Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-01-18

river, stand the Red ButteS in lOnley and
vermillion colored solitude, like ghosts of
brawny Indians of the the olden time keeping
sentinel watch over the last sremnantso of glory
and hunting ground left to their degenerate
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q These are but few only of the more
prominent water courses which everywhere,
like entangied threads of silver skein, are
scattered over Montana. The whole cxpanse
Is one broad scene of variegated beauty, un-t
equaled In its attractiveness, and relieved I'm
every direction by bold ort-juttings of noun
tain ranges, with their ID "a. ..gs . af ,-y+
"Baby peaks which are peeping H.. ..r
From under their bed-clothes Of snow"
Recognizing the unparalleled beauty of Mon
tana, and its attractions "to him who In the
love of Nature holds communion with her
various forms, let US now look at its adyan-
tages as home to the emigrant. That coun-
try which has cheap and fertile lands, good
water and an abundance of II, wood and coal
for domestic use and expectation, water
power for manufactures, mineral wealth of
various kinds, and q ready market for every
thing produced by the farmer, and. added to
these, every facility for stock raising of every
kind, not only offers home of unequalled
to him who desires SO change of
base" for the purpose of bettering his condi-
lion, but it has prosperity in the future
which is absolutely certain, and is to . great
extent independent of foreign aid. . s.s
We have not the space, though we sincerely
wish we had, to give the proofs given by Mr..
Boyle of the mining, agricultural, manufac-
turing and stock raising advantages of the
Territory. Considering each of them alone,
he demonstrated that in mines of gold, silver,
iron, copper and tin, We have wealth which
the development of capital and railroads will
show to be unprecedented. Vast quantities of
coal lie among our limestone formations,
only awaiting change of existing laws for
a development. Iron and copper are found
nearly everywhere. We undoubtedly have
deposits of tin such as, for richness and ex-
tent, are not known to exist anywhere but in
Montana; and our Oldest and most expert
enced miners believe that our auriferous and
quartz leads, in the wealth of
their veins, are unequalled by those of any
country in the world. --- .'- ''...
Nearly 80, 600, 900 acres of our area is tim
Der land, the forests consisting of pine, cedar,
fir and hemlock. This supply of wood, to-
gether with that found along the valleys, is
sufficient not only for home use, but also for
a large amount of expectation to the terrific
cies to the east and west of us destitute of
timber. On the whole of the American con-
tinent there is to be found nowhere in the
same extent of territory, such an extent of
water power, with such rapid fall, as in Mon
tana. A far less quantity has given to New
England wealth which controls the grain
of the West and the cotton of the South, and
causes even the great States of the Pacific to
tremble at her nod.
In an agricultural point of view, we chal-
lenge comparison with any other portion of
the West. One-third of our territorial area
is classed by the Surveyor General as agri-
cultural land, and after making an ample al
lowance for all the land claimed, pre-empted
or homesteaded, we have at least 90, ,000, 900
acres open to settlement by immigration.
For grain, roots, and nearly every kind of
there is no country beyond Mon
tana. We have raised the largest crops of
wheat ever recorded, and the brag premium
crop of our worthy Chairman, Maj. Forbis,
(S23 bushels of wheat to the acre) has been
excelled during the past season by ranch
man on the Passamari, who harvested one
hundred bushels to the acre. Five hundred
and twenty bushels of potatoes to the acre is
only specimen of what our farmers can do
in the vegetable line. = ." s." ~. i9
For health, Montana is unrivalled, but we
have not time to give the speakers remarks
upon this point - '' 81. ..
Notwithstandingthe great sources of wealth
heretofore noticed, stock raising is destined
to be one of our grand elements of prosperity.
We have the best and most nutritious
grass for stock purposes to be found anywhere
on the continent. For sheep, our climate and
grasses are unequalled, and some day vast
herds of these fieecy quadrupeds will speck
the hill-sides and dot the valleys of this Ter
ritory. They viii fertilize our land and bring
a wealth to us far beyond our most hopeful
Here comparison was In
stituted, much to the disadvantage of the
United States, of the wool product of various
In '6S the aggregate wool clip
was nearly 1, 800. 600, 900 lbs OF this, while
Asia produced 10000. 600 pounds, Great
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