Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-09-25
CLOSE OF THE THIRD VOLUME.

CLOSE OF THE THIRD VOLUMl
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This number closes the third vOlum
Of the publication of the AVIAN
COURIER. During the past tire
years We have lahored to advanc
every interest of Gallatin County an
Eastern Montana, and we refer to on
files to sustain MS in the assertion tia
the COURIER has been devoted NOR
exclusively to local interests than an,
other paper in the Territory. We hav
splendid field for our efforts, full o
promise and future reward. This pa
per was started three years ago as TIL
arant courier Of the great Northern
Pacific railroad, which was then Will
unparalleled celebrity coming over thu
plains of Dakota to our Territory
but its progress has been checked, AM
our hopes and those of the people have
been deferred. Only for time, how
evr. We have the best authority fol
stating that arrangements will be per
fected this winter for pushing the
road forward next summer. The lOca
ton of the road has been permanently
made, and it will first reach the in.
habited portion of Montana at this
place; here it will commence to tray
erse the great valley and river rcgiop
Of the Territory, and ours will neces-
sarily be the first of the original set
Elements to feel the benefits of con-
nection with the Atlantic States.
When we cast our eyes over the
beautiful valley in which it is Our
privilege to livc-its numerous ranches
thriving with cultivation-its large
herds OF cattle and hOrses-thc in
ducemcnts it offers to immigration and
settlement; when we look around us
us upon our substantial and handsome
young city, which has emerged dur
ing the past four years from strag-
Cling village of log cabins to its pre-
sent extensive and magnificent pro.
portions; and when We reflect that
Bozcman occupies a central position,
surrounded by agricultural and miner
al resources and wealth more promis-
ing than any other section of the West,
We would be ungrateful to a benificent
providence not to recognize and be
thankful for the fact that our lot has
been cast in a prolific tield, only need
ing enterprise and industry to devel-
op and produce all that is desirable in |
life.
In the publication If this paper we
have endeavored TO be impartial, so
far as the interests Of Gallatin county
were concerned, brit we regret that the
local prejudices Of some men lave led
them, and through them others, to
think otherwise. When this paper
was first issued few men in the lower
portion OF the county commenced a
war upon it, because they imagined it
was an organ Of the Indian ring,
something we had no conception Of
In the next place they imagined that |
We were working against that end Of
the county. These men have perse-
vercd in this thing until they really BE-
Here they are right; but we defy them
to show single instance to sustain
them in their ungenerous course to-
waN this paper. On the contrary we
can show that every enterprise calcu-
lated to promote their interests has
Always found q ready and willing
champion i'll this paper; that, not
the fact Of those people
giving to the papers Of other counties
the patronage they justly owed to their
local sheet, We have always stood by
them i'll their efforts to build up sue
cessful community, and shall continue ;
to do SO. Nothing shall swcrve us
from the line Of duty; if others ne
elect theirs, it is not our fault.
The 81 Of October will be the ,
commencement of the fourth vol ,
'me, and those Of this coun.y who |
10 not now take the paper should
commence on that day. The advan-
ages Of a local newspaper cannot be
and the question Of good or
Interior sheet rests entirely with the
'eople Of the county in which it is
We cannot publish good
PAPER without a paying patronage no ,
more than Maj. Bowen can run a first +.
lass hotel without paying boarders.
THE CAPITAL QUESTION. l