The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-06-10
BUTTE MONTANA: SATURDAY. JUNE 10 1882.

1ONTANA: SATUB
Billings.
10 much has appeared recently In tn
peeoe thIoug ghout the United States con
cesnin&the town Of Billing sthat fhrthe,
dtscassion q the place would seem. "a
perauoas: It aPpsan, however, thai
the 1nitiSl number of . newspaper puo.
tto0 Of ID space 70 . brief description ol
The eatesps{se which the Billines Her
AID = hereafter 70 repgeoent before th(
public. The sudden transformation q
the open prairie into . city isa phenom.
enon but seldom witness, even In thil
age and county Of Iapld progress. The
tIanoitjon from baIhoIism to civilization
y usually Of show accomplishment. In
| the present instance, however, the
change has been instantaneous. Only
. few weeks ago the spot on which thia
paper h printed WaD barren plain, dot.
ted at long intervals with the humble
IoucheD Of ve0tuTeo0me fro0tiesumen,
and from time immem0rial tho home Of
the bufIhlo and Indian. Today houses
are erected On twenty different stzeets,
and new 00eD arc going up on every
side, wagon trains laden with mef-
chandise are arriving daily, and the
th0EoughAFes Of 81l1ingB present . bu-
sines activity such - Is not witnessed
In any other town in Montana. The
change seems almost - wonderful q
those related in the old time tales Of
Eoseefn magic. No such sopefnat9Ia!
influence, however, has been required
10 this instance. The only. magic
oeocght into pay was tnas OF the spirit
Of oommege1a! e0terpf1se, e1cated into
activity BY the tast approochtng track
OF the Northern eaeanc ha,Iroed.
u.r rn.
20 S .s.,;n@ one nont.So. ~ ~ ~ ;2 - - - 3 IS
5orsseeing tho advantags Of the loc::
ton: purchased nom the company ell
tne 'rnas eonss'nsc rs.1s 70 10 !sat e.o% ~ the
t.s:'' s known - C!aixes ss F9tk oos'om. &
warts OF co,O09 acres q the most fertile
ming Ut the point where the railroad,
making jt0 drst crosetn& Of tho r1ver,
emerg@ from the Crow Indian re.erva-
ton. The requi!ements OF the railroad
made 1t evident that town ~ TO be
built someWhoee 10 tooe SoceDtY, . .
division terminus would b needed Inn
mediote1y amer leaving the region ~
cred to the Crown. A tovnstee company
W. oeYAnjooo, with 0r. CIet3 - the
PTo19dent, and the present Sooeeaco ~
decided upon, and early In Aps1l - =.
The plat was Placed 6eeore the pool1c
for the 00lo Of J0eD. The uNpt0ce0e0too
npe0N VAN v9sc0 t0o s:k ~
uouolR 36o6dGnoo IN the intFlnsjc 0eF-
}f az ~ aohannA. .InGide of fpor weeks
neorlV s 80 - vsso oold, and In e.
egy t4o1anoo ~ orde9 IbT dc land hD
~ 1nlloVo6 b. the roquieed eAGh poy-
nssok Tbe oal1 dimealty has been b
saGa1k ~ sagef haste u opplieonts.
.-,-
The !oonfsoo q tee sown Il ooeIse1y
attractive. AZ mr. . the cyeeent
reaches The gsascy plo!n % the weoe
doQo geotly and evenly no0 speepe9-
djeolar ridge of so9 soeo1eone. w31co
1osmo ttD no!ehesn oconoetyi % tno 1ea-
3owstooe, whooe swtn 1oW1n8 wseea1
separate 1t On the souen noo toe CtoW
Reserve. On the oPPo:eee banks o. tne
Iiyoe o!1oe . oseSes q pecto!e4u % on1eea'
SoSOO A18SWS oa1DUO ~ ~SSS~o ~Sx.~.
at intesvsk the snowy tops Of The Big
Horn and tho Prior lan4ee. About W
miles 70 the west the Rocky moonteins
rear their eoow capped slnmm1ts 20 tne
olouds, and appear ~ tho clear pure os'
mosphe1e not over ID or 70 miles az
tanE 6unoonded On every SIDE ~
loty e01nenceo, the town hes on . oeou-
tifel peairie whose scl, Wherever aoooH
cd By The agI1esltnrise' respond" with
luxuriant crops.
,.,r -.
The town COMPANY ovns one-ne4 tne
Iano Iot . @nce s..s:a ~ sn.I :S".s. ..s 49,
veos IIom os!unS sas atss~v1s tHs ~. ~
%9aa!X % !eessveo sSt .. ~ p..ot, so..t,,s - =. % -.
W,4..1S WsCo ~ 1S.~;t~O SHv "TS..S Oai1 hs~>
up on the companys pEoperty In the
valley which BY itself WIN Insure TIE
enduring pgoeees1ty q town Of lo:WO
inhabiten6. Excepting ae Foaee's bot
tom and short stretch on the Grow
Reserve, there b NO such fertile soil in
the Yellowstone valley east Of Clhrke's
Fork bottom. For the cultivation od
wheat and oats ite capacity he's already