, 1873-10-27

boflt out thetlco up tho ktaBieBppl and Missouri
Rivors, and far ont on tho Wostern plains. It
tradors this country las produced, except per-
haps Mr.. ABtor. who Is said to llnyo laid tho
foundation Of his immonHo fortune In tflis buBi-
ness. Mora expeditions have oeen fitted out
tho exploration OF tho Wostoru country, than
from all othor places combined.
Thought, until lately, tint tho completion Of
THE Nonr1tEttN PACIFIC RAILROAD
would Bntt1o tho business for tic Northern In
dians but that expectation iB now deferred In
dehnttoly. It 10 prosumablo TINT tho roata which
hare boon built will DO occupied, for times at
least, md that soldiers will continue to be kept
in tue eastorn portion Of Dakota; though thoro
aro but few whito inhabitants thoro, and, from
present appearances, there will not bio many for
years to come. Americans nre famous for forc-
ing tho growth OF d country. but II, tla instance
it was decidedly oyerdone Time will regulate
everything and, If the lands in Dalota and Mon
For tho present thoro aro railroads enough
across tho droat American Desert, aud tho
building Of any more will bo curHo i1lBtead Of o
Went will toll YOU that tho building Of tho Union
Pacific Raflroad has been
ONE OF THE wcHsr THINGS
that could have happened to our country. The
roaaon Is this: Before this road was built, thoro
was au immenso doal of freighting across tho
tbarn az nt s9rt DISTANCES on tho Foad
raised hay and oats for tho animals which con-
Nnnally travelled on tho road, aud times woro
good md money plentiful. When the railroad
Sas =, built however; all this changed, and every
were abandoned; aud tho Pacific CoaHt received
q blow from which 1t has never recovered.
Times mny change for tho bottor, aud this
frontor country mado to prosper again; but at
present there ORE sooms little hope, aud nothing, In
completion Of the road has given riso to forced
growth In certain 1ooalItios, and that Huch un-
natural growth is now dwlndling away and az
Stunning its formor proportions. That many
towns have been raised up within the past ivo
years, which llnvo all gone 10 ruin, Is truo; and
1t would hive boon far, far botter, il such towns
HAD NEVER HAD AN EXISTENCE.
Their unsigltly walls arc still standing, giving
depressing feeling to every ono who gazos upon
ti thom. Nothing earthly can be moro sad than
over tho Great 1ntorior Basin. Why they wore
built Ia unaccountnb1e. Thousands and thousands
OF dollars have been expended III their constr,,c-
ton and hero tie houses are to-day, uninhab~
can be imagnedl How much better IL would
have been bad the lumber Of which they arc
made been left to grow in tho magnificent pine
Forests on the mountain sides.
y Las beon said, on what appears to bo good
grafton now filling up lGo Territories Of tic Far
West does not como from the denBoly-populatod
East, as might be expected, but from
THE MORE WESTERN STATES,
such as Missouri, lowa and Minnesota hayo
tain class Of Americans who aro mover satisfied
mnlesa they aro way out on the remote frontier.
ihey get farm in now country Wherp they
work aud toll for many years until they arc sur
rounded with good noighbots aud well-to-lopeo-
plo Then, all ut once, it occurs to them that tho
placo they arc living il is too thickly settled,
and thoy proceed to sell cut their farm and I'M
farther Wcst.
This is porhaps rs it should be, and re all
becoming more migratory in their habits. Amer
lean families do not as Of old, settle down in
place and stay thoro for many yoars but a}1 seem
up and doing and
MOVING ABOUT FROM r1AcE TO PLACE,
wherovor they think they can in any way better
their condition: It is uo wonder. therefore, that
many OF them lure como to tho usw Territories.
where they Aaye bulitup towns and cities, which,
after feeble lfo, have been deserted ind loft
togo to ruin,
Lately saw statement, which WAS credited
to an 9, Eastern man, WHO males up his summary
in this way: Tho most attractive ne woll al
tho most remarkable, portion Of our country Is
that which lies west Of the Mississippi. Ii il
region he looks for n home; to tho student Of
Nature, because of tho Htupondous maryelY
Of Nature with Which it abounis to tho ca,,ital-
ist, because OF tts wonderful capacity for pro-
duelug wonlth. + is land Of grandeur, beauty,
and romance" Ido not know that Western man
could have "put it up" any bottor than this is
dono:, In fact, lo might haye had some COM
FUNCTIONS OF conscience in saying oven 10 much.
But, when person living in the Eastern Btatcs
t,' can SEQ aomtothing good way ovor hero towards
tho sunset, there may bo better timos iu Btoro
for uB. Perhaps tho foregoing paragraph was
pennod by some man from tho Wcst, who wished
to do us n good turn among the rich people who
1.-Two In the Far 1sast.
IT Is NOT HEAVEN OUT HERE
by my means, and lie who thinks LIE ia going to
become suddenly rich by removing to tile Tori
tories may be wofully mistaken. There arc
very few amuaements here; very little to excite
PERSON; and, in fact, not many things worth
living for, except 1t be hoaltl, which We havo in
abundance.
At this season of tile year, there arc
GREAT FIRE.
~ this region, which can i'll afford to eparo its
aapon In tic long, Shallow raynes Of tie moun ua
ttaina. taken fro, aud, being as dry as tinder,
burnB with great rapidity. Thero is no guchh
thing as putting tllose fires out; for, in tho
first place, no ono caros to work at il; and,
moro mo- wantonnesH, to SEQ how big & conilagra-
ton thoy can get up on their own account. Tho
wood burns with great rapidly, and denBo col
nmna i OF smoke roll up amid tho different ranges.
ailmg the heavens. and making one grand scone
OF destruction and devastation. Most Of tho
houses IN this country arc built Of cottonwood
logs, which
WARP ABOUT
IN the most singular manner while seasoning. I
hoard recently Of q 1nan who was buried iu q cof-
fin, nlade Of cottonwood boards, which warped
about In such manner as to throw the corpRo
out Of the coffin altogether; his friends woro
obliged to buy Bomo porlt-boxos, marlsed "bacon
Sides" out of which now coffin was
n. ma!de and tho eorpae slept comfortably in it.
Ih1a cottonwood timber splits and cracks easi-
ly; ls soft for working while green nnd, though
not tllo best wood in tho world, tcnerycs 4 kid
word for the good 1t Las done certain mining
communities.
In ono OF these flros, number Of housos
we're burnt, though luckily they contained ycry
little Of any valno. Tho names swept through
them almost US easily nj if they Ind boou u,ado
OF papor, notwithstanding tho roofs were nude
Of poloB on which thore was O thick coating of
dirt.
THESE ROOFS
arc very good In this climate, being warm In
winter mud cool Ii, summer, and sufficiently tight
to keep out tho rain and portion Of the SNOW.