UTAH. 



- 



ilance -hown on his hooka. According to 

 . the warrants outstanding on March 



i:., i^'in, amounted to xii,i;-j::..v.i. imt up to 



!><<. :;i, ISIM, there had been pre-mled and paid 

 by the Territory warrants i u-d by liini amount- 

 ing to 158,862.07. No methyl is provided by 



for ascertaining how many more of Midi 

 warnints are >till in circulation.' 



Tin- total a.-sessed valuation of properly in the 

 Territory f ir is'.n wa- srjl.'.iNd, !!)!).;! 7. 'against 



612,216 for INIM). The value of real property 



l.f').~M,'J7 : improvmetlts tllereol: 



rO.43; and per-onal propert \.s:;ii.-.'r,:i.s72.ii7. 

 Included iii tli. 



valued at *'J.7:n.N!i:; : \W,-2 cattle, valued at 



1.504; and 1,495,892 sheep, valued at $2,- 



l!in.sii(5. The valuation of Salt Lake ( 'oiinty alone 



- follows: Keal property. s:;!U!i,"i,si!i.- 



"21 : iniproveineiits thereon. x(i..V.J7,l>!l."> : personal 



j.roperty. *i:;.'.i:; l..V,s.<;7 : total. ,<y.l.7:>7,4;-,'.!M. 



The rate of taxation for isni wax 5 mills. 



Education. The public-school system of the 

 Territory is in its infa'ncy. but encouraging pr>g- 

 ress is shown. The Territory supports a uni- 

 versity and an agricult ural college. At the latter 

 institution there were 2S() pupils in Deeemltcr, 

 1891, this number being all that can be con- 

 veniently provided for. The first term of the 

 college begun in September, 1890, with W 



Charities. The Insane Asylum at Provohas 

 been crippled from lack of funds. Although the 

 last Legislature appropriated a large sum for the 

 completion of the asylum buildings and the care 

 of the inmates, there was no money in the treas- 

 ury with which to pay the warrants. The man- 

 aging board was obliged to borrow money at a 

 high rate of interest, or close the institution. It 

 is indebted for work done and materials fur- 

 islied in the sum of $40,000. 



Prisons. The Territorial Reform School 

 buildings were destroyed by tire on June '24, but 

 the insurance enabled' the trustee- to rebuild at 

 once without expense to the Territory. During 

 the year the addition to the Territorial Peniten- 

 tiary authori/ed by Congress has been completed 

 at a cost of $95,000. 



Agriculture. The following figures, re- 

 ported by the Territorial statistician, cover the 

 agricultural operations of .1800: Wheat. 110.111 



product. ',VK>!I. lot bushels, valued at $1.- 

 < X'7..-|ii:;.'J<): oats. :;-J.7ii:: acre-, product. 1 

 218 bushels, valued at $532.1 MA>> : biirl.-v. 



.'12,540 bushels, valued at $100.- 

 C7:t: rye. :'..7.">!i acres, product. 4"i.', ) <>4 bu-hels. 

 Valued at *. > 7."i7J.-H: corn. -.product. 



1C.-i.iHi7 bushels, valued at $118348*24) } ' 

 7,848 

 $490,013.: 

 tons, vali 



acres, product, 808,100 ton-, valued at )f'J.71">.- 

 107. 



The Territory also produced, in ISIM). 7.4.". 1.- 

 252 pounds of wool valued at $1 

 1. x 17. 447 pounds butter, valued at 



7.S|.") acn-x. product. !>:!-~>.S7l bu-heN. valued at 



5-!'.H;.oi::.-j-J: bay. 80,647 acres, product. 12 

 tons, valued at' sl.<;::7.::"!7.7ii; lucern. UM.7'.".* 



gall 



(il.:',iiS gallons of cider, valued at $21.) 

 The dried fruit product was as follows: Apples, 

 197,167 pounds, valued at $11,830.02; pe;. 



178.504 pounds, valued at $10,A45.23 : apricot*. 

 pounds, valued nt $; 



pound?*, valued at $*\ -, lX'l !-unl 



value.l itt $UX.M>. 



Minliifr. The miiiernl prmlu. IVrri- 



MK), as wtiniMt.d by \V, 

 .mari/.rd u follows: 956.7 1 

 pper, valu.-d t $76,086.64; o.OHi.Nxi | 

 refined lead, valued tit $20:{.:<lV 

 i. !'u,.d lead, valued at $l,8ti5.-l 

 oiinccH of fine silver, valued ut fKA'-tt .'. 

 88,851 ounces fine p.l.l. xalu.d a: 

 total export value, $11^41 



Coal. During is9()thc f->ur bituminous mines 

 in I'tah jiriHlu. . Milued nl - 



')!!). The Scolield mines yield, d $:{:!5,7.'>; Cas- 

 tle (!ate. : dvi'lk-. &:.. 



Industrial. There were in <lur- 



ing isiio. :no industrial e-tubli-hineni-. , m ploy- 

 ing 8,274 persons, whose wages amouii! 

 $1.597,177. The raw material 1 was 



valued at $2.187,291, and the maimfa 

 product at $5,880,104. The total invested 

 tal was reported at X4.-10.V 



Irrigation. In r< an invitation 



i ned by Gov. Thomas on .lum- 1'J. a 

 \en I ion of delegate?, n -pn-enting nearly 

 State and* Territory west of Mississippi river 

 met at Salt Lake City on Sept. 1". for the pur- 

 pose of considering questions pertaining to the 

 reclamation of arid lands. The following reso- 

 lutions were adopted : 



That it is thesenso of tlii* <-.nv< -ntion that the com- 

 mittee M-leetc.l to propowj and pi 

 the memorial of tins convention nt>|(ec-tinir ; 

 lands Mii.uld jtsk. as a j-ri-liuiinury t<> tlie K-- 

 nll the land in tin- Territories in awovdanet "itlutho 



n-sollltiol^ oftlie e..||\elltioll. U HlnTal jrrullt to Mid 



Territories and to the States to IT i'..rn.i.l t! 



ot the l>ul>lie lunds to lie di ;tilic-chool 



puri 



That this oonsrrvw* w in favor of praiitiiiir in trust, 

 upon fii'-li eoinlitions nn ohall sr\.- the i>ul>lic in- 

 - and Territoruit nexlt\! >t irriira- 

 tion. all land.- now a part of the piiM'u- domain within 

 sueh States and Tcrntoric*, cxeeptin^ luinvnil laii.in, 

 tor tl'.e purjx'sc of devclopiiitr irnir;.' 

 luiuls nw urid fertile . ,.i'|*>rting 



population. 



The Mormon Church Property. V* ! en the 

 I'nited States Supreme Court, in 1890, aiBnted 

 the constitutionality of the K<lii!iind9 law and 

 declared the property of the Mormon Church to 

 bee-cheated to the Cliited States, it withheld its 

 final decree in the ease and intimated its desire 

 that Congress should direct ,-omc dis|x.-it: 

 the property so escheat ed. Thi- suggestion was 

 ii"t a. -ted upon by Congress, and in Mar of 

 year the court fifed its final decree, in whit-h it 

 declared that the j-cr-omil pn : ..d b 



1 to sudi lawful charitable uses u \ 

 most ncari\ nd to its former d- 



In tli-- f legislation by Congress, it in- 



timated that a master might lx- appointed to re- 

 |M>rt a scheme for it> di-p ' |>- 



pn.val of the court. The ease watt rvmnn. 

 the I'tah Supn-me Court for furthi-r pr 



lie pro|K-rty and it- a< eui 



main in tlie hands of the r>-< . :\. r ,; olherwiw 

 orderetl.aiul to U- liable f. : 

 of tli. .p. In .'I- 



the I'tah court in July ap|K>inled a master, who 



