Daily globe., 1883-06-28

The Branch Line to the Yellowstone National
Park has its terminal point here and all the i'm
mehse travel to that famous resort is compelled
to stop here from few hours time to q number
Oh days. The principal shops of the railroad
company between Brairerd and the Pacific Ocean
are now being built here. They viii give en-
plOyment to probably 1900 men. Pine timber is
plenty IN the surrounding country, AID various
saWmlIl5 IL the Immediate vicinity OF the town
furnish work for hosts of employ S. The valleys
OF the Yellowstone, Shields ana Smith rivers are
vast and very rich in agricultural resources, and
are well settled. heir trade IS entirely tribut7ry
to livingston, while magnificent cattle ranches
abound IN every direction: vast mines of true bi-
luminous coal, which can be coked for II cents
per ton; also rich iron mines are within two to
four miles from town, being worked.
The gold placer mines of Emigrant Gulch Bear
Crevice, Mill Creek, and Eight-Mile Creek. are
all In the Yellowstone Valley just south of L:y-
lngstOn, directly tributary to it, and are being
actively worked That wonderfully rich quartz
country, silver and gold, known as the C-afil's
Fork District, Is south of town, and Livingston
is the headquarters and oUtttting point I'm
mense deposits of limestone, sandstone. clay and
tne brick clay, are but two miles distant aud the
manufacture of lime is already important in
dustry this being the first point after leaving Du-
luth on the east, 1000 miles, where lime rock IS
found. There are some 200 buildings in course
of construction. The Park Addition on which
the new S17, 900 school house is expected ito be
built is the most desirable residence property in
town, while the Palace Addi ion contains the
cheapest business property offered for sale-the
tendency of business and business improvements
being largely in that direction. There are wv,
banks, the First National and private bank; two
newspapers, one daily and one weekly. smelt-
ing and reduction mpany is also in process of
formation, to be located here. There q e many
chances for business enterprises OF various kinds.
Like all new countries, the portunities for
profitable employment are very good and work
men as well as men Of capital will ind plenty of
chances in and around the town. Livingston is
less than year old, yet it probably the second
largest city in Montana 1t is not surprising
when one considers that agriculture alone has
made Fargo; the Northern Pacific cOmpanys rail.
road shops, Brainerd; summer visitors, Saratoga;
lumber, Eau Claire; silver and gold mines, Den
yer; cattle Kansas City: iron and COAL Pittsburg;
that combination of all OF these factors as Is
found here should, within the next five years
make this point city of at least $4,000 people.
The prediction may seem wild enc, but We have
yet to see or know anyone who, few years ago,
was accused of being wild then In their predic-
1Ons, who predicted one-half of what has actual
ly occurred in the Northern Pacific country. We
sold lot in Fargo few years ago for $l0D each
that would sell to-day for SO 0O0 acres at James
town for SIS per acre cost 48 cents) that to-day
sell for 81, ,500 and are built on. we have acres
to-day in Fargo which cost 4815 cents that are
in town lots selling at the rate OF 81 $50 per
acre. So lots at Living ton which fer
at from S25 to $3.50 WILL inside of years, sell at
from $500 to $4,000 apiece. They have done SO
at all good points on the road in the past, and
they will in the future-pa particularly at excep-
tionally good pOi.-t like this. We advance prices
in July.
G. LIVINGSTON & CO.,
63 East Third street, St. Paul. y
G.. G.. BEARDSLEY,
Fargo, Dakota.
w. A. SMITH,
General Agent, Livingston, Montana.