Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-29

Tho Branch Line TO the Yellowstone National
PARK has its terminal point here, and all the i'm
! mense travel to that famous resort is compelled
to stop here from few hours' time TO q number
| of Gays. The principal shops Of the railroad
company between BTainerd and the Pacific Ocean
| are now being built here They viii give en-
ployment to probably 1850 men. Pine timber il
plenty IN the surrounding country, and various
sawmills In the immediate vicinity OF the town
furnish work for hosts OF employees. The valleys
of the Yellowstone, Shields and Smith rivers are
vast and very rich IN agricultural resources, and
are well settled. Their trade is entirely tributary
to Livingston, while magnificent cattle ranches
abound IN every directions vast mines Of true BIZ
luminous coal, which can be cooked for / = cents
Per ton; also rich iron mines are within two tc
four miles from town, ard are being worked.
The gold placer mines of Emigrant Gulch, Bear
Crevice, Mill Greek, and Eight-Mile Greek, are
all in the Yellowstone Valley just south of Lily
ingston. directly tributary to it, and are being
actively worked. That wonderfully rich quartz
country, silver and gold, known as the Clark'a
Fork District, is south of town, and Livingston
is the headquarters and Quitting point. I'm
mense deposits of limestone, sandstone, clay and
fine brick clay, are but two miles distant and the
manufacture of line is already an important in
dustry, this being the first point after leaving Du-
luth on the east, 1000 miles, where lime rock is
found. There ara some ECO buildings In course
Of construction. Tbs Park Addition on which
the new ST, 600 school house is expected to be
built Is the most desirable residence property in
town, while the Palace Addition contains the
cheapest business property offered for sale-the
tendency of business and business Improvements
being largely in that direction. There are two
banks, the First National and private bank: two
newspapers, one daily and one weekly. snelt
ing and reduction company is also IN process OF
formation, to be located here. There are many
chances for business enterprises OF various kinds.
Like all new countries, the porSunitiee for
profitable employment are very good and work
men as well as men of capital viii find plenty OF
chances in and around the town. Livingston Is
less than year old, yet it is probably the second
largest city in Montana: 1t is not surprising
when one considers that agriculture alone has
made Fargo; the Northern Pacific company's rail
road shops, Brainerd; summer visitors, Saratoga;
lumber, Eau Claire; silver ard gold mines, Den
YER; cattle Kansas City; iron and coal, Pittsburg
that d combination Of all Of these factors es IL
found here should, within the next FIVE years
make this point city of at least $4,000 people.
The prediction may seem wild one, but we have
yet to see OF know anyone who, few years ago,
was accused Of being wild then in their pTedic-
tons, who predicted one-haIf of what has actual
ly occurred in the Northern Pacific country. We
sold lots IN Fargo few years ego for 500 each
That would sell to-day for $40 000; acres at james
town for SIS per acre (cost IS cents) that to-day
sell for 81, 900, and are built on. We have acres
to-day IN Fargo which cost 1875 cents that are
now in town lots selling at the rate of 81, $50 per
acro. So lots at Iiyingsten which We now fer
at fron SIS to $3.50 will, inside of years, sell at
from $500 to Sl0,000 apiece. They have done 30
at all good points on the road in the past, and
they will il the future-particularly at an excep-
tionally good poiz1t Ike this. We ed. anoe price
in July.
C. LIFIN GSTON & CO.,
IS East Third street, St. Paul.
G. @. BEARDSLEY,
Fsrgo. Dakota.
". A. SMITH,
General Agent, Livingston, Montana.