The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-03-18


cate vshe,ies. Wheat and rye have l'ecn
but little cultivated, owing 70 thssc being
no milling facilities. Corn will not mature,
owing TO the shoEtncss Of the season.
STOCK RAISING. -
To this principal attention 10 devoted.
Tie COS. j. triding; the pgofit large. Ex.
cept feeding hay to the poorcr OF the herd
few days in exceptional winters, the cost
is but the wages Of hcrder or two ct go
or s.5 PR month. They craze on tao open
land, yctr in ana out. Cattle Sell at 5c to
lsc per pound on foot, and mitch cows from
$40 to eco each. Two year olds invariably
give increase. AMI instances arc on record
of mothers lC months old rearing calves.
Milk sells at Scots to 7Jcts pcr gallon; but.
ter G5cts to 81 per pound. Thus few mich
COWS will suppo.. family, and, by natural
increase. in . few years become fortune in
themselves. A not less rcmuncrativc occu.
patton IL raising horses. Sheep are healthy,
prolific and adapted to the climate AID pas.
lures.
The cost Of enclosing farms is the labor
Of cutting timber, hauling and putting up
fences; or, if with boards, they will cost
$50 to $40 per n.
1l::;Sc.
There IRE already opened a,out 40 princi.
raj placer mining gulcl,cs in the county,
with many smaller tributaries. These main
gulchcs will average abou. miles in length
giving 200 linear miles. There arc &c
claims to the mile; or, about 5000 gulcl,
claims, besides the bar and hill diggings.
Since the discovery Of Gold Creek in 1862.
the placers Of tho county have produced
81, go, 900. One third that amount will he
produced this year. There arc about 800
miners in tho county. 1900 more can get
employment at from 81 to s. or 81 PER
day. after April 18th The Official returns
Of 1890 showed e70 miles of public bitches,
carrying 10000 inches Of water, construct.
cd ut a cos. Of $49s.O00. lis fair to cs,i-
mate the length and capacity of these in.
creased 80 per cent by the work of the cur.
rent year.
IL quartz, the Highland, Butte, Cable
AID Flint districts employ large numbers of
men; many Of the !caGs ere true and rich.
anI will give steady and wc!l-pa;d employ.
mcEt.
MECHANICAL PURSUITS.
There gre comparatively few men follow
ing their trades as steady employment.
A large proportion of our mechanics arc
miners who cngaSeyjn these avocatiors dur
ing the winter. Wages of mechanics rate
from 81, to S, &s and 81 per day, while
many more than double this by taking con.
tracts themselves. In every department of
manufacturing industry, artisans could en-
gage with certainty Of success. and incrcas.
ed demand comes with the increase of pco-
pie in other pursuits. We need Touring
and wooden mills, manufacturers of wooden
ware. carpenters, ,nasons. plasterers, brick
yards, wagon shops, saddlerics, etc.
COST OF LIVING.
Board at public houses 10 60 10 1t2 per
week. Two persons can, BY boarding them.
selves, live as we'll for the same amount
Flour ranges at 600 per 100 lbs; bacon
10000; beef 10000; coffee 30@35c; su.
gar c0@soc; tea 81. 5002 30, etc. Clothing
and dress goods in about tho same proper
ton to States prices, or not propostionately
% high.
TIE CLIMATE.
We have osc or two cold snaps every two
or three years-very cola. Aside from these,
no severe weather; and the most delight.
fully cxhiliratiug, purs, healthy atmosphere
and enjoyable climate NO have found in
twenty five States and Territories. The
atmosphere 10 dry, and not subject to sud.
den changes. Summer has run from May
until December. Sickness almost unknown;
death, from natural causes, rare exception.
The Bitter Root Valley has been inhabited
BY from fifty to Eve hundred whites for 20
years. The first natural death Of an adult
occurred within the past two months Snow.
rarely falls in the great valleys over two to
six inches in depth, and usually disappears
here by wind or thaw in one, two Or three
days. The mean annual temperature Of
1858 at Deer Lodge was 8o1e above; sum.
mer average 500 thirds; winter average
1862 thirds; snow fell in 1888, 1st inches.
The average for 1900 was IS > above; snow
fall of the year + inches. The thcrmom-
c:er was below zero Is mornings during the
year. Owing to the dryncss and rarity Of tie
atmosphere, one experiences less distress hero
with the thermometer 20 below than at
100 or l5e above on the seaboard.
In recognition Of these facts-with noun.
tsins of timber and ores; With valleys fruit.
full and scanned with placc3; having op.
portunity for remuncrstive employment,
homes. health, and attendant happiness to
offer to those who with 10 will come in and
possess this land; benedtting ourselves and
them; believing that God helps them who
help themselves, and that manifest destiny
sometimes can b psecipitated 10 the vel.
fare Of mankind, 70 trust the effort will be
made b induce tho emigration Of families,
almost csased sines tho pssirie 6sees are a.
chored forever We want men, but, q
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