Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-07-25
THE SITUATION.

winch are beyond the control Of human
power, the prospective OF this portion o
Montana was never more fartering than a
the present 1t is true, Mt this time the purse.
of our people are not as plethoric rs they
would wish, in consequence OF a lack of mar
ket for last years protlncfs. and the genera
striagency OF the money market; but. mos
OF our farmers have full graliaries. which we
are convinced will. III the near future. com
mand remnefative price. What damage
the army Of grasshoppershow among us will
1 doto the present crops is merely asmatter ot
conjecture. They seem tc be migrating west.
and so far as we have been able TO learn at
this writing their ravagts have been limited.
Should they destroy the entire crop of the
valley. while it would hear heavily OH some.
especially those who have disposed of their
| last years crop, it would lot seriously affcct
those who have still full granaries. Con-
sumers only would suffer, as the supply
would not then be in excess of the demand
| and pr,ces would be materially advanced
While croakers and subsidy men are still
decrying and miSrepres.nting the progress
of the Northern Pacific Railroad. that gigan-
| tic enterprise is being pushed West with a
rapidlty never before cqualled In the annals
of railroad construction, The financial con
dItion of the Company is better to-day than
it has been since the Inauguration Of the
great enterprise. They have money suffici-
ert without further sale OF bonds to g,,aran-
Tee rt,' nlng expenses, construction and in
terest for above two years 1T least Take tins
fact IN connection with the recent statement
Of Superintendent Mead, that he intended to
grade fifty miles OF road this side of the Mis-
souri, river this summer. antl put his men 10
work next winter in getting out ties and
timber so as 10 be able to build three hundred
mates Of road M at season. ;liiti The reader will
observe thai our fertile valley will be reached
within two years by the Northern Pacific
Railroad. The argument used by t',e friends
of subsidy against the early completion of
the Northern Pacific was lack nt capital
Fhe recent advance of SS,0000o0 BY a New
York Syndicate places the iinancial ability
of the Company beyond doubt.
On the 2Ith ult. three large steamboats,
were loaded with Indian goods and govern
meht supplies ut the terminus Of iilt. n ,rts,-
cfn Pacific road on he Missouri river for the
Molt tn Of Powder river. which is only about
two hundred miles distant from BoZcEltn.
The military expedition which assembled the
1ciioWstone from Fort Dtuora. on Ilc II IS
souri,. ascertaiiied the navigability of this
great tributary OF the latter stream eighty
miles above The mouth of Powder River. in
,lc present year, when the Spring waters
were lower than at any period in the last
three years. This places Bozcnan even mt
tliis time in close proximity with a great
clianael of commerce, which only requires
Tile opening OF a practicable wagon r;iad to
the head of navigation OH the Yellowstone.
to be utilized to great advantage not only to
Bozenian, but to the whole Territory.
The latest advices we have from the Stan
ley expedition accompanying the Surveyors
OF the Northern Pacific road were of most |
gratifying nature. They were meeting with /
70 trouble from the Indians, and were conf |
dent OF reaching the Yellowstone by the first |
of August. There is no doubt but that the |
road will be pei manently located .llis season.
md that fact alone will he sufficient to in I
spire our people with hope and confidence in
lie general prosperity which il promised in
he near future.