Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-12-18

(Albany On. Y Times.)

and women to make homes in Montar
There is no section Of the country mo
fertile, and no climate more salubriOu
We have carefully made study of Mo
tana with a view OF discovering whether
is advisable to urge citizens who cann
find remunerative employment in the eas
to 60 there with view Of settling dow
and growing mp with the territory. II
conclusion is irresistible, that there are fe
places on this continent that present s
many advantages to the man without cap
tai. Labor of all kinds is everywhere
demand, and, with industry and sobriet,
there is every reasonable prospect not onl
of living comfortably. but. in the course I
time. acquiring a competence. Althoug
there is now revival OF business in til
east, yet there are thousands of men eithe
wholly unemployed, or whose wages al
so small that it is impossible to lay II
anything for the future. Besides this
there are thousands of female operative
in the eastern states who are wearing ou
their youth in abject drudgery. with abso
lutely no hope for the future. In Nor
tana there is room for them all, and t
spare. One thousand Industrious wome
can be Immediately provided for in the va
riOus walks of life. Hundreds of honest
sober men are in need of wives, and ar
able 20 offer them comfortable homes. L,
Il determined man or woman, who ha
enough. money to pay the fare and a few
dollars over. and who is willing fer a sea
son to forego few of the luxuries tina
make life so attractive in the older states
Montana extends hearty welcome
Hitherto the remoteness of the territory
from the lines of railway connecting witt
the states has been Il barrier against /;
large immigration into its beautiful and
fertile valley. Year by year this objection
is being surmounted, and before long.
Montana will be connected with all the
large markets 0. the world. The grazing
and agricultural resources OF that country
are simply wonderful, and men are begin
ming to find ont that raising cattle and
farm produce is. in the long run. prefera-
BILE to mining. Already thousands of peO-
pie are flocking to that paradise of the
iriending to make it their per-
home. TO the man of means it is
to point out the advantages
offered to capital. 1t is to the poor man
that we would address ourselves.
1t costs but little more than hundred
lollars to reach Helena from the Atlantic
'eaboaIl. travelling in emigrant trains to
he terminus of the railroad. and thence
~ stage. The journey from New York
will take about two or three weeks. the
raveller providing his own provisions. A
nan reaching the territory in the spring
AN Immediately secure employment at "A
anch at the rate of $50 to $40 month.
md his board. During one seasons work
IN Montana farm the stranger has abun-
liant opportunity to become acquainted
With the methods Of cultivation. and to
ook about him for a place to settle. Num-
'ers have gone to Montana, leaving their
antilles at home for a year until they had
ime to prepare a new home tor them. AS
OOn as a man has become sufficiently es-
ablished on his ranch to raise one crop of
Gheat, and to have a few head of stock.
is future is secured. A Scotchman took
p 100 acres of land four years ago. He
'as carpenter. but had not dollar in
he world. With tine aid of two sons he
as cultivated the land, and by working
his trade several months in the year at
) per day, it has come to pass that they
ave now an improved farm, a good house
fty head of cattle. and seven horses, and
! addition have saved some money. This
the result of only four years of labor.
nd it is not an uncommon instance of |
iccess. All that is necessary is to be in
healthy and sober. With these
,quisites, ample reward for labor is cer-
lin.
If a stranger desires to go into the
ock-raising business in Montana, there
e abundant opportunities to do so. 1t is
ot necessary that he possess any capital
begin with. Hundreds of men are
anted to take care Of stock, and they will
, paid good wages. Those who are in
lperienced, of course, will not obtain the
CHEST wages, but if willing and anxious
learn, one season will be sufficient to
ace them on level with the experienced
Ockman. The profits OF stock raising in
ontana are enormous. and hundreds of
lsiness men invest money in it, although
1t personally engaged in the business.
his provides opportunities for those who
low how to take care Of cattle, to become
rtners with the investment of little or
capital. 1t is the custom in Montana,
one man furnishes the money and anoth-
takes the entire care of the stock, to di-
lie the profits equally. Some of the
Ost successful stOckmen in Montana have
lite in this manner.
Skilled mechanics are in great demand
roughout the territory. Carpenters earn
day, aud hundreds conld have obtain
employment this summer if they had
IN there. Building operations OF mag
ude have been delayed for lack OF skilled !
in Helena and Butte, brick
ers and stone-masOns have no trouble
find employment, while good black
iths are in demand everywhere, not on
in the towns, but in the mines, and h
erever there are any inhabitants. There II
lot much work tor mOulders and ma {
nists. because all the machinery is built G
yet in the east. In few years how a
II. this will have changed, for in such q A
,gressive country. nothing is impossible. q
lied miners are paid s. to 81 per day, O
lie unskillets laborers obtain $3.50 to s. il
day. Nobody need to b. idle, and 8.
h i thing As atramp or q btggaF Ia al 81
II unknown. n
'he.e is no want more keenIy fe!. in Q,
ntans. than the want of good domestic n
p. A white girl who knows her duties Il
elves from $25 TO $40 per month; the a,
I sum being paid to the most inferior o
Is. In Helena and Butte it is impossi- 9,
to obtain white female servants at any q