The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-09-28
THE EDITORIAL ExcuRslowisTs.
The Most Influential Body of Men That Has
Visited Montana.

When thezgreat Willard excursion Started
from the East there were about sixty JONI
naIists and artists with it. 1t is not dispar-
| agement to others to say they were rs an eie-
ment the brains of the party-not men whose
money, or titles, or genealogy give them
place, but men whose intelligence, learning,
energy, integrity, and work have placed them
/ in the foremost rank of journalists In Europe
! and America. They were men who could
| least afford to take the time for great eX-
cursion like that projected, yet men whom
the great journals they represented could
trust in the most extended exploration OF an
important and practically new country which
this decade has furnished. Many could DC
absent but a short time and were hurried
! home to their more pressing labors. Others
have kept the field as opportunity permitted
and as yet about one-half of those who started
out under the care of that most accomplished
writer and excellent gentleman, Mr.. +. V
Smalley, are still in the field, although speed
ing rapidly homeward. They have traversed
the New Northwest, studied 1t from the tips
of its highest pines to the depths of its best
developed mines, and return with an intclli-
gent idea of the country, its resources AMI
people This they could not do without a
visit to Missoula, Butte, Deer Lodge, Helena,
and the eastern towns, and this they have
done to date with religious adherence to
their promises, III sharp contrast with the
Indifference of the rest of the cXcurSiOnlstS
Tuesday morning the party left their
Northern Pacific special and took special
train on the Utah and Northern to Butte,
where until "Wednesday noon they remained
visiting the mines and reduction works I'M
der the hoSpitablc courtcSies of the IhteT
Mountain, Miner, Sheriff Hyn, the SILVER
Bow club, and the several mining superin
tendents, whose attentions they very crate
fully acknowledge.
After noon Wednesday they started &c
Deer Lodge, arriving about $50 and spend
ing a couple of hours here. The Deer Lodge
cOrnet band received them at the cars and eS
cortrd them up to the New NORTHWEST
quarters, where many Of our citizens met
them and an hour or two was constructive
trust pleasantly. The heavy smoke decided
against driving out for the splendid views o
the val ley and town, which our citizens
would gladly have had them do, and the brie
time allotted was doubly consumed before
the visitors boarded the train and spec
away to Garrison, where their train was il
waiting. The following composed the party
L. V. Smalley, North-Wcst, New York, il
charge.
Colonel Charles d. LambOrn, st. Paul
General Land Agent Northern Pacific Eall
road Company.
Harry p Robinson, Cheltenham, England
PdH MAI Gazette.
f. A Richardson, Baltimore San.
Richard Bartholdt, New York City, New
York stats ZeitIltq.
John l.. Thomas, Ir., Baltimore .lD'e'1cdn
Royal w. Merrill, Philadelphia Press.
j. r. Brigham, Milwaukee, Sentind
r. b. Lindsay, Boston Adrertiscr.
p. v Deuster, Milwaukee Seebote.
+. F. MITCHELL New York sun.
H. V. Boynton Washington, ID. c., Gin
cinnati Commercial Gurstte.
W,lmot l.. Warren, Springfield Mass RI
publican.
Henry LOOMS Nelson, Boston Nero".
H. T. Sperry, Poxi, Hartford, Conn.
DIR. Wilhelm Mohr, Zedug GoZettc, CO
logne, Germany.
w. w. Coleman, Milwaukee Herald.
j. C. Porter, st. Louis Gl0Je-DemocTat.
G. Hansen, West,Iche Post, st. Louis.
ii. Farney, artist, Century Magazine.
Charles Graham artist, HdrperS weekly.
We trust they will have a safe and pleasan
tourney to their homes aud will remember a
kindly as they are remembered 10y the peopl
of Montana who had the good fortune
meet them.