The Montana post., 1868-09-04

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ter of country extends north toll ussr :. GRAN
waters of the North Saskatcb,'sns Ae "a
! 10 the Athabasca. which e,n,,;
the Arctic Ocean. A gentiempa1' n ArE--''R q
crossed the mountains with W. land
time. and who travelled tbrao- -t il rloT, Eneer &C
country in 1862, said comran i W. n tyrantss :
persons left ST. Paul in Nav ISS, !" E s. up W. W On
stage TO Georgetown the head - 70 one one missile
boat navigation the Red riv sl'l Eulking an
North thence 10 Fort Garry VII hen oO'"
fitted ont with oxen and carts Wien bo
to carD and went over land 1n WhSn hi n
Ellis. Carlton. Pitt and Edruo,5o Ir,eo bd
the North Saskatchewan then
AIMS Mission the Jasper Hon 81 IsDs IsT I'D
followed up the Athabasca riv.rtI 1 inch wo
, the Leathe Pass. in the Rocky ~ At threw "1
tains, to the Frazier river and ,c,L md y it,, ~
oxen RATS and fioated down - te ss' march,
Westminster. He told me Tho, .oDe the "A
country was covered with e.
grass 10 the base of the mountain ,hIob, At N
plenty of water and a fair spp Doness
timber. and great portion of tbs r oos yictorJ
try from Fort Garry to the Rocky In ne WfdenI
tains was susceptible of raising nrough We
Z crops OF wheat, particularly with sssIr nor
miles of the mountains. The Set,I
Fort Edmondton report RAISING I'm, As
wheat, and have . windmill Tor co.'s Sea y. ~
ing The company saw abuudst unoDd tei
coal, particularly on the South 4 rrsln1, rrsnS Vic
katchewan also found good pro ant snd u
of gold on the Pembian and other - army an,
between the st. AIMS Mission an izzi ,I,,r, io5
Rocky Mountains. Fort Edmop
in latitude 53 degs. 30 minutes. an al who ,H
though the winters are severe this alaiB 4
found the summer delightful and h. \ Jlow Gre
Grating. without frosts AT night ler 'ronnel
winters are probably not so severe l. ougn nc ,aI
81. Petersburg, where there are mi aree cbeerI
of inhabitants, and where they
their railroads successfully every -
Ter. ro'I
\ COUNTRY FOR SETTLEMENT NiiWt "
it Is astonishing what an inI.-- & ,criyely 4
extent OF good country there is in b. ave seei
mountains, about which there i kgnepcsdI
paratively little known. tile Bnt
and business of which must How r Z ,emDt
North Pacific Railroad when built a ,tion I'd
country, which is four degrees CT II royger
miles In width. and over 1,00e mi of rsspd
length, and con ntaining about 1886 as haJ
acres of land, lying between the ,rk mad
Mountains and the great lakes. a g FOLDERS |
portion ot ii capsble of raising far hI
wheat, must afford au immense tie "a
for the road. When this road 81 as 10 wi
the Red river of the North near -ticp a-J
Abercrombie, it will receive the tr. me inst1
that stream, which flows north son. had
Lake Winnipeg, a body of water as 1 ID them N
as Lake Michigan. Into the same Kindred tlI
flows the Saskatchewan. a magni u buy delJ
stream, which drains the British ktween tIi
tory from the Rocky Mountains u me of I'd
Great Slave Lake, and giving wit. II delcOatl
Red river and the lake itself a con OF I'LL
Gus navigation of over , 900 miles ". Il light in
outlet must be over this road r monej
through Lake Superior. Lake Sup a. the i
projects INTO the TAR northwest Sc to beti
hundred miles further than any ttten exI
navigable water, and at it's head 1s'ood lid
VIII De sesn city rlvaiing any OF I anly, AM
which in the ages gone by have eni I They "A
the commerce OF the East before it L. fo1io,gI
West and northwest of it. this mi Iolders' I'd
just described, inexhaustibleil n where |
minerals and its agricultural pToduC 4 those vi
ness, will pour its unimagined Wa n ,.n trpl
of exchanges into and through IL. - New II
may not be predicted OF TINS point w r rightj
by geographical necessity, is 10 hs n July
the products of a region so vastZ An the adj
will be the largest grain elevators sost bitteI
seen. and that trade which has bu now as vi
many hourishing cities, will built Is and vii
other where nature has made d. PIE betw
for the most extensive grain gTUy at monl
country in tie world. And what New II
we not LOOK for on the western terml of thet
where there is the most magnificent kng the Il
land sea and harbor in the world. kh reward
sounded with all the great and Ferr In Crosj
ent resources of wealth and opening l
on the Pacific, inviting the trade )cRATIC
commerce of Asia, the Indies, and 1 Deuod
isianus @ Gl 'ne ne racI sIli tue tlaue " uost pal
the world in its course bnt
THE MONTANA MINES. H.derJ
few words about Montana Tl cd cOni
will be nearly as much gold taken en- oul
of the pacers ever. The mills renec7
Just beginning TO get To work on tue
lodges with rather hattering prospt uecend
Montana is now where Colorado was ~ We
years ago, just getting ready to z, sninh ol
work; the future of the country wlu &c war
very brilliant. The crops super 20 God
never saw finer wheat in any country over thl
some instances 40 bushels per acre IaSe-
had two lots of wheat in my Hour ln ,,rJ
mill, one of which weighed 90 ana on the
other 66 l-2 pounds To the busheL l. carcaJ
other crops are very promising, vel Lancasl
great wealth of Montana lies in her 4tier ZOul
ural pastures which illimitable p nlgge1
returned by the Mullan road over te q
mountains. At the same time that 5I a., W q Il
rouse is practicable for railroad lctpr's "a
entirely feasible for wagon road, n 9ninious1
slider the route via Pen dOreille Id E."
preferable for a railroad. l came DO --
the Coeur d'Alene river, and throu ~
the St. Joseph valley; thence over 10 Il s,IlS
head waters of the Palouse, eoun -,
almost unexplored. There is la 4
amount of most excellent land In Oiit fo
country rich any Illinois pra -ffuers
with large patches of timothy grow 70 it,
wild over the country and through N aStl
mountains, and number OF small 10 :, "S oli
an farms raising. with their rude cuiu 1ne
tion. % and 80 bushels TO the acre
think the Salmon River route worth! 5u wa
On raf,,l +iou ht1t from all - ana !