Without doubt this is the best watered country, the richest soil and the finest timber in Montana. The mountains are full of game, and the lakes and rivers teeming with the choicest variety of fish. In addition it may be stated that Flathead lake is one of the finest bodies of water to be found in the mountains, it being about 35 miles long and about 10 miles wide. In places it is unfathomable. A crystal brilliancy pervades the water, fish being visible at a depth of 40 feet.
High mountains surround the lake, the peaks of some of which are clad in mantles of perpetual snow.
The Flathead river, about 30 miles of which is navigable, is a marvel of nature's handiwork, and though sluggish in its course, is deep and voluminous. Its shores are extremely picturesque, being skirted with dense timber, alternating frequently with cliffy causeways and occasional patches of ground made clear by the hand of the sturdy husbandman. Ducks and geese abound in quantities too great to be appreciated, while the hunter on land finds no sport in blazing away at the many pheasant, grouse and chicken which cross his path. Bear and mountain lion afford ample pastime to the fearless cracksman, while the disciple of Isaac Walton can haul from the steamer's bow in a few minutes sufficient of the finny tribe to appease even his most sanguine expectations. Congenial, hospitable and enterprising citizens indeed, are those who to-day are making Demersville the nucleus about which a promising city is to form, and all honor to them for so doing, and may they who have planted their faith in the little village of now about 500 inhabitants, live to see their highest hopes materialize.