. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. ary;William R. Goodfellow, of Elk Point, messenger, and Charles F. Picotte, Yank-ton, sergeant-at-arms. The members of the House of Representatives were sworn in by Judge Bliss,prayer was offered by Rev. D. D. Metcalf of Bon Homme. George M. Pinneyof Bon Homme was elected speaker; Joseph R. Hanson, chief clerk; James Allenof Sioux Falls, assistant clerk; Daniel Gifford, Bon Homme, enrolling clerk;lames Summers, Sioux Falls, sergeant-at-arms; Ole Anderson, East Vermilion,fireman; A. B. Smith, Tower Butte, messenger, and Rev. D. D.
. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. ary;William R. Goodfellow, of Elk Point, messenger, and Charles F. Picotte, Yank-ton, sergeant-at-arms. The members of the House of Representatives were sworn in by Judge Bliss,prayer was offered by Rev. D. D. Metcalf of Bon Homme. George M. Pinneyof Bon Homme was elected speaker; Joseph R. Hanson, chief clerk; James Allenof Sioux Falls, assistant clerk; Daniel Gifford, Bon Homme, enrolling clerk;lames Summers, Sioux Falls, sergeant-at-arms; Ole Anderson, East Vermilion,fireman; A. B. Smith, Tower Butte, messenger, and Rev. D. D. Metcalf, BonHomme, chaplain. George W. Lamson, private secretary, read the message of the governor atthe meeting on the second day. THE governors MESS.\GE The governor called attention to the vast area of the territory as then organ-ized, extending from the 97th to the iT3th degrees of longitude, embracing anarea greater in extent than all of New England combined with Xew York, Penn-sylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Missouri, including the vast basins and mountain. WILLIAM A. HOWARD Sixth governor of Dakota Territory, 1878 to 1880. Diedin oflRce, 1880 HISTORY OF NORTH DAKOTA 277 ranges, and waters flowing southward into the Gulf of Mexico and northwardinto Hudson Bay. He spoke of its excellence of soil and climate, of itscapacity for raising numerous herds of cattle and the production of wheat andother agricultural products, and prophesied that the great wheat-growing beltsof this continent would be developed in the valleys of the Red River and Sas-katchewan, and that before a generation passed more than a million people wouldbe found residing in the Missouri Valley alone; that the Pacific Railroad wouldbe completed, connecting the two oceans with iron bands, and the trade of Indiaand Japan would be found passing through Dakota on its way to the Atlantic,and that towns and cities would spring up along the great highways of spoke of the mineral wealth to be developed in t
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