The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-10-20
Proper Praise of MOntana's Con-
gresslOnal Delegate.
Newsy Notes from the North.
[Corresponderce Of the HERALD.l

DILLON, MONTANA, Oct. II, 80
| l have been il This country som
ten days, stopping on the way at Ret
Rock q few days, and should hsv,
written you before lad 1 not seen {
letter from some correspondent givinI
the news from here.
1 have been in this place sincs the
18th, and am able to give few fact
In regard to THE neW terminal point
on the Utah and Northern Railway
which seems likely to become a per
msnent town, inasmuch ss it is 10.
Gated in Besrnhesd Valley, at poinI
where the railroad DIVORCES in a north
westerly direction toward Butte City
This place is located near the upper
end of the valley. and ID surrounded
by some good agricultural and grazing
land, most of which has been settled
on and is occupied by = class oil
wealthy and enterprising citizens, but
so isr have not seen much desira-
bic land open to settlement, though
l have not been down below q great
distance. One isct in connection
with agricultural pursuits does not
speak very loud in favor OF TINS part
OF Montana, and that is, at present
Utah is furnishing, through two of
her enterprising citizens, Messrs.
Kicks and Hendricks, about ell OF the
-four consumed hereabout., and the
prospect is favorable for . market
here for large portion OF the surplus
wheat from Cache County.
From every indication, however. l
am led TO believe that what this por-
ton of Montana may lack in sgricul
tural products will De made up by
her vast yield OF precious metals, and
the hordes of cattle, sheep and horses.
Last night l attended the first 20.
litical meeting ever held In Dillon, it
being composed OF turnout OF DEM
ocrsts who came out to hear the Hon.
Martin Msginnis discuss the political
questions ct present sgitsting the
American people. l had only been
in the place three days, and yet l
suppose because l am considered an
old settler in the terminus, the dem.
ccrsts present honored me by calling
on me to preside al the meeting. Not
having previously met Major Magin-
mis-, l was anxious to see ard hear
him, in order that l might form an
opinion as to his merits; and although
l was prepared to find in him a per-
con of culture and natural talent, 1
must confess that was csptivsted by
his earnest advocacy of the cause of
truth and honesty as promulgated by
the democracy, and since meeting
him can readily understand why the
democratic people of Montana insist
on keeping him at Washington.
Samuel Ward, Esq, an able attor-
ney of Virginia City, accompanied
Major Msginnis, and ALEC made an
interesting speech.
This evening religious services will
be held by two ministers of the NJ. E.
Church in the tent where the demo-
Gratis held forth, and the pulpit from
which they speak will be the tenn
porary platform erected by myself
and others for the use of the preach
ers of the democratic persuasion. Il
shall attend D. V. and hear what
they may have to lay on this, also the
fret occasion OF religious exercises in
the new town OF Dillon.
Most OF the houses have been
brought down here from Red Rock
and are being rapidly put up and
occupied Even while sm break
ing the Sabbath by scribbling these
few lines, the sounds of the hammer
ana the saw resound from all quar-
tiers, and all transactions of business
60 on as usual; in fact, one circum-
stance only happened to remind me
that this is the Sabbath, and that the
simple announcement OF "oyster
soup" at dinner (for that ia always 90
here), and oyster soup usually means
water, seasoning and an occasional
bivalve.
A large amount of freight has &C.
aud is arriving daily, but
as q large number of teams and
wagons is engaged in transporting
goods hence, the probability is that
the warehouses will ere long be pretty
we'll cleaned 0Dt III. D. j.