The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-10-21
AN EDITORS VIEWS.
Deer Lodge Rather Comfortable Town After
ALI.
Duane y. Armstrong in Missoulian.

All.
Duane y. armstrong In Missoulidn.
A ride from Helena to Deer Lodge is al
ways long and tiresome one. 1t il nearly
all either up or down hill. 1t embraces
scenic points of grand beauty with panoramic
changes from wooded mount and moss-grown
rock to sylvan wales and dashing streams
but it is hard upon horse fl esh and trying to
human temper. When once the journey is
over the rider Is at home in the town of
DEER LODGE.
He finds there very comfortable hostelries
kept by mine hosts Sam Scott, Messrs. Ayles-
worth q Mcfarland and Charles Rouleau,
where he Is positively sure of good fare and
lodging, and all the days difficulties are soon
forgotten in the contemplation of savory
roasts and refreshing beds. Deer Lodge and
Philipsburg, by the way, are the only two
camps in the Territory where the hotel ac-
commodations are amply sufficient to meet
the demands made upon them, and even In
the latter place additional room is being pro-
vided.
Business in this model town liz very gener-
ally quoted as dull, !" but the outlook Is full
of promise, and the average Deer Lodger
sees in the railroad smoke which Is now SO
genei ally afoat in the Montana air, a bow OF
promise, betokening business galore to " the
town on the t,ail to Bear" A glance at the
well-flled stores of Murphy, Higgins 81 Co.,
X. T. Bonnsc s. Co., Kennon & Zenor, and
Kleinschm,dt Bros, viii teach any reasona-
BITE being that the immense stocks of
goods here exposed for sale We're not brought
here for fun or love, but that the enterprising
men who are continually transporting them
from the east are also selling them to fat Gus
TONERS whose names are legion and whose
hahitations are scattered ovei the whole lower
country, from Pioneer to the head OF the
Bitter Root Valley. The wholesale trade Of
Deer Lodgs. is no inconsiderable one, and we
are informed that merchants and ranchmen
of Missoula county figure among the most
frequent and desirable customers. We find
In return that Missoula county fiour, oats and
vegetables are also largely consumed here,
and the Deer dodgers tell US they look upon
these Bitter Root turns" As evidences that
it is just as blessed to give as to receive
scriptural adages to the contrary notwith-
standing.
Here il published the New NoRTH-WEsT
universally conceded TO be the most well
come visitor, next TO their local newspapers,
OF all publications In the Territory; here Is
the Penitentiary, and near here il the In
sane Asylum; here Is the Collegiate Institute
and fine farming region surrounds the
town and provides business for its inhabi-
tants. Deer Lodge boas.s Of more fine houses
III Its neighborhood than any other town, big
or little, in the Territory. To tins state of af-
fairs she Ii much indebted to the enterprise
Messrs s. e. Larabie, Kohrs u Bielenberg.
Sam. Scott and the late John s. Pemberton,
~ well M 10 other stock growers In the inn
mediate vicinity. We recently visited the
breeding establishments Of Nsssrs. Larabie
and KohrS u Birlenberg, and were not only
gratified but astonished At the number and
superior excelienc tof the horses at their r.
specfive establishments Thoroughbred,
high bred frotfrra, Clydeslales and Norman
Prrcheren ssaili0ns here abound, aud the inn
press Of their royal strains Of blood upon the
native stock Of Deer Lodge county y svery-
where 70 b seen