The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1869-12-10

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Bey6a Rstsssser 4 As nls the ahees exit f'eu
the csgoa l9l.ss tie savss on. oa sas Yass con
nectc4 saneb AysssA eo@psakcd q the 'Ssassss. By
I'd with the Oallatin, Msdison md Nissoan valleys
Thlty miles noetAwnd wslfs ths Pscikc wassss; hsrs
Aows the strose, DIP essssnt q IT, Js6asos to N
0ak; Uep - ufea m e1stA- md -eaA fsoo IL
suow Sounss: Il bslss sway aloag The sacsoss ehas
ne, to ~ -nsesiae q ~ watsrs~ where TIE xsdi
SOD, 0allasin Al Jslseos form ~ Aasoah; thsscs
OVER the tpse Tslls y Bc.tos, throaxA Lss xssesis
Ttssss. b Sioax Cssy, Oasshs. D. Joseph. Leaveu-
worth. y. lsas, wAue asesh0s sQsSs ~s9dSoE oasea
the Aissi.slppi- = viekabass, NV os'sass--ea
lfa"'a ..a,in soas .. tia. raai... river. -,,y
III Whsse ~ 80 anhaeds he culver
nj 8. e Z: s ss..s: !. i,s s<''' 800
till Il cess essnily psst Tssss PA'lIp aSd 5asuon.
and gdcs 90 thsusgh ~ Deassft' ssopse shsses-
four tb0psspd. six headrrd and nfty miles away! 1t
70 sincs We iordcdt At Twin Bridges. Co0-
putting ts low 1t ~ DiIcs pr hear, the water, then
Bowling there have MOI yet reached the Gplf "Nten
Gott vat . countries and vat beeTles." said the
Dutchman at Willard's. We may odd 'whae stvcrs! !"
il. r..ti!.a ,a. rms vAlAEyA. d.. / he-
The extent Of this valley system 10 almost uimita
big. For gfazing purpoecs i 10 upssrpssecd.l The
soil u extremely FERTILE and comparatively free from
fost The annual and uRintc1ruptcd dcvastations Of
the grasshoppcrs has hrs tho one great dst'mcnt to
agricataralists. Dat Of the t3E acsce rcturucd tn
Madison County In % under cultivation, all save
few ranches in the Madison Valley are here; aud here
havc grazsd aud grown fat butter nearly all Of her
$3.50 heaA II live fully one-Afth Of the number
IN thu cpsirc Territory Morc depsely populated chan
any others. xcrptins Gala'in, posshly) these valley
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heavy icvchuc. ard Virginia II. really heavy retail
tr~'c. merchant raid to ms, ut seems very quiet
uobey stirring so,rce,y; all unlike the Virginia ii
~ u Is; yetday by day our s,.s foot mp nicely
Travel up down Alder Gu'ch. note the number ot
nnchcros and country dcal.rs passing to and f,o and
ron will that they arc tho prcomlnatin. co'su,n
crs and prl:pc.rs of Madison coanty. Ard wh!is
they pposls the back bone o4 the merchants win have
stamina. ,t.s .'... Z
Past Mo,icrs and She, i!an into Alder Grlch, with
il. once popu!Ous VILLAGES Of
JUNCTION, CENTRAL AND NEVADA
To those who knew these t0xns In the busy days Ut
the pest. they ars nsarufsly quiet and deserted
yet there are-aaen wnmsn asd "ucc batsps-ssss CSC
souls pursuinx different ayoca,ions h.lsw Virginia
The are principally miners. a.,d the u,njoi,y Ut
minors are in the Dairy business, apparently Nevada
has 100 pcopls; three sorc- owned by r. o. Bailey.
q. NJ. Sweet aud .. D. French and two saloons
Adobc-,own. "w wen" grown IN the body Of Nevada
has Us people and Junction about 60 The number VI
houses in these places, exceeds the number Of people
Abort 200 whitcs and 10 Chinese were engaged this
summer In mining below Virginia and the product 10
reliably estimated II $4,000. This heavy decrease
in ycl. to the hand since GO ucs IN u took cut Sl
00 In the California Company. ground on Woods
Ear Bat Alicr Gulch Was b IDLY mined. aud for the
past year two the moot O the labor has been ex.
pcnds-l IN hcd-r0ck fumes, few Ut which have yet
reached bed srk. Il Is believed there h. with fac
,ics for working good pay below Virginia for loo
miners Tor years. The bringing In Of the Capital
Ditch has heen DREADED by the fame companies, aud
1t h dcalt 10 say whether the product below Virgin
10 will " INCREASED or decreased thereby The Aume
companies own nearly al the suc: claims, and would
eventually work them oat raply but with plenty VI
water miners will tl,rony the side guchcs and bars
and their tans arr likely to interfere materially With
the fumes. ii they do not, iadc,d, during food oil
them up c.triy. Ayan. this I. the fact, that with
out water the claims outside the gulch channel
canEot Ike worked. But We are ut .,..t
VIRGINIA lSor MILITARY DISTRICT NO. 2l
Some one has named 1t the Social City, and the name
h we'll hcstowsS II is irreminc,tly city Of Happy
Memories. Who, in tcsc latter years. has lived with
IN and left Il. but cher's..- "'.piss.s '.n''.-.s-
Virginia? Born Of the insatiate thirst for gold bap-
tizcd In almost dclu.c Of blood and nurtIr.d BY the
wages VI unnumserci sins when It's days were
few and its streets the rendezvous Of all Cmcs min
ioas Virginia has grUwn into chlr,nn. loveliucss,
the stains cfaced the Sins aoncd mi the social vir
taos clustering about Ter with their rndcrn.
:racts the Queen City .! Montana. And, where the
Halls cf Memory lit with genial. golden sunlight,
Ia. h.,o~
with the happy Past. her absent ones have hung
hcly the cheerful picture. whose pleasant realities
wcrr within the walls Of the Capital INorE: This 10
written iu imitation Of the Poss .tylc-knd Of Poet
norton, you scc.l
But II II. or oayht to b.. laid down a. an axiom Of
domestic economy. that houeysucklcs, as practical
digestive nourishns diet. inferior to bacon and
bread. Every one has inbred experience Of this Viz.
ginia has been spoken Of a dal-by some grsccless
Journalistic, a. dead, Grooming over the embcrs Of
departed glory" etc. And so had she nothing but
her social qualities to snstain her. che might be- But
Virginia has the wholesome amcnt VI productive
mines and fertile fars II !. three time. the sizc VI
D,er Lodge and Days aso cast co votes against
100 here in September. In 81 there wrrc zoo people
In Alder Guch, onc-l,alf Ut whom lived In Virginia
To day the population of the town il about Lew and
from COO to $40 miners arc In the :uch. 80 that many
housce arc tcnant.rsa Then all miners cong,csatcd
there now they have there cabins near their claims
aud tho ca,nptollowcrr, the uupsoductivc street
trougisg c: 50 have departed for other moro congo
nisl chimes. So. to thOse who remember tho busy,
clustering Eabc:ty Of Co. the sober eedate city Ut
90 suffers by comparison. But those who remain have
causc They have property, trades, professions, ues
chaudisc Of mincs. t-H tl.t&' - s.t~n'''G am
The rronorsion of the innstsial and m andisn~