Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-12-07

the attention of the people OF Montana thah
Immigration. The march of civilization is
onward. AS State after State fills up and
becomes crowded, the thrifty, enterprising
forerunners, or their sons, inspired by the
same desire for elbow room, have pushed
farther to the front. Adventures have
tracked the American continent all over, UNI
til there is scarcely a league of land through
out it's whole length and breadth to be ex-
plored, yet there are many hundred thou
sands Of leagues unclaimed, upoccupled,
and of which the masses know but little.
Among these, we regret to say, we 1lnd
broad acres in beautiful, healthy, prosper
Gus andinviting Montana. Fortune-hunters
ard adventures have traversed our valleys
plunged into our rugged mountains, and
located n few homes and developed Il few
mines, but the country is tar from being
possessed. It's advantages are well known
to those who live here, but the multltudes
who live in the States, and who are looking
out eagerly and anxiously for new fields OF
labor and better and happier homes, know
nothing OF it.
Those who have settled here have written
to their friends, and quite a number are
coming in every year, but If the facts were
properly made known, they would come
by the thousands. There is a continual
stream of immigration pouring ilto the
West all the time-mostly farmers-and
generally with their hearts set upon finding
II good stock-growing and agricultural coun-
try, and they would come here if they were
acquainted with the facts.
Now, it is not our province to persuade
people to leave their comfortable homes
along the banks of the Ohio, Mississippi and
lower Missouri, and strike out for the far
West, but we do feel that it is an
dation to those who have no homes to tell
them where they can get a good one.
Thousands are going all the time, and thou
sands more are waiting to know where to
60. All that are needed to flood our country
with people are facilities for spreading the
information respecting the advantages it
offers.
For agriculture; purposes the soil of Mon
tana cannot be surpassed. Her sereals are
not to be excelled either in yield or quality,
anywhere ON the habitable globe. Her pro-
duction of small fruits and vegetables is re-
markable, and her pasturage is second to
none, while her mines are of fabulous wealth.
Her climate is dry and healthy, sickness be-
ing almost unknown. Chills and fever, the
terror of miasmic lands, and along the banks
of the great Father of Waters and it's tribu-
taries, were never heard of among these
mountains, and death from any cause what
ever rarely occurs. We cannot see whatmore
the immigrant could want. A homestead at
trivial cost, surrounded by pasturage that
will never die out, and upon which horses,
sheep and cattle feed and fatten winter and
summer, and never taste hay or grain; or il
the more adventurous would rather try their
fortune in the mines, there are hundreds OF
gold, silver, copper and lead lodes which
would cost only the recorders fees, and
which are as liable to be Of incalculable val
ae as amy now developed.
Wages are higl, and labor is in demand
Nc ssan who wants TO work need be idle
Where could the poor man, crowded on
from the ssiickly settled States. find a better
place? the territory which is so rapidly
filling up possesses no such advantages
Therefore, IL it not evident to every reason
able person that the chief reason our Terri
tory does not tid up more rapidly is becaus,
of the facts respecting it not being general,
known.
If we were to tell tine Illinois farmers wht
labor all summer 10 raise Il crop and all win
ter to feed it out, THAT stock We're raised il
Montana wholly without feed ayceDt wha