Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-05-31

MANY of our people have worked tnle1n-e
selves up to believe that times III this coun--
try are actually getting hard ana IL IS GIN
cult to convince them to the contrary. bht
in truth times. are. really, better. There IS
more money, more demand. for labor ana
produce, fewer people idle, fewer IN deot'
and the laboring class generally are III oe'tef
circumstances now than has been the case TOT
the past three years. Money is not plenty
like it was a few years ago, still everybody
manages to have q little. There are sui
plenty of $500 diggings il @the Mines ana
everything that the farmer produces suc'
as butter, eggs, vegetables, ETC., flnd READY
sale for cash, and the farmer, however poor,
manages to spare enough of such things to
keep his table well supplied with the neces-
saries of life.
If any person who had travelled among
our farmers three or four years ago were 10
20 among them now, they could not fail to
see a marked difference. They have better,
teams. more and better appliances for work,
their homes are more comfortably fixed ana
better furnished, their tables supplied with
more Of the dclicacies, and the farmers ana
their families are in better spirits.
There is not the reckless. extravaganza
which once existed, but the people are lloer-
al and hospitable, and do not cling to q dol
lar till the eagle screams, as is the. CASE IN
other countries. Any industrious. man can
make a living by working three months out
of the wear, while in other countries it re-
ouires twelve months, and, hard labor at
that. School houses have been erected, and
schools are, kept from four to six months III
the year in nearly every section OF the Ter
ritory... In fact, there is industry and I'M
provement going on, on every side, which
is the best indication of prosperity that any
country can give. The imports and exports
are greatly iii excess Of what it has been Tor
several wears, and there is a general strength
ep;no Of confidence in every branch of in
dustry and trade throughout the whole
conntry.
LATE advices seem to indicate that the
Northern Pacific r. r. Co. is about to revive
its Dormant energies and 60 TO work again
At a meeting Of the stockholders, held in
New York city, May 8, it was decided ttc
push the road forward from its western ter
minus to Payallup valley, A sixty miles
branch from Brainard to Sunk Rapids is also
10. be, put under immediate construction
Means for these lines have. already been pro
yided. The following resolution was also
adopted
Resolped, That the DIRECTORS be instructed
to ascertain the cost of constructing the roat
from Bismarck west into Montana Territory
and to propose a plan for furnishing IN
means for that purpose, and to report th'
same to the stockholders at q future meeuhs
for their consideration.
Thus it would appear that the gigantic en-
terprise of traversing the continent with
railroad on the 10th parallel, conceived b.
lay Cooke, is not yet dead, but is getting il
shape to be carried forward to ultimate com
plction. What the facilities Of the compan,,
arc we cannot tell, but we think there is
fair prospect for the extension Of the roac
The company have confidence in their abb
lily to progress, or they would not again sc
TO work. We are glad 10 kno that ther
is even a hope of the company getting thei
road under way. If they can but push tn
western terminus of their Eastern divisio
rear enough to command the Montana trade
the necessities Of the country will soon b
sufficient to demand the, construction OF tn
rest of the line.
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THE roads in all parts OF tile Territory Al
In q wretchcd condition, but the frequel
rains are a blessing to the farmer and miner
IT would not be wild to say that 1000 fl
males are wanted in Montana to supply til
.-..Aal:a4o .la.aaaal Of thu naatrinAnial NO,