Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-24

The Branch Line to the Yellowstone National
Park mas its terminal point here, end sn the in
mense tTavel TO that famous resort IS compelled
to stop here from a few hours time 70 a number
OF days. The principal chops of the railroad
company between Brainerd and the Pacific Ocean
are now being built here. They will give ED
ployment to probably 1000 men. Pine timber is
plenty in the surrounding country, aaC various
sawmils IL the immediate vicinity OF the town
furnish work for hosts of employees. The valleys
of the Yellowstone, Shields and Smith rivers are
vast and verE Iica n agricultural resources, and
well settled. Their trade is entirely tributary
to Livingston, while magnificent cattle ranches
abound in every direction; vast mines of true BIZ
luminous coal, which can be cooked for Ia cents
per ton: also rich iron mines are within two TO
four miles from town, q are being worked.
The gold placer mines Of IMMIGRANT Guloh, Besr
Crevice, Mill Creek, and Eight-Mile Creek, are
all in the Yellowstone Valley just south of Liy-
ingston, directly tributary to it, and are being
actively worked. That wonderfully rich quartz
country, silver and gold, known as the Clark's
Fork District, ia south OF town, and Livingston
ia the headquarters and Quitting point. IN
mense deposits of limestone, sandstone, clay and
fine brick clay, are but two miles distant, anG the
manufacture of lime is already an important IL
dustry, this being the first point after leaving Du-
luth on the east, l ,0oD miles, where lime rock ie
found. There are some 200 buildings in course
of construction. The Park Addition on which
the new SIT 900 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 two
banks, the First National and private bank; two
newspapers, one daily and one weekly. sIneit
ing and reduction Company is also process OF
formation, to be located here. There are many
chances for business enterprises of various kinds.
Like ell new countries, the portunities for
profitable employment very good and work
men as well as men Of capital will find plenty oe
chances in and around the town. Livingston ID
less than year old, yet it ia probably the second
largest city in Montana: 1t is not surprising
| when one considers that agriculture alone Rae
| made Fargo; the Northern Pacific compsny's rail-
| road shops, Brainerd; summer visitors, Saratoga;
| lumber, Eau Claire; silver and gold mines, Dem
ver; cattle Kansas City iron and coal, Pittsburg;
| that combination of all of these factors L
| found here should, within the next Eve years
make this point city of st least $4,000 people.
| The prediction may seem wild one, but We have
| yet to see or know anyone who, q few years ago,
was accused of being wild then in their predic-
tons, who predicted one-half OF what has actual
| ~ occurred in the Northern Pacific country. We
| sold lot IN Fargo few years ago for 500 each
that would sell to-day for $40 600; acres at James
town for SIS per acre cost 48 ceDts) that to-day
sell for 81 $780, and are built on. We have acres
| to-day In Fargo which cost 48115 cents that arc
now In town lots selling at the rate of 81 ,25O PSF
| acre. So lots at Livingston which we now odse
ct from s25 to $3.50 WILL inside of years, sell at
from $500 to $40, 900 apiece. They have done go
| at ali good points on the road in the pest and
they will in the future-paEticularly at an excsp-
tionslly good point Like this. We ad-.ance price
| in July.
| C. LIVINGSTON & co.
6S East Third street, st. Peui.
G.. G.. BEARDsLEY,
| Fsrgo, Dak0ta.
W. 4. SMITH,
General Agent Livingston. Montana.