The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-04

Lie I0li0Wlng Synopsis Vi Tie auuiess VI
Rev. L. B. voolfolk. on the opening Of the
Territorial Fair, we copy from the Helena
Herald:
tn referring to Montana, he said he should
not only speak of the Territory as she now
Is. bat as she IS destined to be in the future.
To his mind. though, he might look &C It
with d poets eye, there is no other country
with such future as Montana. Nature seems
to have especially designed that she should
be one Of the most favored parts OF the earth.
Water in abundance, and enough for all pnr-
poses. mountains just high enough 20 eaten
the winters, but not so much so as to be Tor
bidding. bleak and sterile soil that cannot
be surpassed for easy working and abundant
produce, and a climate that while it astonlshes
scientists, brings to us all the beauties Of an
Italian locality. We owe this mild tempera-
t,,re to a warm moisture from the Paclfic
ocean, and to the depression Of our mountain
ranges. When the Mormons first left the
States, it was with the intention of going to
Vaneonvers Island. Had they started there,
they wovld never have gone by this beautiful
country; and had they stopped here their l IT,
tllre would have been Il grand one; but dl-
verted to the sterile valleys OF Utah, but few
years would elapse ill the grasshopper chirpeda
the requiem Of polygamy. Mining Interests
seem just now to be the more prominent ones
of our Territory. Our placers are not played
out, by any means, and all that is needed is
4 larger population to properly develop the
gulches. Our miners do not go down to pri-
nal bedrock, they only scratch oyer the sur
face. The speaker was few days ago IN Dry
Gulch, and found persons working there on
bedrock far below that first worked to, and
making 500 per day to the hand. In the
speakers Judgment the very best placers IN
the Territory have not been worked at all, or
even discovered. But our greatest wealth
lies in our silver and gold lodes. At the
present rates for labor and all kinds of COM
modities, none of these except the richest
gold mines, can be developed. When rail-
road reaches us, and the prices in our mar
kets are only 2 Or 3 per cent. over those in
Chicago, then all these leads can be proiita-
bly worked and become an Immense source
Of revenue; when labor, living, and capital
will become cheap IN proportion. Farming
is vet only in its infancy. Our farmers as yet
know nothing about econo.nising water.
Tie day will come when every acre Of our
valley lands will be in cultivation, and every
drop Of water which falls in our boundaries
or runs from our mountain tops will be
carefully kept and utilized.
For stock purposes, there certainly is no
country anywhere which possesses such . S. adj
vantages as Montana. Her stock Of all kinds
keep fit at all seasons of the year. But wool
growing is destined to be the great business
of Montana In the States, sheep have to be
fed at least five months of the year. In Texas
and California, the wool degenerates in quail
ity and the sheep are subjected to diseases OF
various kinds. Here, all Of these difficulties
are out Of the way. and ii can safely be pre-
dicted that no other country can compete
with us. But not only sheep, but the Alpaca
Of Peru, and the Cashmere goat will also
one day become great items in our industry.
Weshall not send our raw material to market.
but we have here as fine water power as is in
the world, and at some day i'll the future this
is certain to become the great wool-n'anufac-
turing district Of America, and we will send
TO others our wooden goods, our Alpaca
cloths and Cashmere shawls.
Manufactures bring CONNER &c, and one
iay the grand commercial metropolis Vt this
interior basin Of the United States. will in all
be situated somewhere in Mon
tana. For many reasons. the North Pacific
Railways destined to be the grand highway
of travel and commerce of the world. We
are to be Immediately on that highway, and
the richest portions of the earth viii be con-
tinually pouring their wealth through our
valleys. Thc speaker demonstrated the
physical necessity that existed. to cause the
great Iile of travel between the old world
and new, to be run Immediately through
Montana.
& To accomplish the future of Montana, We
must stop the fires in the mountains. Every
tree Ne harc IL a representative of dollars
and cents Their destruction is decreasing
the supply of SLOW. diminishing the grass
and causing HE streams to gradually become
dry. We must stop these fires in the noun
tains, or, as in other countries, they will be
IF incalculable disadvantage to us. Letus
plant trees rather than destroy
them Others are doing it, letus proftthy
their. experience. We wish that we had here
the space requisite to do justice tafhe argu-
ments of the speasernp this poiiit La the
future of Montana, he can see trees covering
our valleys, foot hills and mountains large
city Is grown up at the falls of the Missouri;
are scattered along our water
miners are bringing precious metals
from the bowels of the earth; and every
where there is a free people prosperous and
happy, and accomplishing in their lives the
purposes for which God designed them.
THE Mormon problem, whica has 50 long
attracted attention and excited discussion
and fears, appears iii Il fair way Of settlement
By the course Of events now Transporting.
The railroad gave Mormonisin a staggering
blow from which it never recovered. then the
Territorial officers appointed by President
Grant were prompt, decided and fearless in
the discharge Of their duties to the strict let
ter Of the law, and now the valuable mining
made III the vicinity Of Salt Lake
have attracted such an immigration that
threatens soon to place Brigham and his POI
,e.., crow III j woefill minority IL is