Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-11-08

Jay Gould & Co.'S purchase of the Utah
Northern is to push its northern terminus as
far as Snake river next year. a portion of
the road is to be built this winter, contracts
for grading having already been let. We
never expect to see the bulk OF Montana
,freights pass over this road, but it will be a
matter of great convenience during the fall
and winter season. 1t will expedite the
TRANSPORTATION of mails and express matter,
and facilitate travel very materially, and,
upon the whole, be Of great benefit to the
country. The objective point Oh Snake riv-
CT, we believe, has not been named, but 1t
will perhaps be within 100 miles of our
southern settlements, which interval can
soon be built should the company so decide.
THE Indian question seems to be partially
settled, and there is little or no danger anti
cpated at present on our most exposed
frontiers. But how long this state of things
will last is more than any one is able to pre-
dict. It is not at ..all probable that the
lives of our frontiersmen will again be
endangered to any considerable extent,
vet it is the general belief that next spring
will witness the opening of a series of raids
from beyond our border which will make il
lively for horse owners. The military force
now in the Territory is inadequate to pro-
tect the country should such a policy be
adopted by Sitting Bull, and we hope the
authorities may be made to rightly under
stand,thi matter and induced to send us the
necessary forces before the threatened dan
ger arrives. The Muscleshell and Judith is
the most exposed section. A three or four.
company Post, established on one of these
valleys, would most etfectually protect our
nOrtheastern settlements from the northern
Indians. This done, and the remainder OF
the Posts in the Territory well garrisoned,
the country would be secure. both from
raids from our old enemies now, in the Brit
Ssh possessions and from outbreaks in our
pidst.
SOME of orr Chicago contemporaries are
beginning to agitatc the question of another
Racific railroad, and suggest an extension OF
the Chicago, Burlington Quincy. Their
arguments concerning the necessity of such
aroad, to free the country from the gigantic
monopoly of one line, are potent indeed, but
owing to the gloomy prospect of the COM
pletion Of the two great lines now under
construction-the Northern and. Southern
P~acifics-eitlcr of which are through a bet
ter country, and one less encountered. with
deep SHOWS in winter than the new route
proposed, we do not believe that it would
he advisable to attempt another road. Ulti-
nately this road will be built, but the COM
pletlon of the W unfinished lines is Of more
Importance to the country at large, than a
new road. However, when there is a fair
prospect for the completion of the Northern
and Southern Paci1ics, we shall be glad to
see the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy taken
hold of and pushed through, also, since, it
will require all Of these lines to do the bltsi-
ness when the Rocky Mountain region is
once settled up.
M
AN Interesting account Of the, proceedings
Of the, County Commissioners of Deer Lodge
county is furnished in the Ne,y, NORTH West
of last week. It seems that the Assessor, at
various times this season, made assessments
on buliQn of the Northwest Company, re-
turning an assessment of SIS, 900 in January,
10000 IN February, and $4,000, in March,
and the mill owners appeared before the
Board to have the same reduced to. one an
nnal assessment. After hearing the opinions
of,some eminent lawyers, and the argu-
Ments Of the attorneys for the mill owners,
BIZ. L. Ii, Irvine, Sen, put the, question