Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-01

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Correspondents W. W. Statesman
MIssouLA. July "a, 1888.
| what Seattle 10 70 the lower countr
Missouia Is TO the mountains- l I'm
nere the same energetic class of people
VINO are determined. in spite Of ever
tnlng, TO be founders Of . citv that vi
90 down to history. For years II ha
besn known that in these mountain
ranges and valleys existed untold wealth
out the difisulties that existed in th
isolation OF the country, and the Difficult
~ in obtaining machinery with whicl
20 work the mineral laden veins, pre-
oauded their Development 10 any grea
extent; but with the advent Of Willard
IRON horse these obstacles vanished lika
the baseleB fabric Of a vision, and nsv
are no more. The hardy prospecto
wields his pick and runs his face for I
grub stake With renewed viRor and con
ndence. The merchants and citizeui
generally unlooeen their purse strings
and everything has taken great strides
since the fey days when the locomotive
came laundering INTO the town, and
avakened the echoes In the almost inn
paasable canyons, where silence haa
tVAegooo oaoCo boo b1I1o Wnoo t0o uOku-
ing stars sung together. Although
country, l do not overlook the wealth OF
the surrounding valleys and grassclad
hills which have been the nursery Of the
stock raising interests since the time IN
the "sixties," when that pioneer Of civ
ilization and the forerunner Of the tele.
graph and rAilroad-the pFospector-
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on the south and struck the rich placer
claims Of Oro Fino, Elk City, Florence,
and WaYrens. The Bitter Root valley
at that time supplied the thousands Of
miners with the finest beet in the world,
raised right here ON tho thousand hills.
The grain interest IL large factor in
the prosperity Of the country also a
may b imagined from the fast that the
estimate Of the yield the coming harvest
Ia 10000 bushels. Worden d Co. start
cd mill here in 1866, with capacity
of 10000 pounds of -four per day, and
have shipped 70 Deer Lodge, 50 miles
distant, a. mueh a. 10000 pounds in a
single season. A the center of all the
various industries, 4issoula must, Of
neceasity, become fair, il not large
city. Judging from past experiences
and observations Of other places simi-
larly situated, am poesesssd of the
idea that in i've years the population
viii be at least 5000, and a. some now
estimate IL at 1000 think am keeping
within bounds Of reason.
One thing IL certain, and that is that
the men of tbs right stripe are here and
are determined TO do their best by their
example. iberality and enterprise in
building up the country in general and
their town in particular. The beauty Of
it all il that the men who are in the
lead here are the "old timers" that the
soft yoaths jost ont from the States 60
continually deride. These men have
been here waiting almoss againt hope
for Is years for the Northern Pacific to
penetrate the mountains and change the
wilderness into Q garden. They have
seen the fruition of their hopes and are
content. With unparalleled liberality
Q few OF these men, among the most
prominent Of whom are Captain @. r.
Hiogins, Frank L. Worden and w. j.
Mccormick, offered the company any
thing they required 10 aasist them in
building up the town--thsy told them to
name their own terms, which they did,
and the consequence ID that 4issOula il
to bs the end Of q division, with ma
chine shops and all the paraphernalia
pertaining TO headquarters. Captain
Higgins Was the first man with Gov.
Stevens when be made his first survey
when the Northern Pacific was 6rst
suggested, and has had faith mi ever
since that time. A. IN illustration of
other faith, viii mention ono more
instanos. In 1885 Frank L. Worden
Was In q. Louis, and there parchAsed
eleven barrels Of Ane vhiaky, which he
shipped mp the Missouri river ON Q
steamboat to Fort Benton, and from
thanss had IL hauled on OF teams to
this place. All bat one barrel Was dis
posed Of, and that ono has laid theSe
ssvsntsen long years In tho cellar Of his
store here. waiting the time whom the
railroad became positive fact. When
Il did como few weeks ago the barred
vas tapped for the flrst time amidst the
greatest rejoicing. ! was introduced 10
The lase dsmijohn today, and Il vas Ia
bsled, "For the President OF tue North
ern PAcif3c," and was intended a. q
present. for him until il was found that
b did net imbibe. am very dad that
he dOoo n0t, or the rather small drink
that fell 10 my los would probably have
never reached my lips, and ] should
have lost the best drink / ever had In
my life. Thb II . great country.