The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-03-31
ENCOURAGE HONEST INDUSTRY.


Editor Neic North Vest:
SIR-Every citizen of Deer Lodge Ii or
should be interested in the present and future
prosperity of the town. 1t Is conceded by all
who visit US that we have the neatest, pretti-
est, and cleanest town in the Territory" re-
sembling New England village" Our To-
cation In admirable, situated almost in the
center of Montana's loveliest valley, con-
tanning forty miles of rich, well-cultivated
farms, linitless pastures, and surrounded in
every direction by fabulously rich and mex
hapstible mines.
Our schools, unsurpassed by those of any
tewn OF our size In the United States, in the
near future viii make us the "Athens OF
Montana" to which will come not only the
youth of our own Territory, but from every
valley and mining camp in the great North
west.
Our numerous churches, our beautiful resi-
dences, and well-kept lawns and gardens are
the pride of our citizens and the admiration
of strangers.
Soon the shrill snort of the iron horse will
be heard in our midst, reverberating from
mountain to mountain and reminding us with
its oft-recurring echos that we are no longer
an isolated people, but in reality an integral
part of and bound with iron bands to that
ever restless and resistless people who have,
in the comparatively short space of a century,
from puny infant republic struggling for
existence, stepped to the front rank of ma
tions and astonished the world with the mag.
| nitude and grandeur of their achievements.
With the advent of the railroad will come
new people, new ideas, new industries and
| enterprises. We can not, If we would, es-
| cape them, and the question presents itself,
| Are we ready and prepared TO receive them?
With the prospect of Deer Lodge being
| the terminus of the Utah and Northern rail.
road for the next two years, the point from
which the Helena freights, as well "a that for
all points on the west side north of Butte, will
| be shipped, and without rival town, pres.
| ent or prospective, in the entire valley to dis
pute the possession or divide the benefits Of
the many advantages surrounding us, we may
reasonably expect that Deer Lodge will re
ceive its full share of the coming immigra
| ton.
While capital will come to seek remunera
| tive investment, and the beauty and health
| fulness of the town, aided by our superior ed
| ucatlonal facilities, will attract many wealthy
families to the place, it Is probable, however
that the larger portion of the population soor
| to be added to the town will be composed Of
farmers, mechanics, and laborers. These
classes will come to seek a livelihood by hon
est toll and enterprise, and their success
their stay among us, will depend upon tn,
encouragement they receive. To them mus
we look for the cultivation of the immense
tracts of land in the valley now unclaimed
and to the building up of our town, which,
verify believe, not many years hence, will
rank second to no town in Montana in wealth
and population. And again l will ask, Ar,
we ready and willing to receive them and ex
tend to them the encouragement they will
need and deserve? wish all who are inter
ested in the town, especially those among II
whose positions entitle them to respect ant
influence, could answer this question affirma
lively. But, regret to say, there are SOM
people here who are not as mindful of tn
interests of the town as they Should be
There are few mechanics and laborers nov
here who must depend upon their daily labo
for support for themselves and families. The
complain, too truly, fear that they can no
obtain steady employment, that 1t is Difficult
to earn enough to support themselves, an
they attribute it, rightfully or not, to the fac
that quite a number of our prominent cit
gems, whenever they have any work to dc
employ convict labor to do it. This is not a
it should be. Why should we employ cor
yict labor? There are many good reason.
too apparent to require mentioning, why w
should encourage those honest mechanic
and laborers whe live among us. A new O.
I. der of things will soon confront us. W
should be prepared to adapt ourselves to it.
! Let this blighlng curse of convict comp'
tition cease-compared to which Chimes
cheap labor would be a three-fold blessing.
C.