The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-07-27
MISS0UA.A COUNTY: POSITION.

l he amount OF la1u ulluGF CilIiFatioH 10
limited by the demand for the products, as
no facilities exist for export, but the yield
per acre of grain, vegetables, ETC., is very
large and the quality of the best" Whole
volumes of statistics are compressed within
the limits of this brief extract from the last
annual report of the Surveyo or General OF
Montana, the report which its author was
pleased to characterize as I" briet and imper-
feet" The amount OF land under cnltiva-
lion is limited by the demand for the pro-
ducts,'-suns UP in a few terse words the
existing stage OF Moltai,a's development. Cut
oil from eastern consumers and relying
wholly upon d home market for Tie generous
Yield of their productive fields, the farmers
Of Montana are encouraged TO raise only such
All announL of grain. etc. as can find u market
wilma the terllloly. This imposes IA limita-
ton upon tile amount of land brought under
cullA allon, and il would be Il safe estimate
to pa, the improved talms Of the territory at
| less Liian oie-lwenlieth of Monlanas arabic
land. Whole valleys are lying untouclsed,
LII he n%0rlllern part Of the territory, and
NslSSio'y III -'AiSS 'piA NS'A'J3 III Mn ihilIS
upon miles Of The best OF farming iand With
ouL u inan to till it; leagues upon leagues Of
the richest pasture whose wild timothy, or
more Nutritious bunch grass, is cropped only
by the elk, the black tailed deer, or the other
species Of large yallr that roam III thousands
over natures richest pasture ground. With
such All iuillle!sity ct ulIdeveloped resources
1t is OF couse the duty of those who are al
ready residents OF the territory to do what
they can towards attracting to Montana the
settlers it SO much needs the settlers who
shoald be induced to come by hundreds and
by thousands until our unpeopled valleys
| give lioMcs to prosperous multitudes-until
our waste places are made to blossom as the
rose. Wealth aud civilization are intimately
associated with density of population; not
with isolation aid solitude not with a state
of society in which a man feels himself
lowded AS soon as the smoke from the Chin
uey of his nearest neishbor becomes family
visible. Although an incursion of penniless
immigrants, OF men who must find profitable
employment the moment they arrive here is
To be deprecated, yet we cannot have too
many newcomers Of another class-the class
who come provided with means to 90 into
business Oh their own account, and are able
to look about them and become acquainted
with their new home and make a selection
tiom among the MANY business openings al
ways 10 be foul d. OF this class, the more
immigrants Montana attracts within its Dor
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territory and for iic welfare Of the settlers
a!lsady here.
The b~eltetits Of such an immigration would
be shared in by Missoula, more literally per-
haps than by any other county of the terri
tory. Besides its long valleys Of rich farming
land, as vet for ,hc most part unclaimed, that
ounly has hundreds Of square miles of luln-
Der whose like is not TO be found elsewhere
III Montana fisheries Of 10 ~inconside,a able
importance, and mines that Will yet give it u
prominence i'll mining circles similar to that
own enjoyed by Deer Lodge. these resour-
crs, agriculture, numbering, the fisheries and
mining, render it especially to be desired on
AIssunla's account that Montana speedily be-
come far more pOpulOuS than it is now, so
that a liOtue market may be provided, as we'll
as hands be supplied for the development of
the couitrl S many sources of wealth, as vet
left u~itiStul bed IN 4 state of nature. Owing
to its situation, though, Missoula receives the
smallest share Of amy county Of the immigra-
ton that reaches Montana. In tie extreme
west, it can only be reached by iraversiug the
entire breadth OF the territory, from Benton
at the head OF navigation; OF else by passing
through BeaverlIead and Deer Lodge counties
from the terminus. II is true tina. the Mullar
road leads directly from Missoula count,
towards Oregon, but the road has for some
years been impossible. ii it had been KEPT
open a continual! increasing stream of trade
aud travel from Washington and Oregon
would have brought settlers INTO the territory
aud to-day the road from the ST. Rsg!as cross
ing to the Newman grade would have beef
lined with cultivated ranches, with here ali,
there !. trading village.
The Mullau road was allowed TO 20 TO ruiz
2 because the people Of Missoula county fel
. into a strange error respecting their geograpn
zeal position Instead of knowing that ll.ei
t county formed the western limit of the Yves
side, they seem 10 have had All idea for SOM
| years back that Missoula is situated SOM
Y where near Fore Asssrnsboine, and conse
queu,iy that their Interests are more intimate