The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-08-05

Lodge. A large number Of Masonic bre.h-
rcn accompanied the remains. The i'm.
pressiye ceremonies of the Masonic ritual
was conducted by N. w. G. Master, N. G
Langfod.
n TRIP no CEDAR CREEK.
We left you at the mouth of Cedar, where
the gulch opens out wide, with wide strip
Of forest ground stretching up and down
along the river.
AwAaox ROAD PROPOSED.
From thence two miles up the gulch to
Wiles d Deckers saw mill 10 . very good
wagon road, which it was the design to
complete 10 Louiscvillc44 miles. The
work was discontinued however, but recent
~ the Commissioners of MissouIa county
have authorized public road. and appoint.
cd MI. Frank Decker, and COL d. b. Jcnk.
ms, Commissioners to locate It, The cs.i.
mated cost IL 8, OO0, but We think il INSULT.
Gent The citizens arc anxious for its COM
pletiou, on account of the facilities it will
afford to travel and transportation-now
had over very rough trail Mt 81 toll for
trip-and, If the deep ground opens up well,
they will give literally 10 ITS construction.
Otherwise Louisville will be as Bcar.own.
where never . wheel has rumblci its trans
porting music.
wILEs DEcKER's SAW MILL
10, or was, situated in beautiful park in a
wide stretch of the gulch, and surrounded
with excellent timber. II has y Sc inch
circular saw, IS propelled BY steam. and cost
in running order, sl,out $500 The cap.
AN&1ae h n NM Am0, INT Ho1,
owing to the iuaccessability of the gulcl,,
nc lumber can be supplied from it 10 the
mines or towns, and SO while hundred
whip c,ws wcre running in the gulch, this
mammoth mill found no market for its
lumber, at $50 per thousand. save GO, 600
feet 10 the mouth of Cedar, and Is, O0O feet
RATED TO Horse Plains, while 50, 600 feet re-
main unsold in the yard, aud the mill, after
running sons 10 dsys, hee Sss~ s~ksa dssvsa
and removed to Frencht0wn, in the Missoula
valley.
Here one enters the gu|ch proper, and the
huge mountains, precipiiOus and wooded to
the summiis, rise Gloss ON either hand while
the trail crosses and rccrosses the sire am.
along rocky points. or through fire and
sitting clouds Ut ashes where the dcvOuring
element has swept in fury, destroying every
thing in its path and coursing up the noun.
tain side, las laid the insignia If dos.
tructiOn upon their blsckencd brows.
Along the entire gulch it 10 the same,
burning the trail and threatening habiia.
tions. The Subtraction of knowing that the
element Is performing 4 help to man IN
clearing up roadway in the gulch, xnd
that with the ilIimitable mountain forests
the thousands of acres burned will never b.
needed, aiones in part for the agony Of rid
ilg through regions whose r,aring furnaces
are suggestive Ut the after life Of editors, In
an atmosphere 50 dull, drcar and disagree.
able with smoke, that the sun refuses evi.
deuce of bis presence, and the nOsir,ls are
provoked TO the verge Of perpetual sneczc.
Seveu miles from the river We reach
a 1 CEDAR JUNCTION,
Sired, surveyed, and sold ct reasonable ig.
uses to cxcitel stampedeS, by A. J. Sim.
mons, ESQ.,, and the pioneer printer. Mr..
Chauncey Barbour. The town Is dead, but
on its lintcls Hope was written, REsURoAx.
LEST this Inscription should be attributed
70 our live friend. Mr.. Ben r. Dittes, who
does good sign painting At reasonable rates,
for nearly everybody In the gulch, We may
add that this % metaphor, and might have
been met 9 fore Ben. located there). Tho
town has ~ houses, and ito once 200 PEG.
pie are now reduced 70 80-an average of
Tour houses to each person, which, in view
Of The fact that few ere Mormons and near.
y al are bachslers, il possibly adequate to
their immediate or prospective requirements
TheAocotion Of the town 10 Theoretically
correct Practically It il, at present, cru
nsua. Situated ct the conflusuce Of Cedar
and Oregon gulchcs, Il would Inevitably BE-
IT both were paying gulches-0te city Of
the kulch. But Oregon don't pay, and the
psiadpal opened mines Of Cedar being from
four 70 eight miles above, the people have
departed hitheT, and the Genius Of Cedar
Junction .0ils sadly amid tho solitudes OF
this piueplllarsd Palmyra and the night
o. d66poadency waiting the counting Day Of
Prosperity. There b 10 better location for
town ID ihAgulch, thesite being oue.third
Of . m1s long and from 80 to SIS feet wide.
With 0S On each side fTo0 - . % feet
high, )aviDg ~ area Of eight Of ten ceres,
perfectly level, frQm which issue delightful
living Psinga Here the Miner's Brewery
Of 6avh q Hanael supplies the popular
esvenqs avery good restaurant, alimsnt
=. u, b. means Of News Depot Post.
Once nd express line and the agency Of he
INV NOnfn.WEsr, food for the mind.
ytlls hthe we'll supplied sioreof Nj. ]. A.
No611poas lhe citizens and miners round
about can procure goods at reasonable lie.
urea tom "a arabic tradesman. No min.
Ing g prospecting ID being prosecuted Be-.
low Cp0as Junction. On No. % opposite
~ tqen. John White. W. II. 3Hathavsy.
John Mann and othess arc sinking Q sAaft
7!9 tn, % clear, and aTedown over % fest.
With % ~ rock. Only 6oat colo1 have vi
beeo1ound. hasswusk = beiae rapidly pso.
eeo.!sd, I'D ~ seek nsy blsss them absa.
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1Axy e ~ wsya q tspsbls. HE tAoss
lsfelpSsas. will; n wsswait thea calmly.
kae sse1os and dllaV9eas. IN seAes
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