The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-11-06
MONTANA.
a Few Points from the Growing
Territory.
The Trip from Dillon to Butts
With Some Notes on thu
Latter City.
BUTTE CRY, DEER LODGE Co.,
Montana, Nov, 8. 1880.

BUTTE OlTT, DEER LODGE Co.,
Montana, Nov. 8, 1880
Editors Herald:
My lest .Was written from Dillon,
On inquiry As to the stage fare from
toe terminus to Butte, on Gilmer &
sAlisbury's coach. the polite agents
answer was SIS. Tnis was en- the
night OF the 9th OF October, 1880,
the day OF the frat through train
from Ogden. There was soma DELAY
In starting the stage and il WAS 10
p. N. before We made a start. The
night was dark and stormy, and we
bad not gone far before one of the
passengers had to gst out and hold the
team while the driver hunted for the
road. Although the fare is very high
out little attention is paid TO the
comfort Of passengers. The coach
that ne we're in had on thirty eight
cases of fruit besides six passengers
and the mail. There we're only four
horses, and they were small ones. We
only made four miles per hour. The
stage passes through Glendale, where
the Hscla Mining Company is run
ping a large smslter and turning out
large lots Of bullion. From Glendale
to Butte is thirty five miles. Three
or four more passengers Joined us
there. After . tedious drive of twenty
hours, we arrived at cur declaration
at 80 pm.
Three years ago Butte was but little
known. The city il on the slope OF
. low mountain facing the south and
southeast. Il is now the largest place
In this territory and has 9 population
of 5000 and is growing very fast. |
New buildings are going up in all
directions; lots that three years
sgo sold for from $500 to $7OOI
could not now be bought for a, many
thousands. A great amount of bust
ness is done here. Main street pre-
sents lively appearance every day.
The buildings are, unlike those of
most mining camps, being built of
brick, and are freproof. judging
from appearances, the people are not
like the carpetbsggers of the south.
They have come to stay. The mines
rank A No. 1, and are OF a perma-
nent character. A great many fine
new buildings have been built the
past year. Among these are the new
brick block OF @. B. Trowbridge, for
merly of Salt Lake, and one for the
lewelry store OF Leyson & Turck.
formerly in the employ of Joslin &
Park, also OF Salt Lake.
Butte is Incorporated; il has some
fine churches and also a school build
ing that would be a credit to any city.
The people are wide awake TO all
business enterprises. and Butte will
yet be the capital of Montana. The
citizens are noted for their kindness
to the destitute and for upholding the
wages OF WorkiDgmen. /
The Miners Union numbers over
900 members. On the stream be-
low the city, called the Silver Bow.
great deal of placer gold mining has
been done in the past, and some is
being done now by John Chinaman.
The county OF Deer Lodge is sepe-
rated from the rest Of the territory by
natural land marks and is on the
Pacific slope and the waters flow in
TO the Columbia River and into the
Pacific Ocean.
POLITICAL.
Politics run high in this territory,
each party striving to get the most
votes The democracy have for their
standard bearer Major Maginis, who
has for four terms represented this
territory as delegate in Congress, and
BIAS done so faithfully. The chances
are that he will be returned again.
The republicans have nominated Col.
w. F. Sanders, both parties have
cSnvsssed the territory most
On the 30.h OF October,
the democrats had torchlight pro-
cession, and speeches from Maginis
and others. On the LIST inst the
bad quite a time, 200
torch bearers, two bands OF music.
also a number Of banners and the
portraits # Garfield and Arthur.
One OF the banners had on the fol-
lowing, "a Tree vute and fair count
for ALL" Can this be the ssme party
that counted in Hayes four years
agoi II 90 they must have turned
over q new leaf. Sanders, in his
speech, tried to make the people be-
lievs that he was the right man for
the position. Time will tell.
W. II. LEE.