The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-27

lowstoRe. The city has a population
of from 1900 to 1900 enterprising peo-
pie who fully appreciate tho advan.
tages of their position and who are
disposed to make the most of them.
They have supplied themselves with
the usual complement of churches,
school houses, stores, hotels and busi-
ness houses and, judging from its ad-
vertising columns, they extend gen.
erous support to their bright, newsy
daily paper the Billings Herald. The
Northern Pacific is constructing
work shops at this point which will
prove an important factor in the per-
manence and prosperity of this place.
A CATTLE SHIPPING CENTER.
North of the city lays the great
Musselshell range upon which, in
winter and summer, feed and fatten
immense herds of cattle. The Big
Horn country on the south also has
almost unlimited grazing resources
which are being utilized by enter
prising stock growers. Billings is
the center of these immense stock
ranges, and the point from which
large numbers of beef cattle are an
nually shipped to Eastern markets.
1t is stated that over 20, 900 head were
shipped from this place last year.
But this number was only starter.
Each year will add to it. The North
ern Pacific is increasing its IA
cilities for handling beef in car
cass as we'll as on foot.
A large number of refrigerator
cars will be placed in service, and
dressed beef will be delivered to all
points in Dakota and Mime
sofa, as well as at places farther East,
ready for the retailers block. This
industry is only in its infancy.
When it is considered that the great
grazing fields laying on both sides of
the Yellowstone are capable of turn
ing out annually 100000 to 200, 900 of
superior beef cattle; that these cattle
are grown and fattened without see
ing a forkfull of hay or knowing the
taste of it; that the expense Of raising
them until they are fit for the sham
bles is merely nominal; and that there
is an ever increasing demand for
them in markets on the East |
ern line of the Northern Pacific road,
a faint conception of tho magnitude
which the cattle-raising industry of
this section will attain, in the near
future, may be obtained. Miles City |
and Billings are the natural shipping
points for this trade and will receive |
it.
LIVINGSTON,
The gate city to the National Park,
is situated on the left bank Of the
Yellowstone, lis miles west of Bill
ings. Like Miles City and Billings
it is built upon level plain, with
Natural and easy approaches from
every direction. The town is grow
ine very rapidly, receiving its great
est impetus at the present
time by the construction of
the National Park branch of the
Northern Pacific. which branch
leaves the main line at this point
and follows up the left bank Of the
Y Yellowstone to point within five
miles of the wonderful mammoth
Hot Springs. The town is now all
ife and hustle. Hotels. stores and
,ther business houses are being con-
to supply the fast increas-
ng trade which its rapid settlement
orces upon it. Aside from the ad-
which it enjoys in being the
ransfer point for visitors to the Park,
ha. large deposits of silver ore,
ron ore, bituminous coal, limestone,
.tc., in close proximity. The Clark's
Fork mines are reached from this
,oint by a wagon road. With its
resources and rail-
DAD advantages Livingston possesses
dement's of permanence and pros
'erlty which few Montana towns
njoy. Its people are intelligent and .
nterprising, which fact is evidenced
q the establishment and support of
he Daily Enterprise, a newspaper
ecently started at the place. Liv-
ngston is q safe place to tie to and
7hen capital is directed to the devel- :
pment of it's surrounding mineral I
esources it will experience a boom
nat will place it abreast the most
of Montana cities.
BOZEMAN J
9 26 miles westward of Livings-
IN and 1856 miles from st. Paul. r
Iozeman is not q railroad town.
t had prosperous life and being s