The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-02-15

t1A ~ arrange IOT elnlgfant tranSl3Drta
ton. and Instructed to influence to fiersel
the hordes of men and women who see thei
star rising III the West. The writer is some
what acquainted with the working of lf,i
agency and he knows the result he. an AS
toilshlnglv rapid settlesrtent hy i sunerio
class t'f native and foreign eleinent--.aIl I'M
nlense Increase in the value of praperty. b,
RAPID development OF known and before nm
suspected resources, ard tll.. early placing o
1 minnesota in the front rank Of We.ferr
MATES. IL cannot be doubted that this effor,
has effected as much In the desired way -
railway and individual movement have done
In the same time. 8E.
mere should Montana seek her new Deo.
PIC! Here, 70 the exclusion Of there? No. bnt
East and West and North and Soutf,-the. ma
tive and the alien-the Yankee and the Hooss-.
ier--fhe son Of Texas and the son OF Maine.
Each iiie'sstrions good d-charaeterad MAJ,
should find hinas,.lf welcome-l,o such man
should receive The acknowledgements III
ism should br forgotten; nor beralfiseof birth
place or poirics should the .vil-eye salute the
coming nan as :. .interIoper." .,r intruder,,
OF 'carppt-bagger.'' Nor should he 1eayinc
the ho'fe OF his childhood and all the sur
fonpdngs OF wears. come here, or anywhere
ne..rt in llaad. am soul longing for friendly
greeting. be met by slch monstrosities a.
:" Methodist churches South or !. Methodist
churches North" or 9. Baptist churches
Eas !" or Quaker churches West, IL the
church sees fit to put its professions under
It's feet-to announce, even iii IFS name. the
sectl''nalisnl and spirefnl remembrance of
past woes. that it should be first in healing
II il acs3t. LIT il. but let the people. without
whom i cannot long exist. put satan behind
them, and lnstead>ot ..uelcominsa . the
s'fai'gef With open arms to an hospitable
grave. receive every good man (and his
Wlfel as treasure troye, bidding him Cod
si,etd toward riches and citizenship.
Minnesota has been mentioned IA an III
stance OF well-directpd effort. but reference
iiay'also pc protitably made TO Kansas, Iowa
and Nebraska. While their railway system
ana location have effected much, individual
enterprise has, AS well. resulted as in Mime
sota Il may be nrged that it will be time
enough TO make similar exertion here when
NE IRON horse may begin it's race through the |
ialiatin or up the Presley Pear--but 8 first |
come, first served" applies to this matter as
we'll as in boarding house etkics--.stirst
,o.he may be the only one to secure any-
hing worth getting.
Allisi"h should also be made to the system
If colonization SO successfully represented
n the Gretley-Mtske enterprise of Colorado,
he pinelat-d settlement OF New Jersey. and
her sei essays at locating bodies OF peo.
lie in regions that might have remained I'M
ettled for !, century. had not private and CO.
operative eff ,rt removed men from crowded
lies TO populate and enrich distant Sec
ions.
The writer. from what he has seen Of the
iTking OF the lnentioi ed pIaus, believes
nat II properly carried out here they would +,
stoniSil by their good result. And he snlr-
lit the foregoing suggestions. not with any
alla of originality, Or novelty IN idea-but |
r;st What he considers an advisable course be
Fought, even imperfectly. to the attention |
the people of Montana. I,
". BoGERT.