The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-27
COLONIZATION.


While We are turning our attention to the
organization of fair associations for the
laadabIe purpose of exhibiting annually the
agricultural, mechanical and mineral pro-
ducts ufuur TerrI.ory.it may notbe alniss for
us, In additional our domestic enterprise al
ready established to take the initiatory OF pre-
liminary steps tauding to settle and popu-
late our county more speedily and substanfl-
ally than il effected by our sole dependence
onsthe present desultory manner ct inlnligra-
ton itithcr
The result might be brought about TO the
satisfaction OF all concerned, by the organi-
cation in our inidst OF Home Colonization
Companies, with q fund adequate to defray the
expenses vf some reliable agentin the States,
upon whom would ideYolve the duties OF
forning colonies composed Of the most stable
people Of the agricultural class, either native
or foreign, who may wish, or be enauced 70
begin life anew in the fertile and beautiful
valleys of Montana. There Is room for thou
saads ot families III the valley OF the Gala
lin alone; who, If thrifty and industrious,
could soon place themselves in a condition
far more comfortable and pleasant, by loca-
ting farms III our delightful county, than
any they had ever before known atthsir old
homes iii tile thickly settled portions Of the
Union, where day after day, they toll steadily
now from early morn till dewey night, and
accomplish nothing, or little for all their
painful labor than the most frugal and econ
onlical subsistence, who would bless the day
when with their household goods and gods,
they sought and found abiding places III the
new Northwest; for willie our farmers are
not lacking In energy 20 tiller of the
soil seems to earn his bread at the expense OF
90 little sweat Of his brow as the sturdy
and easy-liTing ranehinan of Montana-es-
pecially after he has accumulated around
him the facilities which invention and expe-
-rieice have given him for cultiyating, to the
best possible advantage, such productive lands
ours unquestionahly are; lands which III
some localities, have yielded seventy bushels
Of wheat per acre, and other cereals in pro-
portion. as5s Ell
There Isl rich and beautiful tract Of land,
level as plane, containing many thousand
acres, lying west Of the West Gallatin River.
which would afford excellent farms and
homes to several hundred families; and
upon which water can be taken at q trifiing
expense, sufficient in qnantity to supply the
wants Tor irrigating purposes, Of all who may
locate upon it. This tract, as well as many
others In the valley, should be settled and
improved at the earliest possible day, and
made to yield its products to the farmer; aud
we hope to rec associations or companies
soon formed, Whose object will be to bring
families from a distance, by such means as
they may deem most desirable, to occupy,
cultivate and utilize the lands mentioned,
MS well AS lands In tother parts of the Terri
tory, and thereby to further the development,
and add the mutual wealth. ofonr country;
for, surely, such an undertaking would be a
movement in the right direction; and. il
properly managed, would be equally as sue
.cessfnl as many similar schemes elsewhere
have been, with or without the aid of con-
Meeting iron, link betweensus and the nearest
railroads. besides being beneficial, not only
10 the Incoming settlers themselves, but to
the whole body Of the people. Who will be-
gin the good work