Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26

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= Let 1t. ID Cavalry.
.IBOZEMAN AND THE YEl
u LOWSTONE.
Tho Benton Record has the following
}, 1.-THE COURIER Gays that much ankle
e|prevails In Bozeman regarding the fuiu
n lof Fort Ellis. Fort Ellis is the era
= market Of Gallaiin valley. and the CHI
dependence Of Bozeman. yet the CouRIE
wants the Yellowstone navigated, whic
Iif possible. would take away he milital
T from Fort Ellis, and establish . yiv
? town at the head of navigation. We Ia,
, always opposed the navigation OF the Ye
I0wstOne because we understood the int
|ests of BoZeman much better than I'll
COURIER did: aud not being In caiIoo
81 with monopolists we have no person,
), interests to serve by advocating Utopia
? enterprise. ,t.-e ,...-.
No body in Bozemsn doubts the disin
|terested motives of the Record, or 9
any of those who make . business G
deriding the claims of tho Yellowstone
|Of course not! It 10 curious, however
that the interests most likely to suffe
from it's navigation are those most affect
ed by evidence and argument in its favor
Straws show the wind; and The nerve
of those who find their bread an
butter based upon Missouri river ideas ar
never so excited or exerted as when con
fronted bv. Yellowstone d"'" w. ~"f"
the Record. again, to Grant Marsh, t.
Forsyth, to Doane (see this psSe), anI
to Nice lernand.
The Records fling regarding "cahoot
with monopolists'' is a last resort-th,
best answer to such remarks is found ir
Mrs, PartIngton-''ridicules is no argu
ment."
Now, &c to the assertion, that the navi
CATION of the Yellowstone would deprive
US of Fort Ellis and establish q rival
town. Bezeman and the Ga|la'in have
considered tbis-considered it long before
The Benton Record was thought OF. We
ion't suppose Fort Ellis must, or can, or
should, prove thing of eternity. and
while we hate TO lose it, We know we
ome day must; and should prepare for
amy day. Fort Ellis supplies a market,
upplies protection, has done much to
make US what we are-bus. if that markt
> oil we are To have, and if we can onlyI
ecure its continuance by ncglectlng the
Yellowstone and other interests, the soon
{ we lose it the better. The people of
he Callatin cannot afford to remain herr,
their prospects are necessarily bound
q by the market of Fort Ellis. We
ope for better things, and have such
onfdence in the future OF Eastern Mon
ma that cries about - rival town at the
cad of navigation" instead of democrat.
ing US, encourage Us to extended effort
force Its founding by proving its neces-
ty. mo pent up Bozeman contracts
If powers"
So far as the Yellowstone is concerned.
refer the Record to its editorial in the
sue containing the foregoing extract:
when the experiment Of navigating
Upper Missouri river. as far IS Fort
snton. Was first proposed, it was regard I
ny experienced b0atmen as a moat haz
d"us undertaking. and ridiculed by !,
optics as al impossible enterprise. The :.
!mcrOus rocks, bars, aud Sings, and the :
iiilng nature IT the chsnnci, were deem !
lnsupersb!e barriers to the progress of e
ger vessels than keel-boa,s. II was.
wever, soon discovered that the dreaded :,
oaIs and rapids offered no obstacles tot =
'seis during the season of high water. y
q that IN unlimited number of heayyI
en steamers, of ordinary build. comb t,
'ch Fort Benton without encour. terinr /,
'ater difficulties than are met on the h,
rer river" - ~
VOW We ask the Record why these a., :.
tions may not apply TO the Yellowstone. >,
now the question is ever 70 be settled =;
eps by means Of the practical meas
demanded by the Gallatin and secur
BY the Missouri? We deny the right
he Record or other enemies of the \ e.
stone to settle the question in q ivancc.
see no justice in the eternal effort ex. =,
d BY the anti Yello~ stone sections of -
ntana to prevent Federal assistance. ~
see 10 such continued opposition moth -
out local jealousy and the narrow
ded policy which has stifed all Terri.
al advance, and world leave Eastern
'tana dependent upon Fort Ellis"
trembling in fear of a ''riva: town.