Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-11-07

THREE millions of people, said Rev. z. s.
Knight in his lecture a short time since to a
Salem, (Oregon) audience, as will be seen
by reference to another column, are wanted
topeople the region of the great northwest
referring to a belt o fcountry several hum
dred miles in extent, lying along her Maj
esty's dominion from the eastern slope of
the Rocky Mountains to the western ocean,
embracing the State of Oregon and the Ter
1itories of Idaho, Washington and Montana.
Montana, the pride and gem of our Terrific
ries, has resources for maintaining a popula-
ton greater than all these. Our valleys are
broad, beautiful and fertile, and in actual
production are unexcelled in the grain
growing regions Of the world. Our pasto-
raj lands, afford the best range the year
round that earth can produce, while our
gold and silver mines crop out on every
mountain slope, eclipsing the world in rich
ness and extent. LIN addition to these our
beautiful bubbling streams which gush
down from snow-covered heights in rolick-
some glee to either ocean would furnish
power to set in motion the machinery of
our entire nation. In the fullness OF time
these valleyes will be farmed, these bound
less prairies grazed, the gold and silver
treasures of our mountains unearthed, and
the buzz of machinery will mingle with the
roar of the waterfalls on our hundreds of
rivulets and rivers, and manufacture be by
no means a secondary interest. To-day we
look with pride to our agriculture, yet there
is only here and there a farm scattered over
many miles Of country, view with ~satisfac-
ton our herds and fiocks, yet can scarcely
find where the grass upon our highlands
has been cropped, ponder with wonder over
the yield of our mines, though they can
scarcely be said to have been begun to be
developed. Ten long years it has been So
ten long years We have possessed and en-
joyed the country. All the advantages that
arise from the share that accrues TO a few
has been ~indisputably ours, but that day is
drawing slowly and surely to a close. The
people of the States who have long regard
ed our Territory as merely the country at
the top of the map, are learning from our
shipments of ore and bullion, our beef and
wool, that it is something more than a col
ored place on our land charts, and they are
coming to share 1t with us. 1t was more
convenient when every stock-groWer had a
valley to himself and his stock never stray
ed or mingled with his %neighbors, and there
was one farmer on a creek to use the water;
but now the time is coming when we must
IaOi,l fN 1ixsIl rpr Y,opft3Wns svofna N~iuS
ileges, etc. yet there will be room for 20
years for all who may come, and there is
not a man in the Territory who would not
welcome the immigrant. From every
quarter comes queries of our country,
whether or not to come, and what they can
do here. Do? Why do as we who have
preceded you have done do as our fathers
did in our old homes. Engage in the indus
tries OF the country, add to its commerce,
and prosper if you can. There is no end to
the room, and scarcely a limit to our re-
sources and industries. Ours is a vast inter-
fare to the sea, which places us on a better
footing than many other countries nearer
the coast, as it insures lis cheap rates on our
imports and exports. Montana has had
some dark days. There has been times
when our bravest gave way to doubts and
Responsiveness, but it was nothing to what
our fathers experienced who hewen down
the forest and planted the germ of prosper
ity and wealth along the rich ~alluvial banks
OF the Missouri and Mississippi valleys in
the long ago. The dawn of good times is