Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-03-15
MOnt:ana Interests.

2. Cheyenne Lcader-A narrow-cau.
! railroad from here 20 the Black Hills. an,
d eventually to Montana would make Ch..v
J. 'nne the equal in size ans. comm, rc,.
n Importance Of Kansas City, Omaha an,
J. D. nver., If the read starts from an,
e "fh'r place, cast or west, Cheyenne vii
need nothing but coffin. VIII not on,
e p ople make prop'r effort to secure tn,
J. building of the road from here?
Helena Herald. Three route, are ia IN
! survey d from North Platte, Sidney and
thr, enne respectively, the survey to
commence at an early day, when the
most feasible route Will be d termined
, upon and The work Of construction begun.
I, IT North Platte Or Sidney be selected as
starting point the 70 .d viii be run to
Deadwood. Ifuheyenne be selected then
Custer City will be the terminus
Independent. Agent Mitchell, of Fl
i'eck, reports there need be no aDpre.
tensions in driving stock 10 Bismarck the
coming summer, if the proper route b..
se'ecie'. DroYcrs should keep on the
north side of the Missouri all the way.
The distance from Helena TO Bismarck is
,aboHt SUI miles, whence stock can be
shipped East much cheaper than from
C"rinne. It must also te a good and
SITE route for immigrants from the
Northern States to Montana.
Cheyenne Leader. The establishment
It the proposed mail route between Boze-
man and Cheyenne, Wyoming. via Dea J.
wood, Dakota, would be Of 40 inconsid r.
aolc value to the government, as i,
would obViatc the necessity of courier.
between the various military posts be-
tween the points named. l. woulI omen
up large area of territory known TO he
rich in agricultural, mineral and pastoral
resources; it would give NJ ntana eastern
mails many days in advance of the present
circuitous route; would open an easv
cheap and short stock thoroaghfare to the
7 mon Pacific The present route is de-
llc'ent in grass and water and dan yerous
10 STOCK IN consequence of its numerous
beds Ct alkalI and streams of poisonous
|
water, while on the contemplated route q
grass is abund.nt and streams numerous I
lnd pure. The distance is not more thar r
half as great to Cheyenne as from S
Corlnne. The construction Of the most 3
Dad would enable the government IN
move military supplies and Indian annui n
les at greatly reduced prices and in !,
quicker time. 1t would work wonders in Il
he settlement of the Indian troubles. and e
'haOle immigrants to reach Montana I,
nuch cheaper and m less than half The Il
me now required. :,
MISUNDERSTANDING the many in. +,
|ustrial pursu IS that could give US a ljtt g,
would be swoolen factory; tannery: a i,
acking establishment tina. would con. !,
ume our spare beef and pork, and In cou. ~
ection Herewith candle and soap man J.,
factory. These are articles that can no :,
ut up or manufactured with profit. and r.
good III 'rket cinnOt be obtained q,
ONE they can De shipped to market a, =
reater profit than the raw material t.
Hera!d.-Texas claiurs to have gained til
10000 inhabitants by immigration last D.
ear. That proves what railroads will ti
o. 1t Montana had railrOa she wonld nj
ave a population of 100, 600 in less than ID
We years. In,
Telegraph rates to Montana will soon "
reduced. About time, we thiuk al
Independent The sup. POSITION thai ev
he gra'shopper crop will be light this IN
far has caused q considerable decline in I'M
'ur, ~hich is now Quo.ed at fro u sc. 25 isu
$e. so, according to biani. ltit