The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-05-11

still frozen and the fields q brown - il
December. At Hslena. Montana, the ave-
rage temperature during the past sever,
winter has been the same ~ ut Philadelphia
and February and March were q mild N
Montana ~ 1t Washington and Baltimore
Even the Rocky Moutsin passes IN our Ter.
rit0ry were traversed by mail coaches during
the past winter with but little delay. NJ
Montana railroad judici0usly located will
have any difficulty from snow.
RESOURCES.
should cay the special resources of Mon.
tana ore agricultural, mining and cattle
raising. Farm lands are abundant in all the
valleys. and for fertility and product vene>s
are not surpassed anywhere have nowhere
seen such grain and vegetable crops % srv
grown there. The Territory forms one Of
the most fertile portions Of the great north.
ern wheat belt that nearly spans the cont
nent between the 43d and 5lst parallels. and.
! believe. contains more good agricultural
land than any other Territory.
Of guild, SILVER, copper, iron, lead. and c.,sl
sive and ~ nch ~ th0seof utsh. which have
justly attracted the attention Of the cOuntry.
Ours are, of Course. less developed, because
OF the incredible expense of transporting
machinery and ore without rsilr'slts; but,
~ stt'n - our Northern Pacific 10 flushed
through the Territory the development of
our mining interests will be on y scale that
will surprise you. The present season pro
misses to he IN unusually profitable one for
our miuers, - the heavy fall Uf snow on the
mountains will supply M abundance Of
water for mining purposes
Large tracts Ut our Territory are under.
laid with cOaI, 90 that cheap and convenient
fue! ts certainty with Us. Timl,cr Uf good
quality Is found In nearly all parts Of Nous
tans. consisting mainly OF pine, cedar. tir.
lemIOck and cotton wu'd.
GRAZING - PROFITS or CATTLE RAISING.
As y grazing region. it IL. think, gener
ally admitted by Western stock men If *.
pcrience that Montana has u" equal Its
superiority CONSISTS mainly in this, that the
grass Is more abundant and Uf better quality;
the winters are milder and the snow falls
less in our sheltered valleys than on the
elevated and ex pissed plateaus further south.
Good water for stock Is abundant in MOnia
10. and the climate il such that the herds
keep perfectly healthy, and the increase is
remarkably rapid and certain. During the
past two years thousands of cattle have been
driven into Montana from Texas, Colorado
and Wyoming. II Is estimated that more
than hundred thousand heal are now in
the TerritOry-ths owners intending tO Iet
their herds increase until the Northern Pr.
cific rxilrtad gives them M outlet To market.
Notwithstanding the severity Of the past
kind was provided. it is now found that the
loss Of cattle In Montana has scarcely reach
eli two PER cent. while in some other Ter
rt,'rics the losses have been frD,n TEL, tn fifty
per cent. Of many herds. 1t would, Of course.
be wiser in oil localities tor stuck raisers to
put up some hay (since 1t costs only the cut
tiDg). even il they d. not have occasion to
use il one winter in ten.
May have expressed tn" opinion that the
bunch grass q Montana il worth more tU
tie Territory than all her gold and silver
mines. rich rs these arc. This peculiar grass.
more nutritious than Ohio timothy, starts
up IN early sprung, reaches maturity in June
and then cures where il stands. retainin. all
its muir tive qualities aud constituting the
incst autumn aud winter feed for cattle that
nature has anywhere provided. 1t not only
grows in the valleys. but cDvers the fiH,t hills
"Vs WIZ SSuSU s0sNSs ouu SSS4OCUSby IVWCUcS
~ the IN"uniain tops. thus furnishing um-
limited grazing throughout the year on lands
Mi available for other purposes.
know ut NJ business. open Mwll Corners.
which offers such solid inducements ~ that
VI stock raising in Montana. With g,x,d
mana cement the risks are few and the r.
Iur,,s are large. Men long engaged in the
business assure me that the profits exceed
four per cent. per month, thus doubling the
capital in two years. T" reap oil the advsi>
.agcs Of the business, and make it fully
worth m enierprising mans attention. il il |
desirable 10 start with herd costing
i've or ten thousand d,''Isss NJ my begin
with less and >ucceed we'll
The outlay is confined ut present almost
wholly IL the original cs'st Of the herd and
lie wages ut one Or two herlers. The cattle
help themselves. The supply If grass is
he quality Of bcef thus produced n the hest
have seen. In three years fOm now, with
'ailr0ad communicative established. MDnia.
10 will compete with Illinois in the markets
# the East. The beef supply Of the country
Is hereafter to come largely from the North
vest. and the greater cllespness of pnduc
ION will more than cancel the increased c.Dst
IT transportation to market.
The business 1T wM,l growing. although
now IN its infancy IN this Territory, 10 also
destined to become leading interest
THE INDIAN QUESTION. -.
The abOrigines in Montana are what are
known ~ Treaty Indians" living on n.
'.rvstiOns away from white selileme nts
The present policy of. the government 10
ward the Northern Indians seems likely to
result in . permanent peace. At first the
Sioux threatened to oppose the location of
he Northern Pacific raIlr,sd through their |
'icb buffalo hunting region. but the presence |
II trtx,ps and the humane and Just policy |
adopted toward the Indians by The railroad |
company itself have changed their attitude. !
md no opposition il likely To he offered !
The red rlen will. Of course, cl,OOse u retire |
from the line of the road ~ The locomotive
irives game away, and thus the fertile lands |
hey now roam over will he open u settle |
nent and cultivation ''..
ROUTES OF TRAVEL.
There ore three ways se Sesching the set.
led portions Of Monies tirst-.;y rail To
;Orinne on the Unioa Rncitic road, and |
hence four hundred and fifty m,les north.
rard by Stage c0ac3 "a Helena city. Sec
'nd-Cp the Missouri river lin summer) by
Mat Ia Fort Benton. fum which Point it IL
me hundred and thirty miles ~ Helena. NJ
T.. and third. frujn the Pwcjfic c,aSt vest |