The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-12-20

EY COT. sAMlEL WILKINSON.
rffo,1 lsro. - aud o<,r, ,tioa- o. I'll, aahoT iC:
ni-hyd- ,zr.s',,, y f3s c1o!a,'s Wcstc:n W"r.&,i
Tho FOUNTAINS.
\. 4 proc. IL the ciearues> Of the a..uos-
phcrc "t Montana. which Il New Yorker is
rs incapable oil comprchcn'iins a. 4 Corn
wall tin miner. instance this fact: Powc!ls
Peak west @; Deer Lodge is $4,000 feet
high. From its summit can be distinctly
seen the mountain cna>: Of Flathral Lake.
200 miles distant. On my ride clown to
Cor;nnc in 1869, saw the = Three Te.on>
from TIE w,ar;snmc Sand If'ir. That trio
o. mountain cones WAS 80 miles away.
Pay~aStvv flsnuikcn tells me lie has seen
one u the Teton, from the summit Of one
Off. Ga.iarin Heights. 200 miles distant.
lie also tells me that he has often looked
from his open Office window in Helena at
the first foothills miles distant. and with
the naked eye counted the stems OF the
trees.
1t las been said that il the Allegheny
Mountains, were ..0oU feet abogC the SEA,
their SUBMITS would be capped with per-
pe;llai snow, III latitude II :, the parallel of
New Haven, Ct.
In the Rocky Mountains the perpetual
snow line is from $4,000 10 1900 above sea
level.
The Rocky Mountains are the spinal col
umn of the Republic. They will be- seen
within the century to be the support OF the
life and movement of the natiun-thc SUP
| ply %! the metals. coal. food, lumber. and
! Of vigorous mcn rich in brains. conscience.
courage and the talent for government.
TuI: VALLEYS.
! OF valleys in Montana from one hinaret
miles long. and from three t" twenty miles
| " H.. tlc!r are the lciluwstUnr, hisH.Jn.
| SuU. Madison. Jefferson. Gallatil. DrCl
Lodge. iivllgutc. .Ioclo. Bitter Root. Mis-.
:,,ul;,. Flathc&d, Horse Plains. and others
! ~ fringe and attxiliarirs Of these are hun
dir, tis--li,,r,liy hun,lrcds--oI smaller val
| hey. capable OF giving perfect farms 20 {;
thou ;:lld inhabitants. each enriched will
! abunti,int water for irli CATION. and hay. ane
pasture land ready for use: and WITH TIM
Der ci,s.c by. and wind ir!lcrs III t'!c iu.m O
III nultdinr.
Mnntana's name describes the principal
feature Of her tcrri,ory. The valleys of TIL
streams, from one 10 ten miles in w,itn, ~,
quite depressed below the gcnr.al surIts'
of the country. and therefore pr"tcctct
agains; the winds Of winter. Therefore
also. such possibilities of irrigation! q
! you Eastern walters On inc uNsTUlutti'
provi'lencc--brrak your baromcters an'
cmigratc.
An elevation Of the valleys from 800
feet above the sea level: sparkling waite
abundant. several varieties Of grasses an'
native clover growing luXuriantly, and ca
rim. Oh the stalk for winter pasture: sum
mcrs which would almost rcsuscitatc L!
dead. and winters which are always warn
and pleasant. and which absorb the SHOW
fall into the atmosphere and never melt
under foot valleys "c heavy grasses throu.
which moving machines can he run IL
miIes-th"se are the elements and p"ssibi!
tiles oi farming throughout Montana.
Montana intended her valleys for til
pillow and the m"wiug machine. Only in III
Bitter Root has The large timber Of tn
mountains crowded down into the valley
1t must have hccn the moisture in the III
of the Pacific. reduced to this infraction q
M"ntana's law If restricting forests to ii,
mountain sides and heights.
Nestle is the word. The valleys her
nestle III the mountains. They measure i
width from one mile to fifteen miles, an
. follow the ccasclcsS windin%s Of the river
the broodng peaks shouldcring higl above
breaking the winds. and fencing off ma
and animal into still hooks and wan
shelter.