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MIssouLA. Mon. Ter. july sS 1883
There is not aaother town this side of the
Raeky Mountains at present. OF any size that
hiss sush good prospects bsfore 1T to become
a iarss place and commercial center as Ms
souls has to-day. Lots in the hest business
psr,ion OF the town are selling at very rea-
sou able dsure and 1 could not hear OF any
property that had he,n sold for more than
SIS Der from. fnot. It Is hos ~ trading
center for large tract Of ccuntry, and shsn
the mines sronnd are in . course OF develop.
nens. tine possibilities are immense. Here
sosare only the lodges, which, when dissoy-
cred, were enormously rich. have been
worked, sud as general rule they are SIT.
ua,ed IN clzste.s In soaae distric. iike Bate,
but now that the railroad will bring asach'-
merry almost to the very uine. We may con
idently look forward to new era In early
days the country vas merely run over; the
s!ersl.y honest niseg locked FOX ounces Per
I. afs's Is SsSzf5 Tor his days work. and
quartz, unless it looked Ike a jewelers. shop
On the surface, was severely let alone Bnt
now. under the new order Of things, mining
will he conducted on business principles by
men who understand. AMI no good ledge
need 60 a begging. The DAYS OF Wild cats
are over, and the country has had ITS lesson,
aud it Is to be hoped has proiited thereby.
As stopping place, Missouls has many adj
vantages the sconery il delightful. the pee
ple clever and accommodating, and there
are myriads Of trout IN thousand streams.
ard game in the mountains. The oeeidental
Hotel there is one of the hes, IN the whole
country. and is conducted by Messrs Arthur
L Anderson Everybody knows Sam Arthur
who ever Travelled along the n. P, line; hs
never seems happy unless he is attending
TO the comfort of his guests, and take him,
fer all IN all. he is Just the man for the SIT
uetion, fer he knows how TO run hotel.
am not in the haiIt of giving hotel men
pufs, as my readers We'll know. but wheR
can save some poor devil All attack ct dys-
pepsia, always DO it, by mentioning good
place to Obtain neal. There are several
old timers here. a1d they keep .hsir end
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performed yeoTaan service IN paving the way
TO the civilization the country nov enjoys,
IS Frank Woody, who has been On the
frontier nearly thirty years. He is praete-
ing his profession OF lawyer here and IS IN
good practice IN course Of conversation
with these old timers we gather much
strange information respecting men and
things, th., reflect credi; upon the actors,
and should not be forgotten
Among other incidents related By Mr.
Woody was graphic account OF the first
trip made by wagons from Salt Lake City
TO the Bitter Root Valley aud where, at
Fort Owen, he found our fellow citizen Mr.
II. NJ. Chase in command. There are very
few in the country NOW who can realize or
imagine tine dangers and pr!vatona our
early settlers endured Cor the benefit OF pos
rerity but those wao have themselves re-
ceived some little experience fully under
stand, and understanding, naturally sPpre-
ciate
| find several WalIa Walla men here,
among others, Ed. Ju.dea ant Pat Ma
honey. TIE former Is running saloon and
the latter is a capitalist, owning some OF the
best town property in the place. lie IS
coming 10 visit our city in a few weeks and
will find many friends tn welcome him and
give him a square deal. Frank $ hedSer Is
also here practiciug as n physician, and
an pleased 10 say that fOr young gentle
man Just entering INTO bfe is doing very
well and is liked by ami enjoys the conf
dsnce OF the community. James Crooks, ot
Caraas Prairie and Frank Holt OF Lewiston
are also here with a b,g band Of horses they
are taking to Helena for the Eastern mar
ket, and altogether Eastern Washington and
old idaho are well represented here. | also
met Johuny Msguire. who is THE theatrical
Tnan for Montana He promises that he
viii extend his circnF: % Portland and viii
take in Walia Waila every time be has su-
perinr attractions 10 place on the boards.
Missoula possesses nice enough court
house, but with very questionable economy
allow their valuable county records 70 be st
the mercyof any incendiarian that may see iit
TO set IT on IRE fer there ia not single Ere
proof safe or vauls in the building. Some OF
these days the documents now placed IN
pigeon holes IN wooden building viii be
destroyed and much trouble and expense en-
tailed upon the citizens Of the county.
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