The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-03-26
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readers Of the LEADKR q brief account
Of what I saw and heard during my
journey from Helena, Montana. via
Bozeman, the Yellowstone valley and
forts Custer, Mckinney and Fetter-
man 70 Cheyenne, which terminated
yesterday.
The people Of Montana, Is a whole.
are still strongly opposed to sabsidiz-
ing and exempting from taxation the
Utah 4 Northern railroad. Hardly a
kind word is eve spoken about the
project except by the few who are pc
cuniariy interested In the success Of the
enterprise. The company carries freight
10 the present terminus 50 low that the
old freightens cannot haul with profit.
The business on almost all the hay
ranches from Franklin, Utah, TO Beaver
Canon, has been rendered nal. Conse-
quentiy there Is much said about the
narrow gauge line that Is decidedly
more vigorous than complimentary.
Sharp merchants at Butte have COM
menced shipping in oleomargerine,
cheap grades Of butter and packed eggs
from Kansas and Utah. These, and
other articles, are driving natural pro-
ducts out Of the general market and
giving rise 10 gloomy prospects among
the ranchers affected by the change
and who are not able to compete.
Principal criminal court proceedings
in the territory are confined 10 murder
cases and as the witnesses have TO be
brought from n long distance at great
cost there is lond complaint relative TO
the high rate OF taxation rendered
necessary TO cover this source Of ex-
penditure.
VIGILANCE COMMITTEES EXIST,
with thorough organization, TO keep
down taxation by the speedy execution
Of murderers and not unfrequently
perform the duties OF their self-imposed
ONCE with celebrity and perfect effect.
The mining and immigration booms
will be revived about the first Of next
| May. Butte and the Judith basin will
be made the principal localities for
attractiveness. The intention Is to
make several of the Butte mines lively
gambling concerns and to effect this
result arrangements are in progress.
There Is no doubt that the Alice silver
mine, owned by the well known Walker
brothers Of Salt Lake City, is a very
rich one and that Butte is destined to
become an immensely wealthy camp.
HELENA IS NOT VERY LIVELY.
1t is almost isolated from the outside
world In the winter time. The present
cold season has been very severe, not SO
much on account OF SNOW as by reason
Of the high winds that have prevailed.
The loss OF cattle, caught out In bliz-
yards, has been considerable. Boze-
man Is an agricultural region but
there Is no market, ut present, OF any
account, for the large quantity of Gne
wheat and unrivalled potatoes raised in
the Gallatin valley. Flour could he
bought in Bohemian, when l left there,
for sl.5 n hundred pounds, ut retail.
This same wheat, when taken across
the range into the Yellowstone valley,
commanded from "a to So n hundred.
according to the distance taken
the river. The main divide between
the Gallatin and Yellowstone valleys
was deeply covered with n when
your correspondent crossed it. The
snow was from three to eight feet deep.
The roads in the Yellowstone valley
were almost wholly free from snow.
However, high winds swept down the
valley and rendered travelling extremely
unpleasant.
An idea prevails that the National
Park cannot be reached in winter in
consequence Of the deep snow that
must necessarily exist there. This Is
an impression and when the
railroad from Cheyenne to the Yellow
stone valley Is fully completed tourists
can 60 up into Wonder Land Mt all sea-
sons Of the year provided they are
suitably clad and take a fair quantity
OF provisions along with them. / have
been to Wonder Land from the Virgin
In City side and after examining the
Yellowstone route have come to the
conclusion that the latter is the prefer
able one.
THE LOSS OF CATTLE,
In the Yellowstone valley, this spring,
will be heavy. A large number has
already died. Some complaints are
made by stockmen that the range Is
not rs good Us IL used TO be; that
settlers are becoming too thick and
herds too large. Many improvements
OF various kinds are projected. The
general stage-fare is about fifteen cents
n mile. Light coaches are run every
alternate day between Bozeman and
Miles City. On the other days the
mail Is carried on horseback. The
average time made is fair. On the
way down the valley we passed through
several
LARGE PARTIES OF CROWS.
They had just been getting their annu-
tiles and were evidently feeling quite
jolly. Some Of them were disposing
Of portions Of these annuities to sharp
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