The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-12-25
TOWNSEND NOTES.

Townsend is located near the railroad
bridge across the Missouri river, near
The old town of Centerville. |
It is bristling, lively young town,
with good business and well-iiiied
stores to accommodate the demands OF
the people. Townsend people are liberal
and enterprising and have shown COM
mendable zeal in projecting openings ior
the public to reach the town. A COM
pany has been formed to build bridge
across the river to accommodate the peo-
pie Of Crow creek and Boulder valleys,
Is well as the travel from Helena and
those on the road from Bedford to the
Prickly Pear valley. A road has also
been located from Townsend to White
Sulphur Springs, via, Deep creek, max
ing the distance between the two points
less than forty miles. This road can be
easily kept open during the winter sea-
son and thereby make Townsend the
supply point for Smith river valley and
the upper Musselshell, IS well as the
Missouri valley and Crow creek.
The large hotel built by Tierney & Co.,
will soon be open to the public and will
supply a long needed want, at this point.
c. Reynolds, late of the Beaver Creek
House, will take charge.
We trust it will be first-class hotel in
all Of it's appointments
The Methodist friends have just COM
pleted one of the finest church buildings
in the Territory and is credit to the
liberalitv of the people, and an ornament
IN thu 4a.u,.-The -aAA:----A-1 ---~''s Of arc
building is So, 800. The church was ded-
icated last Sabbath by Presiding Elder
Garvin, of Helena, assisted by Rev's.
VanOrsdale and Hall.
A Sunday school was also organized
with such reputable men as Messrs Nc
Geer and Kanouse, at the head of it, as
sisted by the best ladies of the town.
The Baptist friends have a church
building enclosed, and it will be complet-
ed at no distant day We trust the in
fluence of these churches will be felt in
this valley for good.
The crop Of the past season in this
valley las only been partly sold; the low
price and the want of ready purchasers,
deter our farmers from selling.
A good merchant mill in the valley
would he a great advantage to the farm
ers, and ought to be a bonanza to it's
owner.
A farmer ought not to be -four mer-
chant; the mill owner should purchase
the wheat of the farmer and manufacture
it into -four and sell it to the -four dealers.
The mill owners of this section are to
blame for the large shipments Of flour
from Minneapolis into the Territory.
They refuse to pay as much for wheat as
the mills pay in Minneapolis and yet
they manufacture the flour and pay
nearly dollar sack freight and supply
our Montana markets at figureour mill
men say they cannot sell at. The trouble
is they want to squeeze the farmer on
bis wheat and sell their -four at old Mon
tana prices.
The railroad has demoralized high
prices and the sooner our business men
learn to sell on small profits the better
for the business interests of the Terri
tory. The days of extravaganza and high
prices in Montana are past, and the
farmer that first commences to economic
will be the first to succeed. Leteconomy
in farming be the rule and not the ex-
ception-as heretofore. / may say more
on this subject at another time.
The good people of Townsend have
provided Christmas tree for the little
ones for next Monday evening.
Thee Arroors tn he a hitch IN the
newspaper that was to be started here
ere this. Mr.. Stevens had better hasten
matters or this community will not long
submit to delay after donating and pay
ing before any paper is in sight.
The winter thus far has been favorable
for stock and farming interests. The
weather has been so favorable that no
person can excuse himself that he is not
prepared for winter. The dilatory farmer
has no excuse for burning his fencing for
fire wood this winter-for he has had an
abundance of good weather to provide
his firewood from the mountains.
A FARMER.