The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-09-14

No. a
g CAKES RECEPTION BY ST. PATTI
Interesting Speech About the Nortbe,
Pacific.
eacJs About the Route-Resources of III
oountry-A Branch to Fort Benton De-
termined Upon
Ihos Il. Oakes, First Vice President q
lhe Northern Pacific, had a receDtjon ten
ueieu MN oy prominent citizens OF ST. Pau
N the parlors of the Metropolitan Hotel O,
the Both ult.
hr, Oakes spoke BRIEFLY and succintly a.
follows, calling to his aid 10 flowers of r,,et
ORC nor aids Of gesture, but simply and for
cioly, as one thoroughly imbued with ssrone
oellefs and mighty hopes
Gentlemen Of st. Paul, / must he n,..,,, q,
| steTher staff than common were | nos fA1-
| eeieu ana gratifled by the reception you ..;1ye
conferred me tD:s evening, and most heartily
40 express my acknowledgements. NV
connection with the Northern Pacific has
Deen brief. ! am first appraised of NV cleo
tion % lhe Vice Presidency when in Port
1and, oregon, and coupled with the auDonce-
nleht Was the reqaest that would nuke the
overland Ilps Just finished, covering the
loute the railroad IS to take and has ;ahen
Darlng toe trip Was impressed with sever
u things 80 oe'ot-
Frst-Ihe Northern Pacific, when COM
peteo, Will be the only through line, under
: one management; running from the Mississ-
ippi to the Pacific Of the advantar. ~
tnls oneness OF control, I need not dwe'l.
Secohd-The road has the best nbvsical
location Of any in the world. A,ong he
beautiful Columbia for 600 miles, It. pssses
until il reaches the Deer Lodge valley.
Where II meets its first obstacle-an obstacle
Or winch the builders OF the Unon and Cen
tfal Hae'hcs would scarce have considered
one OF magnitude at all. The line crosses
the mountains here through the Mullen Pass
az a al1 elevation OF Dot more than 6,7OO feet
Some tunnelng will here be necessary
through l'rickly Pear valley the course i
held to the headWaters of the Gallatin SO that
not more than twenty-five or thirty miles are
destitute OF the advantage Of a river loea-
ton.
THE DIFFERENCE IN INDEBTEDNESS.
. Ihlrd-Ihe great difference in fixed in |
between the Northern and Union |
and the Central Pacics have not figures |
lere 70 give statistical statement of These
wish had-but YOU are oil
aware that the bonded debt of the two las1
mentioned roads is enormous, while the deb,
u the Northern Pacific, when completed
rom END to end, will not exceed S45, 900. 900
q bonds and 100000, 900 Of stock. TAp-
,lause
Fourlh-Almost the entire distance the
ufetY. OF a great 1ocal traffic is clearly mark
u, 1tn tne westward end we have the fer
lle valley OF the Columbia, and then Mon
ana comes with It's mines, its hocks and it,
gflcultufal possibilities | was agreeably
Qrprlsed in the valley of the Yellowstone
the great expectations I had
ormed OF It, From BoZeinan to junction /
ity saw large crops raised with a little ir- {
cation, and the means for ample irrigation
re all at hand. East from Junction Civ !
le crops will grow without irrigation. II is r
country that will support 3000 900 of peo- {
e, and the people will come if that be as '
'red, | need not speculate upon the effect I
us incoming will nave upon St. Paul and n
lnneapolls. Your State has now nearly n
illlon inhabitants, and in the tWO cities n
ere must be fully 100, 900 Surely as csn b. ,
SIX or seven years you will have coo, 600 i
mayhap more; who can tell The com +.
elton OF the road will be followed by i
"A GREAT GROWTH. OF NEW. INTERESTS f,
There are thousands Of tons OF ore ia Mon &c
1a waiting shipment to such places q: N
ese. OF cattle, am told, more than 3 900 pl
r loads would be shipped annually were pt
road ready. Think of an addition OF tb
y 0OO head to your present supplies, and, NJ
Z rev years instead of 5000 there will be | vf
)OO to 10, GEO Car loads for annual ship re
'ht. Inc sheep interest, too, looms up in 70
7at proportions. Montana ships now, am
q, 4OOO, OOO pounds Of wool per anndm,
] 10 snort hme-a very short time, too-t
u equal the production on the southern
IDS, now placed at Il, 100000 poun :s For "a "a
ny years the mining country in Montan, 10
Idaho will attract thousands and these lei
want your surplus products, for to whom ~
uld they look but you? So
did not intend to make set speech TO pc
I, gentlemen, and your worthy Mayor ces
ing SAID this reception would be a warm po
!, | want to acknowledge it and say (wip- snt
his forehead with bis handkerchief it is POI
:e-lt IS red hot However, | am ready oy
nsWer any questions you may put to me det
'otless newspaper reporter would have Wo
en- twice as much information out of me, ae aeA
have given, by a few of his pointed IN ~. ~.
les !" ufy
ANSWERING INTERRoG ATIoNs. VIC
en-. Sanborn asked information as to the Scr
'eylng and the construction of the Mc
The surveying is about finished, SO far as III
general course is concerned, since the ara
e is practically decided upon From of !
'oula to Horse plains and for twenty or loo,
" miles east of Lake Pen d d'Frielle, in all ha d
u 100 miles, the route is yet to be located fhe
1y horseback ride across the country be- a1el
N Pen d'Orielle and FIathead agency, foo
lnce Of 100 miles or more, / passed ~ arto
ugh the most densely wooded country ono
saw, and guides and natives told me the Rol
er belt extended north to the British line ant
southwark for miles npon miles. There ara,
7 magnificent specimens of tamerac, ce- 1 rece
oak and white pine. The quality of the Tho
is superior, and with the low rates of thor
'portation assured, your city will be da;l
ID receive millions Of feet Of it, and this - -
let, may in time, rival the great Wiscon-
ineries. What think you of cedar trees A
nteen feet in diameter? | saw many wee
and the wood is most superior in quail voys
just
answer to questions from Ir. ID. Il. that
IS, Mr., oakes went on. pay
'ars will be running to Rosebud by the to.
lie Of November. This is 1879 miles west
endiVe, the present nominal terminus, IT
~ the same time next year BOzeman, tanek
Tee re xrrsiI