The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-01-06

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DEER LODGE CITY, FRIDAY, JAN. q.
THE REVIEW:
The Ycsr VI our Lord 1870 subsidized on
lost Saturday night and all we'll regulated
clocks In Christendom held up their hands
In welcome OF ito successor. 1870 was not
avery bad year. True, 1t had tucked in ito
eirdle the war.torch that fell on unhappy
France. and the discord that set seven Lun.
dred thovs md Celestials in Northwest Chi. .
frightening each other with gongs into the
welcoming waters of Yellow river. Scep.
tres have fallen; Imperialism Is in exile;
royal puppets have mounted bubble thrones,
and those who made them have been assas'
tiuated; Rome hos reverted to Italy, and
the Old World has had ito usual guam.
tuu of blood and bluff. But Famine has
not visited the nations, or Plague sat In tho
iis Thanksgiving Turkey with vigofdo1
relish and good digestion, and, barring a
slight coolAess between Grant and Sumner
and few married folks, our foreign and
domestic relations have been blissful and
our national brea buttercd on both sides.
Montana has been blessed with Health,
Plenty and Peace with productivencss and
prosperity; with the certainty Of the North
Pacific railway through her valleys, and
considerable talk of others; with better
prospects, moro entries Of lands. better
yield and Development Of quartz, greater
facilities for placer mining, growing Cities,
cheaper living and transportation, moro
homes, and-a substantial pcni;entiAry.
Deer Lodge County yielded ons.third
more gold In 1870 than in 1869. It was e..
siulated that to October 1909 the yield of
the County had been ga, e7o, 900, and fully
tour millions might be added for 1870. it,
$50 miles Of public bitches carrying 5000
inches Of water have been largely added to
and their aggregate value will exceed $780,.
900. Tho Upper and Lower Race Track,
Cable, and Butte bitches will, when com.
plctcd open up new mincs, extensive aud
rich, ere even the Oldest are nearing cxhaus.
ton. We have acquired Geographic com.
munication, the establishment of direct
s.ags and freight lines between deer lodge
aud Corinpc enabling the receipt Of freights
passengers and mails - quickly and 1t as
low cost A. our Virginia and Helena neigh
bora
Deer Lodge City has nearly, II not quite,
doubled in population, buildings, property
valuation, and business during 1870. We
now have five stage and express lines,
against one in Jan. 1870 Two banks ore
instituted; telegraph Office 10 opened;
steam machinery 10 in operation; roads arc
built TO populous Camps stone and brick
buildings are suporeeLing woedos e.ss, tie
number Of business houses and msnufacto.
rics has increased, and the indications are
that the coming Spring several more whole.
sale houses will be established here, secu.
ring to Deer Lodge the jobbing trade that
legitimatcly belongs to 1t.
The following statistics, for which We
GRO principally Indebted 70 Mess1. Gran.
Wills Stuart, 8. A. Wiley, p. P. Newcomer,
Els. Stackpole and tho Banking Houses,
will serge o . basis for comparative tables
next year. and will. No believe, be Of inter.
est ~ our readers:
FOR T11 YEA1 1870.
Property valuation Of Deer Lodge. :, "a. AZ.
p,o,"r ntI; s::: 81 4o0
and Ter:J. :. . $500. 49,. 1885
Land Entered and paid for-acnss, l,eeo
Land Entered % HOmcsteads - 2,8o6
Land for which Dcclaratory pa.
,: "a: s u; '; ron ss;;:
Amount Of Gold shipped by Don.
nell q Co.. 8. II. BONN Is Co., !
Bonner 4 WEIGH, and Pcmbcr-
Gold shipped for the Tires b; Bank.
ing Houses. per Wells, Fargo q
Co.. ExpsSss, June 70 Dec. .. 4623, 900 |
Pounds OF Freight received per
Diamond n, and r. w. F.F.
Transportation Cos. ........... l,0A, S5S |
70. D.-The Deer Lodge Oface sepa-
rates or.twonty. five OmceG Letters mailed |
and received sverago 1000 per week; Mo.
ney Orders issued for quarter endipg DC.
sist. 800, aggregating $4,000. 'a'.'$y,3
METEoRoLoolcAL.-Th Mean Tempera.
The N.'n Temperature Of , isse W; az
Mean Tcm. for the Three yean. i. &. .4l.l-0e
During tho year 1870 there fell So87
Inches Of snow, and 1855 inches Of rain
and melted snow. ~
9HE PENCTENTIA2lEA
The bill for the government OF terrific.
Hal penitcntiarics, which has become lew,
b Published In to-day's paper. i retains
HE penitentiaEies to tho United States, and
provides tho government shall defrsy the
expenses Of ollcering and maintaining the
lamc, thereby saving many thousand dol.
azs to the Territories which pay merely
he cost Of subsisting such convicts = msy
10 confined therein. For this reason Il b
'ppsossd By the psopls and psess Of Mon
Iaas and doubtless y IL ~ Territories
IL my b Addod hare lhAt 0oVeenol1