, 1869-10-22
MONTANA

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Tho TerrtsorfnG Enkr.
f1bc writer ct tic litter |. Of ScaA:cr
1.~ntu AID it, .tAt4 ments will he Interesting to sho.e
ho pso1e*e to ~''Icrste to Mout.nA:1
IL fht EdifcF II 7I.e Cnzrs,p T15u.f.
Wher the Northern Pacific Ra,lso1l s1ryey,n1
pnts passed through here. | asked III, Samuel
N.lkenfon In what paper night expect to tnu
his ir3ter1 In 7eg1rN to this COUNTY,. lit repst.d
flsat 1t Lad been decided BY the company that he
should write 20 lette1e, eecauac, II the people in
lie States became acquainted With the vas. and
vafteh resources Of this country, they wou1i
eNsIn here IN eIch numbers rs 10 prc-enpt all
fte coed lard In the country, AID leave lone for
tic ssiroad company blo1g the Mne Of its route.
Lonr belleEe the policy is good one. even from
4 Eelnse point Of view, for the 1ccal custom would
Lc worth Mcrr than tie lands, as the company
could procure lnnus elsewhere. At ill events tue
ptop.e IN the Eost ought 10 know something Of thls
cunEiIy. There Is plenty Of MON here for many
who o1e starring In the arer.cro1ded cities Of the
East It III impossible TO do anything Ike justice
10 this Territory In sng!e letter; but vii state
ie = 11e*s. hoping that Fon viii ratlLah such as
1cn t1ceiu IT, Wrei4 Tna Turrr>E ls no: ttled with
moft Interesting matter.
The Territory of Montana has population OF
rearl5 forty thousand. Tac majority Of these are
engaged In mining: but MI the Professions fetcent
the ministry aud trades arc vel rrptelen:ed,
HuAc ElouJ a<E EuKaStu IL iAl2lHXt AI1 t0ttE arc
great manI families here for 40 nov TerrltorF-
0nc can r1urel through ait the sctu=a portions Of
the Territory without datg GER either from 1ndans
or h1ghE1ym:n. The Iosda are the unest natural
roatl5 IN The World. and the soll extremely fertile
In the valleys OF which there are totut dozen par-
tally settled. The principal ones are tho Gat1st1a,
afadlsonf Bcavesheaf, Missouri, Pn.kIy Pear,
Deer Lodge, and B:fttr Root The Gallat.n, Deer
Lodge, ard Bitter Root sre preferred for general
7rA mn Sf
wheat Il fosrY bushels to the acre, and G:hcr
Era1ns In proportion. These coornous crops are
Produced hJ lz1.gaIlon. The valleys M, however,
e-ssy irrigated. 81 cieaF, tc1u1tfuj streams pour
down from the mountains on every s!.ie. These
s:1ams are nearly ell 1ct1 with the onc # trout,
weighing frotn four ouncfs to fou- roauns.
The larger SPECIES Of gaur, s.ca as deer, cit.
ucosc, and buffalo. naTc been drisen cnt OF The
settled portions Of The Territory By a,,raacing
Civilization, and are now Seldom foauJ, except III
Il Csc poIttous Of MGntsun where II Il unsale for
1ersoEs 10 70 utless Ia large pa.'.cs.
The cnlet ,oEns IN Montana arc Helena, VII.
| einia cify, Deer Lodge, au,, Bozemau. Virginia
csy Is the capital OF the Territory; but It's great
! EesA Las departed. In 1865 II was n7ur7sning
place Of s|eoo Inhahisants, but Il WAS simply u
| Einitg town, and has d. ind!cti away until there
J arc scarcely a tnoarand people In II.
D.es Lodge, II Ihe DteE Lodge Valley, AMI Eoxe-
| man, in the f;allatIn Valley, arc agricultural!
towns rear'y a. large as VwQ,sta Cit7 now Is, and
a1e III ploylng rapidly. Theg arc Al TeI huilt, aat
CERTAIN As rranJ tau.l-!cs as towns Of the sam.
stze In the staten ns1slly do
iIeiera ii sisnatei in List Chance Gnieh, on the
etee Of Tricky rear Tal.cJ. 1t has l,et< stx
! ard scven thousAua people and Is the Ee:ro2o:ls
Ct the Territory. Although FHc1ia c1:5 IL the cap.
',. tx Governor, Gifted States Aas1hs:, sssGxs;F
al;l collector CT Internal Kcvtn1e, aui most OF
,hc Federal officers MAKE thetr headquarters here.
ue1ena Ii The Gv.s pace t1sry one Es TO after rn-
| ttztc 3.onFana Mere tuslDess Il toEe hert than
IN most Eastern cities Of twenty thousand lunao!-
! tants.
Lat year the city was principally ba!,: OF Tram.
and !oE hoascs, hui tbs ~r1ue it WIS uea-'s caa-
ssmta ty Gre. Our ciilzecs foe cyeI, proved :hclg
faaih n The rrDsrt!ols future Ct i-lsna mi OF
Aoc1ar:, 'y rebuilding the city OF hrck an1 stone
in iess tnac tour I:out1s and to-day Iot teslisc
OF the Orc can t'e seen nlorg our steeet..
Helena has long sioce ceastt! 70 be merely q
| nilrtns !oEn- 1t Is now the wholesale cc3ct ol
Nohrcra, and slrrlits nearly forty thou.aai
recEt With goods. fol Whtch It receives their get
and rruIuce In return
Not Isas Than I've husdrei thuusana dollars hasl
been eSr-lded in erecting at2ne ho;lfir2a atoaoi
aud tHn lurcscd thtEsalI IN :hc co.,tr7ic:4oc 81
| tE:ek t1i.d!1Gp. Helena has a tiEs.-c:a.s Eo:ei
rhta cost tiAry thousand snti4rS. : III, lnea
h.GuItI IN the Territories. and IL welt ke;;- II
crc ,frnnr fu,ct corona,,. ss.,,r,. EI,. ~;
In Tic business pertain of ,,,e .own wa..r M,
,.sr. al. ,,,rruys ,ta rt,x r,, $1,000. ~, ssa-,
correr: and in shor4 ~ r,ora ,Ita . 49, ,.,n a;
nest suF place In Iino.a outside of Chicago. l,
sutuue. time. There ar sle,pning naT:,es h,,;t
BID daGctsg pa,tIes two Or ,nrre rlres eyer,
week.
TIE c,,,oa.e nj &s,r,,,, Il. An, .r,,~.,.,,.
| we're In rtn,er. The thermometer Shows N.
,rn,eYatnr .,,. IN, ~ =. = s,,,,n.sz w., sss. ~.
I IA IN n.mrsn r.ere ma, n,rrants ~ 49,, .rr-
,pr. t,rN-rn II x,ntrr ~ nveS r1ora .r.,r,-s.
dc.
s:ccx,.a.ktoe ia TO be The chief basis Of fGtun
wealth In AonsaLa- Every h,1ssjde il coyeret
with n ouprh srass nf snrh ner,.t,- rtrhnea. II :.
| r,t.,e ,a,,cn m v .. ,..au- =. ~ ... -, -,
East. sud 1t,er s,sze ont ali Nnrc,' The .,nrs
are ue,er 70 uc.n "a: mat tho cas, c,-,e ~, e.
IN the sp,1,g,
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