Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-03-23

people Oh our COuIlM 10
formation respecting its vast resources. Inc
great masses of people in the far-off States'
pent up on their little ten-acre farms, Know
hut little or nothing of the west
Of the broad valleys OF Montana, and the adj
vantaoes they offer to those who desire a
home.
We cannot reasonably expect people to
pull up and leave their homes, be they ever
so poor. and come to a land they know not
of. Therefore, if we hope to have them
come among us, let us disseminate infornla-
ton respecting our connf"" III is not re-
1uired that we writeslong essays, print argu-
mentative circulars, setting forth Montana
to be a land Of milk and honey-a paradise
that she is not. Let us communicate to
them our manner of living, the amount or
exertion required to obtain it, the abundant
advantages which nature furnishes to assist
us, and this will suffice. We need not say a
word that is untrue, or add a single shade OF
color, but just draw the picture up to ma
ture, and people will come by hundreds.
There are, in all parts of the States, good,
honest, Woodworking men who labor falti-
fully year in and year out, and are barely
able to earn a scanty living for their fami-
lies. Day by day they will toll on, and at
the close of each year they find that
they are no more independent than when it
began. Old age is creeping on, and not a
dollar is being laid aside to keep them when
they become too feeble to fight the battle OF
life. In the workshop and on the farm they
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aught but a tenants home, not even a pros
pect ahead of owning more of the worlds
broad acres than will furnish them a last
resting-place. These classes are sober,
honest, industrious people and would come
West if they knew where to 60, and what
they could do when they got there. If they
knew the extent of our valleys, the millions
of acres of agricultural land they contain,
the square miles of pasture that are destined
to be free and unclaimed for a century to
come, the trining expense required to obtain
title to a home from the Government, the
convenience of timber for improvements,
aad the healthfulness of our climate, 1T
would not be long before our present pOpu-
lation would be doubled.
Many who have read Of Montana suppose
that her choice locations are all occupied,
that the climate is cold and rigid. Little Go
they know that its equal cannot be found be-
tween the same parallels of latitude, the
whole country through. They very natur-
ally suppose that those who interest them
selves in publishing the facts have an ak to
grind. They think the parties must have a
firm to sell. a herd of stock to dispose OF, or
are financially interested in popping the
country. We should publish the facts rela-
tive to the ease with which a home can be
secured here. Let them see how those who
are here live. and the question will soon be
settled. It will require no persuasion, no
Misrepresentation.
There is no better medium for this pur-
pose than the HUsBANDMAN. e it to
your friends. 1t will cost you but little. We
will make it a complete reflex Of Montana
life. The fact that Montana supports an
agricultural and family journal OF Its. class
will rivet firmly upon the minds of distant
readers the fact that it amouts to something,
and that the stories afloat respecting It's ae:
%ricultural, livestock and mineral wealth
deserve investigation. Investigation vii
prove that it offers a home to to the poor as
well as the rich, ard Is a good field for mine
and muscle as well as capital, an asylum t.
the weak and unhealthy, excitement ant
pleasure to those who languish and pin,
away of EMU, and happiness and long life tt
all
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