The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1869-10-01

s.Clover~I1oeveo nrom . proan-
lso0Py Note Book.
Our river b eapsscisD. loUD apssh, ~ eAnes
iss name frsquestly md With ~ little sdo - M
widow Or . minority pasty. Near tn 1saeeA "tAe
meeting At the wstess b ehsisesnrd Silver Bow;
few miles and Il beoo0es IL Dose Lodsa anoa The
He'll Gate Hissoala, Ciaskss Fork aas Coislba, tAe
lsttes pouring it, waters % the Wild eosst Of Poss
Land thsnce sway to the Golden 0ste to the aoa,ing
Bamboo cities Of John" the shirteapeist: to the
isle that Dseos has crowned With iApssishahs 70
nance, u to the bleak shores where Seward e,peurrd
the Asroro BorsolIs and terribly white Tasitosia,
to joan Fernandez or Alaska, bat down the river,
ninety nil. ir xi.souls CITY, in the county and ss
the river 1t that name. II stands In the putas Of
Hell Gate We can all 70 thsse. And q. when Dan
we'ch, Eco, Sunday o. ago. dsvw The lines over
"whisky" and "Trenchman," - bonny American
hays - 70 to harness In The West side valleys, and
proasred Us the position of Art nate On the lrbord
deck Of Concord buggy, ws went aboard like tue
Nor.Westes, and wess Of
DowN f1B Rv1A
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the Gold Creek and Rocky Mountains close down TO
aud Gold Creek until they empty IN he river, ooar,s
ously ~ Roderick Dhu did the Knighe Of Showdown
to Coilautoglc Ford From thsnee for fifty miles the
ranches are nuerous the arabic lands extensive and
the road Il along untinbed valley occasionally e,oss
lug low ad ridger bat tho bays went Into the s,abs
1t whitssides-dfty miles from Deer Lodcs-iussde
six hours from tbs start, without hair sazusd o.
them. ~ It 10 comfortable rusd Here the psecipi-
tons spurs on the souh and the shs~pt heavy hills
below Bear Guch the NORTH close in and the road
thence to Misseula Mills h mostly canyon. with inter
walls Of charming little valleys ready for the pvw Or
densey tm5cred with beautiful smooth bodied white
and yellow pines good milling sizs free from undes-
growth and forming the finest parks ~ had ssen vert
Ut the Nississppl Many o( the trsps are now pesed
BY the lower country Indiana who are coming up the
river soste to buffalo, they using tire pulp inside
the bark for foot.
The road was originally engineered BY the buffalo {;
the ludian followed the buffalo; Mulsn followed the
Indian; the Traveller follows Huan-l. e. generally
aud the rail- o.d will follow The same route Improve
ments have been made On the Mullan road NcCarty
has brd:ed the river aud balt good road to avoid
the Medicine Tree ll.n and ford. Newman, at the
Keystone Ranch, has built sp'endd graded ruad over
Beaver Dam Hill: uEgins, 1t the Big Bscfoos IN. put
In bridge where xuilss's kong since yielded 70 che
wave and Buckley has graded good river suad just
above He'll Cate On general psiscplse toll roads aud
bdes iniqujties. These have rsdceming features
Hard work has hren done at heavy expense: einyle
teams carry double the frsghts the tolls are CON-
para,iv.y reasonable those who desire can follow the
old free road and they not protected BY exclusive
Legislative franchises Ut exhosbtamt rates. The cJun-
ties Territory should buy out these men and make
tae roads free. Tolls iutcfdct upon travel and
letters that should b. broken speedily
II We would prosper.
Near the confluence of the Bi: Blsckfoot and He'll
Gate In pleasant valc still standing the stou.
ctinneys marking tue principal winter camp Of Null
lan's party In lsS-6l. Just below, the river rushes
between the heavy mountain jaws known ~
HELL GATE CANYON
1t 10 horid NAME and for picturesque and love-
" nook there II In the mountains. It 10 not more
than half mile In length m eighth wide-and the
smooth road swe,le through It On Broadway grade.
From time imuscinorlal however the northwestern
Indians have regarded 1t with dread but little c-s
than the SiOix have for the Yellowstone canyon
through which they have not paseed fos so y.as On
their annual trips to the south e.et tor buffalo, tue
Pen d Os~'''es F,ataead. Koutenas, Nez Ferces aud
Others. must eater and 20 through this dreaded
yoo. - they leave the broad, open MssoulA Valley
and here we're ever wain the Basckfect Piegans
Boods u give thcm ac,cc bs,t. AVID steal sneir hosss
l" thu latter even, they -st sfoot the eve VI
tue hunt aud In the encmys county without oppos.
tuE!sy u pFpclrc other horses. Here urked In theee
fa<tnsses thr enemies The evil spirits IN their Path
aud they gave Il the name, which II Literally but e.
prcseivcy tsansiated into the sulphusc sohsiquet-
He'll Gate. hat II Il II He'll Gate ore way, Il opens a.
rupeiy into Eden tae oehes-she extensive beauti
full productive valleys Of
xIssoULA COUNTY,
land OF the vine and tn. af Of flowers and fruits and
the golden grain First scttle<,-with dwellings aud
white dwrsis in them. siuce lsG0ys polling bot ~
votes IN 1850 the senior couuy Of Montana yst least
pvpOious most remote hOm the centers Ut trade aud
youngest In Development With famsin II titled when
Il VA. part Ut Oregon, then Washington, then ldsho
aud now Montana Territory; the warm rich, we'll
wasescd coll yielding Ito hsrvests very
gadrn u al Aontans-yet hayin; In 1S0v only l53
farmers with u 10 Of land under cultivation
while tbs Bitter I,vt Valley alpns h.s tnes thas
amount VI srsoe lands, where every grain aud fruit
that te nothcrn tiers Ut States peoduc can be grown
pentisully aud prvdtsbly Tnis anomalous condition
Ut Affairs IL OWN. wholly to IT. semo,encss from the
names, the Reservation 1t thc Jocko and the retention
the Bitter Root Valley poes,h,e Reservation for the
Indians No county II Montana ssupciOr to Xissoua
save In minerals. In warmth. moistury. Timber PAS
tusaxs and psvductveLcse 1t exceis But II IL isola,
It'd, aud It, peopse have bsea e,anuuity unto them
solver, gaining stssdy out slowly. The building Of
rai,oad will give woAdssfal impetus ~ farming In
A,ssvuh. .,-......
The following abstsact from the Assessment Roll Of
ISs0 gives view Ut IL essi status u the county
NO. VALUE.
Acres land cultivatod 10 4 q 30