, 1873-02-03


EoJALxcD EY aIT AsToS1s11IfEST
g. what havo found up hosa in the v'lleys mud
canons OF thcao oyorlaating hills. !. had beon
accustomed to inassino ti,ut tho HocLy Noun
tolns wero uninhabitable, except for mythical
Totons, OF trappors and hardy minors, and TINT
tho cold md SHOWS ronderad this entire region
unit for agriculture, or Tho support Of miscol-
'lanoous population engaged in tho ort|i-
nary industries. ! lind, Oh the
other hand, n climatic much miador
than Northorn Iuinols. in tho valloys. and Inn
mense herds OF catto sheep, aud Aoracs living
nnd Keeping fat,on the dried grass without shell
ter, ali winter. hnye observed hundreds, and
hay. Hceu poor ateer, horae or mule, and
] havo s-~yolteo by stage through Utah, Idaho,
md Montana. Dya caroflly-kept meteorologi-
cal record III N1andyill Stuart, Of this city, OK
tondtng oyor ten years. it has boen aacertained
point, is aa
MILD AS IN PHILADELPHIA. ...
This surprised me much, aud no doubt It will
sarpriee your renders yot tllna 1t entirely
days, but have econ no cold weather. For
agricultural and stocll-1asing purposos, this
rourny ..-.
nra credibly assured by rolable nun that tho
average crop. Of spring wheat (no other ia rais-
cd is so bushols por aoro; oats, 70 to 80 huuh-
.elu, and very heayy md, as to potatoes and
about tho YIELD from 400 to coo bushels havo
,beou raised on IN acro OF ground md have
never seen potatoes Of so fine quality. l lud
butter on the tables hero, mado from tho bunch
or buffalo grass, which cannot bo e1cellcd In Or
;auge County or elsewhere; aud 1t is now selling
.as 10 cents per pound. Wheat ia ouly worth AZ
cents por pound, oats consa, and the best beef-
'oastlo cents. lilo agricultural intorests are
fast ginning on every othor industry IN the Ter
.1itory. In fuct, thnro ia no market for the agri
CULTURAL products al Montana to-day no enlo for
cattle, aud thero nio numerous herds roady for
tho market no salc for oats and wheat, and
large quantities ronain 11nthroshcd Tie poo
pio are whiting hero, AZ elsewhere, for
ci1EAr TRANSPORTATION.
While paying enormously for nerfonltura1
tools, machinery. cloth, Froeerios, boota md
adequate prices for what they raise. Tho p1acor
1nines ato not worked in winter, and quartz
mining has not been hegnn to any o1tont for
machinery. One man hnuled ii wagons, nine
tons Of qt,aIt5 to Corinno, 600 mlles, and then
fent it by rssl to California, aud got back, after
paying anSsypcnccs, 81, GOD In gold.
-. cuARr.-MIN1Ha,
carried On rs tho numoroua .1cad1 hero promise
that it will bu in tho near future, would ronder
farming and ssoe4-ra;uing in th!s Territory
most ronaslnera:iye business. But the Territory
Of %fontann is
nAp1pLy FILLING UP. ..
Only twelve years ago tho first mercantile
house WIS established, III the Town Of 3fissoula,
90 miles uortl: Of Deer Lodge Mgaoula is now
sprnug into existence, frat: known ~ Allor
.Gulch. Thon caaso Hcfona, which now has 1000
Or 5000 inhabitants, and large jobbing houses
With extensive ntocl:s of merchandiso, three or
.four bRnhs, and humorous churches. Ihpn
t1ozo arc Dozrnan n1sl Deer Lodge.
pEEn LoDuH
has O National Darih II Territorial Peni-
tentiary, which cost S39,030; " Court House,
kHNfc ri rr+S+yy Tail neC+fs
.o7,;29o,; a, County Hospital, costing $500;
i acong s@z es55o ahero are two y'SSss noSs
E,aporH here, tto zruo Nsorth,cest and
~ o circulation Of about 2.000 each.
Thdre is ilno wnter-powor here, but rs got u1-
laarroyed. No bottor cltance for the Investment
ct capital, with certainty of large returns, can
ecd work up tho iln1ncnge qnantities Of wool
Hoon to be In murket. In fact, no branch Of
manufacturing could fell to pay here. A stone.
ware manufactory Aaa just been commenced
There arc toveral large jobbing lo,scs here do
ing thriving trade. IN tho Torritory there are
reyen st or eight newspapers. two @ OF Which m afo
nailies, published nt Helena. The white inhnb-
: ltants Of tho Territory aro now nbout 10000,
End Of tho yery best class Of peopls. Deer Lodge
Valley is perhaps 100 mlos long, and from to &
nilcs wido, and q u,out beautiful and productive
valley it il,
:, - In f,i T.. th. m ,,nnI Ioi.,s ~ ,,,ohor Pr,,,
tS ~ w. toa ~ W. ni,;.t a. e. aa t.ns M
pg np ~ ap" nxn ttf T., aoor auf t
nni 1d,n ia Jaw reor.a - nmI co,I +nnn
oora peasy nai os W neo H @ ;,ma
~ ~ ti ~ mosua, no ~ e.ea
cos,ntry n WI ore ia volv un hsr5 s
rood' Tho Tn1j;snn-thn einpx ~ and 1's1 frowa wa
rnisc to ainx rto s1p non ~ not fonthn1d NJ"
tbnra :" "'Ao" ii "t'SNo '44A ~ 6o' "Ao''AoAo
' ruE Soe1urr, PACIFIC nAn,,,oAn COMPANY
hayo e. yut bocn unable to survey Inc for
sha;r roo3 ~ t1,rn, ti,n yoi1av ~ H. Vn11a' ~
stono w snrvnvsii,o en bes bean r,n ~ t1ponoh t%e
nn.r ToJne VaiIov' ouI H. ia orno1tai liz road
syifi h. 19e,te1 lsoro i narrnr.gaura rnnd is
oontonpiatad from uoIona to Corinno, Utah.
to conneet with tie Union Paciao' Hoad''
md a COMPANY are now asltating tic proposi..
zion for tla pooplo to yotoE county bonds, along