Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-06-07
Crop PrOspecta

mat we may not be suspected of At.
tempting TO encourage CORNERS" in pro
duce We submit the following from tn.
Husbandman:
The Indications are that there will bf
sulncient demand on the Yellowstone
the coming winter for the entire product
OF the Gallatin valley. Butte and Phillips
nurg will furnish market for the Rite,
root, the North !;ne trade for Sun River
helena for the Missouri and Pricklv Peal
valleys, while Madison county has home
market"
And this from the Independent:
"Advices from Utah are to the effec,
that there Is no hope that there will be
enough grain produced for home con
sumption. 1t is more than probable tina,
Montana will be called upon this season
10 furnish flour and oats for all the mill
tary posts in the Indian country"
Mr.. Alderson's letter upon our frs,
page states that $500 sacks of -four will be
required for the Crow and B,ackfoo,
Agencies; and he concludes that this dc,
mand must probably absorb our surplus.
Again, General Miles has announced
himself an advocate of the plan of supply.
ing the lower Posts from Montana crops.
|giving as his reasons the superior quality
Iof our produce, and the policy OF home
encouragement-while the new mail route.
the new towns, and the increasing Yellow.
stone transportation, must create a new
and large demand upon US. We can bus
regard the outlook for our farmers as I'm
usually good, and, if reasonable figur' be
demanded, our export in grain and flour
must prove this year very large. Never
theleSs, we neither counsel (or see neces-
sity for) sacrifice, as the probable demand
will set prices which must we'll repay the
labors of the husbandman.
Big Horn Post Located.
The following order settles the question
of construction:
"Lieut Col. G. P. Buell.. with Major
G. G. Bartlett and Cos. A, &c, F, G,
aud II, ana the medical officer and non
commissioned officer Of the Genera!
Staff that have heretofore reported to
him under orders from these Headq'rs,
will proceed from Fort A. Lincoln to
Tongue River, ut which place he will de-
tach two companies of the llth Infantry,
to be designated by him. under command
of Major Bartlett, with orders to report
to Col. N. A, Miles, 5:h Infantry, for
field service. With the remaining four
companies of the 1l:h Infantry. and the
oAs0o1 off nd Zoo; ~
Ger of the General Staff already with his
command and those that will report to-
him at Tongue River, he will then pro-
coed to the mouth of the Little Big Horn
River, and will begin the construction of
buildings at the post to be established on
the left bank of the Big Horn, near the
mouth of the Little Big Horn"
The location will doubtless be made up
on the Big Horn about three miles from
mouth of Little Horn. Several steamers
are moving up the Yellowstone with
requisite supplies, and it is reported that
= bull outfit, for use in log hauling, &C,
Is now on the way overland.
The lankton Press of 25th ult. says
"For convenience and for guard purposes
the Yellowstone military expedition is d.
vided between the three steamers Flor
ence Meyer, Dugan, and Rankin. On the
10th General Buell., with Lieutcnants
Matile and Tiffany and their companies.
c and F, embarked on the Meyer, and
Colonel Conrad, with company B, on the
Dugan. Major Schwan will follow on the
Rankin"
A ferry is in course of construction at
Baker City, and another is projected At
Sage Brush Eottom-in anticipation of
"the town Of the future'' in connection
NTH this Post. Already population is|
tending to the section of country to be
covered by the Post, snd We predict the
rapid settlement of the Big and Little
Horn country.