahead of us In this wealth producing industry, Utah in this respect may le likened :q tLe shlfrtest isuvrer who .fo.e his homestead while hi become ne'ghbor thrifty and independent. The spraying of orchards as a means of preserving fruit is not an experiment. It is a demonstrated fact. I ask you to consider this subject with the care its great importance demands, to provide such amendments to the present law and make such liberal appropriation as !! resurrect, encourage and rehabilitate Total $92,368 the Utah fruit industn. I recommend the appropriation of this OCR inmstrien. amount and that, the unused balance in It is gratifying that, after the see:e the treasury of the asylum be ordered trials of the past four years, consequent back into the state treasurv. upon the reversal of national policies THF NATION VI GIMKI) which previously had fostered the chief Owing to insirfficient provisions of the industries of the Rocky mountain remilitary code to compel attendance to gion, Utah, ly reason of her drll's and other militarv duties, to a so-fu- l resources am! the wonderful marvelous conservadeficiency in armory facilities, and tism of her people, emerges from the to a general lack of public recognition general havoc with less disaster to her and encouragement, 1 regret to say tne business interests, less shrinkage of National Guard of Utah has detorlated values and greater general prosperity One of the the three year. during than any of her sister states. Indeed it troops of cavalry has been mustered out may be truly said that, during he past of the service, having fallen below the year this state has made material adstandard of efficiency. Of the 16 comvancement, especially In her mining panies of Infantry, four will doubtless, Although few of the silver soon be mustered out ot the service. mines and prospects have been able to Before another year the terms of enlistsurvive the battle waged against the ment of the various organizations will white metal bj the allied money powers have expired, and, unless greater finan of two worlds, the yield of the'old and cial aid is extended to the guard, It is in well equipped silver mines of the state of The congtl disintegration.. danger tution of the state requires that the leg- has materially increased, and gold mining, which meantime has taken on new islature shall provide by law for the life, has nearly doubled iu product. The equipment and discipline of since statehood, confident of the people, the militia. If we are to have a militia Inherent strength of resources of their at all, we ought to have a good one. great commonwealth and hopeful of the Though the reputation of the people of , Is and Utah peaceable and future, have maintained a patient, citizenship, which has done credthe riots and Insurrections which have it to their loyalty and preserved the occurred in other states are practically unknown here, nevertheless experience honor, peace and security of the state. The crops have never been more prolific has demonstrated that it is a wise and and prices though still ruinous because for each In state to keep prudent policy of the demonetization of silver, ranged coustant readiness for action a well' toward the end of the year slightly equipped and well trained militia. 1 higher, enabling many of the farmers to recommend the appropriation of the market their products. The vield of the following sum sugar factory w'as the greatest In Its hisNecessary expenses of 12 compantory, being above 9,000.000 pounds, and ies of infantry and two troops the promoters of this splendid of cavalry at $75 each per anenterprise num $ 2,000 and the people generallv?may congratTwo batteries of artillery at $100 ulate themselves that f of the each per annum 400 in consumed granulated the sugar state lQt) Signal corps is produced at home. The Rio Grande Rent of armory 1,200 Western railway, with commendable enAdjutant generals salar, f;oo per annum 1,000 terprise, has exteneed its line 40 miles Incidental expenes 2,000 further to the south; the reorganization Annual encampment, $5,oooeach of the Oregon Short Line, now car being 10,000 effected in this city, promises increased Total $16,800 advantages to the state; and the great L T H SEMICENTENNIAL. projected lines to the south and west, upon which our future grestness has The legislature, at Its last sesston, proso promises immediate invided for a commission of ten person to hung Inlong, the spring. Two of our great ception conduct; the 50th anniversary cf the mountain streams have been harnessed arrival of the Utah pioneers; and approduring the year and the electrical power of to defray the expenses priated $c,ooo generated by these enormous and costly said commission and to aid In the celeplants is available at minimum cost to bration. That commission, acting with turn the wheels of our future progress commendable enterprise, recently resol- The silk to which Utah Is so Industry, ved to hold a celebration In July 1897, well adapted, under the encouragement lasting fp-- dais, to cost not less than of a small bounty provided by the last I is proposed that the cele$50,000 legislature, began to breathe during the bration shall be of such a nature as to year, and if the present policy is conattract national attention, and the com- tinued, there is no doubt but that the mission is reliing upon the patriotism 1,000 pounds of cocoons produced last oi the public to support and renderuc-cessfu- l year will soon be followed by the manuthis ambitious undertaking. The facture of raw silk. I urge upon voi: entrance of the Utah pioneers into the the Importance ol doing everything in our power to encourage the growth and valley of the Great Salt Lake, considered In the light of the present after 50 development of our various industries 1 ears of advancement, was an bvent in It is what we produce, not what we borthe history oi our state and in the civil- row or import, that will make us Indeization of western America of such im- pendent. Notwithstanding evidences portance that the people of the state will are apparent of an awakening in this hail with joy the announcement of a respect, the industrial activity of the with tbe state is yet far from what It should celebration commensurate be. magnitute of the occasion. The com- It is well understood that those three mission will solirlt subscriptions for the great Industries of the state silver, lead greater portion of the neccessary funds, and wool, are languishing because of but will rely upon legislature for the ad- hope of congressional legislation long ditional appropriation of at least $10,000. deferred. If you should deem it approIn my judgment it should not be shorn priate to memorialize congress to restore a dollar of its expectation, and I earn silver to the coinage and lead and woof etly recommend the appropriation of to the former tariff, it will be a pleasure that amount. to me to with vou. law-abidi- peace-loving- : one-hal- .... HORTICfLTCRF. Because ol the late passage of the act (April 5) creating a sta.e board of horticulture, providing for the spraying of fruit trees and authorizing county commissioner to appoint fruit tree Inspectors' th?lr respective counties, much of the good work for the preservation of our fruit was lost the past year. It Is reported also that the disastrous wind storm of September 18, 1896, destroyed practically all the winter apples and pears, and made it Impossible to estimate the real result of the years work in ridding fruit of Insect pests. The law itself I only a step In the right direction. The power ol the board o horticulture thould be enlarged to Include the of useful knowledge as may have been acquired on- - the ubject of orchard work, and trlngent provision hould be had for quarantine and inspection ol Imported nursery stock. I am credibly Informed that doriug the year there were Imported Into this state it car load of diseased young trees that were afterward sold and scattered all over Utah and western Colorado. In Colorado the fact wa made known to the authorities and the tree wa con irrigation. The code will be found to contain, the head of Irrigation and Water Rights, provisions that have been long needed In this state and which I especially commend to your favor. The amount of litigation in our cotfrts over water rights Is sufficient proof of the need of good laws to replace our insufficient and antiquated provisions on that subject. Briefly recited, the following are some of the Important points covered In the code: For the preservation of the rights of original appropriators ; fora uniform aystem of measuring water; for the filing and recording of right already acquired or that may hereafter be acquired through appropriation and use of water; for the right of way over state lands, and the condemnation of private lands; for the construction of canals, reservoirs, etc., and for the adoption of the California "Wright Irrigation district law, 0 far a the same 1 applicable to our condition. Also for the creation of the office of state engineer, having general n of the state water, and providing that he shall Inspect all the plana and specification for the construction of un-de- r uper-ylslo- |
