Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-06
IssMLRRATYON AND RESOURCES IN
MONTANA.

T. tie Governor If Montans Territory:
SIR hear tl,~t stock eau be grazesl sat-
the year r.,nnd ~ vUuI Territory; II this b
n lp"s rive 1act. AIM cunning out there wit
one Thousand sast.l,. twelve OrOs,l mares all
twenty tive head IT mich cows.
Now will Ssk the Qlh sfi.n-dO stock o
AL kinds Kraz. the year round A,.d llD well
|! 80. wiler - the xstsrn liluit ID this sat
winter xrazing?
| wish I" know all shout the climate OF you
. CersitaEy-its aanl. its productions. grain
r0Ot. anil various kinds Of fruits; prices .
live stock. Ut r. Ota.riee aud prOvlslGlas ALA
ae your lands ~ vryrti. and lh.w tssn Ian.
IN. Ohfs'iMtl. and at wi,at price? DO Indian,
trouble. AtDck rxi-ers?
Ny stock + timpr,vcd and quite valuable il
his cs,ilmfry. Please send me Ill printed
matter r-jative II your Territory that you
can afford to. Write esson anil oblixe
Yours With respect.
GEO. w. McCOMRER.
Governor Potts informs us that the
above letter is but q copy in substance
Of hundreds of others that have been
received BY him during the hast six
months. He says it has been impos-
sible for him to answer all such letters,
and those replied to were necessarily
answered only in q general way. Such
letters are also being daily received by
all the newspapers, officials, post-mas-
tiers and many private citizens. We
are all wei aware that the questions
asked in all such letteis have been an
swered repeatedly by the press Of
Montana, but all such articles have
only increased the interest and desire
to know more Of our resources, and
get more information in regard to our
products and home advan-
tages. The people east, who have iii
cOuSisaosation emigratiAe wcsr, require,
bef''re deciding upon point Of settle
ment, something more reliable than
newspaper reports, and much more
full and explicit than can possibly be
by letters from individuals. Mai. BOyce
Of Helena informed US that he, with
an amanuensis, had answered during
the last eighteen months, thousands
IT such letters, but these letters
brought other letters, asking more
extended and explicit description of
our Territory; but during the past six
the letters have accumulated
20 fast on the Majors hands that he
found it impossible to answer all, even.
n the most brief manner, and there
orr haShundrels unanswered on hand.
From this great desire of the people
asst to know of us, we must naturally
nfer that we are attracting the atten-
ion Of people DESTROYS Of changing
heir homes; and certainly if we exert |
ourselves properly, we can induce
many to seek homes with us. That
~ sorely require immigration is too
Dainfnl . fact to even be referred to by |
Is, and that healthy immigration |
vOold be g0d-send just Ct this time
8 undeniable. And with these self.
'vident truths, first that We want i'm
and second, that we can
,et it BY making proper exertions, We
hink our Legislature should adopt
Measures that will have the desired
nd. We consider the question Of i'm
migration and the publication and cir.
uIstlon Of M0ntana's resources and
dvantages Of more Importance to her
eOple than any measure that will
ONE before this Legislature, and We
rust the members will see it i'm the
anne light, and thoroughly discuss,
nd adopt . measure that, BY it's con.
animation, such people as desire to
migrate from the East and Europe
III be informed Of the advantages
e can offer-MOxto1ieD. !,