Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-23
POPULATION IN DECEMBER, 1882. so
FEBRUARY, 1888 !, 600
MAY, 1855, 9A6
JUNE, 1888 $50

The Branch Line to the Yellowstone National
Park mas its terminal point here, and all the i'm
nense travel to that famous resort is compelled
to stop here from few hO4rs' time to a number
of days. The principal shops OF the railroad
company between BraineId and the Pacific Ocean
are now being built here They viii give en-
plOyment to probably 1000 men. Pine timber is
plenty in the surrounding country, and various
sawmils in the immediate vicinity of the town
furnish work for hosts of employ s. The valleys
OF the Yellowstone, Shields AMI Smith rivers are
vast and very rich in agricultural resources, and
well settled. heir trade is entirely tribut ~
to livingston, while magnificent cattle ranches
abound III every direction; vast mines of tree BIZ
luminous coal, which can be cooked for l % cents
per ton; also rich iron mines within two to
four miles from town, being worked.
The gold placer mines of Enigrant Gulth, Bear
Crevice, Nil Geek, and Eight-Nile Creek, are
all in the Yellowstone Valley Just south Of Inv
ingston, directly tributary to it, and are being
actively worked That wonderfully rich quartz
county, silver and gold, known the Glark's
Fork District, is south of town, and Livingston
Is the headquarters and Quitting point. I'm
mense deposits of limestone, sandstone clay and
fine brick clay. are but two miles distant and the
manufacture of lime is already an important IL
dustry, this being the first point after leaving Du-
luth on the east, !, 900 miles, where lime rock IS
found. There are some 200 buildings IN Coarse
of construction. The Park Addition on which
the new Sl7 ,000 school house is expected ito be
built is the most desirable residence property IN
town, while the Palace Add ion contains the
cheapest business property offered for sale--the
tendency of business and business Improvements
being largely in that direction. There are two
banks, the First National and private bank two
newspapers, one daily and one weekly. 4 ainelt-
ing and reduction mpany is also in process of
formation, to be located here. There many
chances for business enterprises of various kinds
~ all yfrTac hn MN t1al for
profitable employment are very good and work
men as well as men of capital will find plenty of
chances in and around the town. Livingston is
less than year DID, yet it is probably the second
largest city in Montana. 1t is not surprsing
when one considers that agriculture alone has
made Fargo; the Northern Pacific cOmpany's rail.
road shops, Brainerd summer visitors, Saratoga;
lumber, Eau Claire; silver and gold mines, Den
ver cattle Kansas City: iron and COAL Pittssburg;
that a combination of all of these factors as is
found here should, within the next five years
make this point city of at least 81, OO0 people.
The prediction may seem wild one, but we have
yet to see or know anyone who, few years ago;
accused of being wild then in their predic-
uOns, who predicted One-half Of what has actual
ly occurred in the Northern Pacific country. We
sold lot in Fargo a few years ago for 500 each
that would sell to-day for $40 600; acres at james
town for SIS per acre (cost 48 cents) that to-day
sell or 81 500, and are built Oh. We have acres
to-day in Fargo which cost 4812 cents that are
now in town lots selling at the rate of 81 $50 per
acre. So lots at Living ton which we now cffer
at from S25 to $3.50 WILL inside of years, sell at
from $500 to $4,000 apiece. They have dOneso
at all good points on the road in the past, and
they will in the future particularly at ezcep-
tionally good poi.-t like this. We advance prices
in July.
C. LIVINGSTON & CO.,
63 East Third street, s.. TauL
G.. G. BEARDSLEY,
Fargo, Dakota