The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-28
w. s. AGAIN.

Gto6e-D Democrat, written al Butte, under date
of the oath ult., and signed w. S. In thai
letter the writer referred to this portion Of
the territory in terms not at all complimen'
tary to its citizens or its mines. While here
the equanimity of the temper of the gentle
mar appeared to have been disturbed by the
presence Of empty bottles, uneven sidewalk:
and a consuming appetite. We now heal
FROM him again. In a letter dated az Fl. BuforC
the 9TH inst, and which appears in the above
named journal in lis issue Of the 18th inst.
the gentleman gives Montana a parting blas
and tie readers of the Gi0be-DemOcrat the
benefit OF his knowledge of the varied re-
sources Of the territory. He entered The ter
ritorV on HE l.. x n. railway, came 10 Butte
by private conveyance, from hence he went
to Helena by coach, from thence to Benton
over the stage road and passed down he riv-
er by boat. From what he saw and learned
Oh this route of travel W. s. has presumed
to record al opinion concerning Mo.!tana
and its resources. which is at such
variance with well kuown facts that we feel
compelled to notice it. Furthermore the APP
pearance Of the letter to which we refer in a
journal so widely circulated as the Globe
D4,nocrot is. cannot fail +, overt an inAuanca
more or less damaging to the interests of the
territory and its people if the statements COLI
tanned in it are permitted to pass unchalleng-
ed by the press of Montana.
The gentlema. opens out his bundle of in
formation with the following flaming head
lines: "Good Pastures, but Poor Farms.
| Scarcity of Fuel and Water. Abundance of
Rad poo,, - o.o o.o ,ni .,o, .hu;.o ,ooo
- r.' c'o 'Ne''
DIS OF intelligence:
at will he REGARDED Ak hiyh treason NV the
good people of Montana tn exnress any douhI
of the future of their vast domain or IN
question the accuracy of the con-
s1antiy made reoardino the ADVANTAGES if of
fers to immigrants. But over the eastern
boundary line. at the ,no,lth of the Yellow
stone. after travelling some 1000 miles
through the leuo,b ana breadth of the terri
tory, and without the fear of the vig,lantes
before my mind. feel free TO saw that 7 do
not believe Montana will become Estate with.
in the lita.timo of the nrasant osnnration II
is too close to the sky and TOO near the North
Pole: it has too much bed. rock and TOO little
water, too many barren mountains and too
few fertile valleys, too little fuel and foo
much cold weather 10 ever become the hannv
home of a prosperous people.
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r., 10 nr,tw,I - s,n.o S;hi" - oppa?eI
" iTrIc IN . co,n,rv whars catiIs mrSt T,rn ~
I,,na throroL oil ,Ia sno.1ns as j., +ho ,o,n Nv ~
fInyfana liar. rnthiT~ w,,,h .rnalir. -
az 49, n",bar.d a|I - 49, 'rIaNi9 "
f fn ~, W %" faa u" NV" So cai y la'se"
,nit,.,j ~ ,mn 80 o~ron a'tI y rIi
tnat tJaT1 49,, Lo III, "nN .o|.i
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ai,iIizatin,' w;th,' nv 900 n''''u ~
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,hav will ho nrLno,vn in 10 -ast n'' 80"
u,h;ch lin hn,as ,nrs+ =. ill., a,oG
,,ous , .k, - ,,oe+ i,nn.ah"hio .":T
" that flo nnnuiatinn Of ,La Hn%y iu
iIcr.,s. r.n;aiv r. .ho noor Tntnnn 80
inT IN thn laat' an,s',s sor,a 40 400 nso w.
h.va takt,, IN ,hair 'osiJanoa :, rtop"
if Void n,yzla q saarcbnrt 70 Gnd IN r"r
,a,t If thst nmmhar wln viii AMY .PPn
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arritnrv H- AVIS III Il
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, f, v,,,,.,4 ,,,oL, a,,n,Ir tho ,Iau,a,. g..
.ncI,,s ar S,na,I f,r@os ~ Ea a r"
hay form onIv yerv ;,s;~1 fnan. tna -
# iba toraI ares DIV the hardia.+ o arr,Jn
an NO r,is.I Tia,a y :, :, 49," I.ia
,n,np If ina r.llanS nnrn T. %as r'au un"' ~
+ y. ,nt ,re.anIaJ tLat =, ;s n Jo,t sIo o,,I' l.. I
Iona nf hhsryos,i,a nsr;no " "''' ~ L.
= uacnysi,v in NOS, nar,i en M'p r. ~ Ta'ui
- - ~. IA Ii0at p'i''ohe VI '"e te'r4-
ig water is scarce, aud where water is p.ell-
J rare bedrock aooullus. Under favorable
Wild has bnap E,rrn",ed ; IN m1
,aLs, harley and poI a,oes, bat this NAV han
'en only one year i'll ten. Taking the aver
We ho""eIion Tor twenty years 1t is safe to J
mora Gran Of arv l,4rI,n ,ha ".' |
own than lie most fertile aud best wa,rreI |