House Journal Of The Session Of The Legislative Assembly Of The Territory Of Montana

Author : Montana. Legislative Assembly
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265111352
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book House Journal of the Fifth Session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana written by Montana. Legislative Assembly and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-05 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from House Journal of the Fifth Session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana: Begun and Held at Virginia City, the Capital of Said Territory, on Monday, December 7, A. D. 1868, and Concluded January 15, A. D. 1869 At the last session Of the Legislature a law was passed for the encouragement Of the agricultural interests, authorizing an annual fair for the exhibition of produce and stock, and placing at the disposal of the Officers in charge of the same, the disposition of the fund arising therefrom, in the form of premiums to the most successful exhibitors. It has occurred to me that a Similar act for the encouragement of quartz and placer mining would tend great ly to the development of lodes and placers already discovered, and excite emulation among prospectors for the discovery of others. Such an organization might Offer premiums for fine and valuable specimens; and the specimens thus Obtained might be formed into a cabinet for the Territory, which would illustrate, in miniature, the extent and richness Of those natural deposits upon which its prosperity depends. An unanswerable argument would thus be furnished to the manifold Objections to our Territory, with which the failures of the first few years Of its history have filled the minds of Eastern capitalists. Let premiums be Offered for other purposes, also - for the best mill or furnace, millwright or smelter; for the most skillful feeder or handiest apron-tender or amalgamator; for the best proved lode, the deepest shaft, and a shaft sunk in the most workmanlike manner. I believe an asso ciation for this purpose no less important with us than the agri cultural and I am confident, if properly organized, it would arouse intense interest and useful rivalry, which would greatly en hance the Vital interests of our Territory. We need some e ort Of a public character to evince our own confidence in our re sources as well as to remove the false impression concerning them abroad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.