Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-06

The Branch Line to the Yellowstone National
Park has its terminal point here, and all the I'M
mense travel to that famous resort IS compelled
to stop here from few hours time to a number
of days. The principal shops of the railroad
company between Brainerdand the Pacific Ocean
are now being built here. They will give en-
ployment to probably 1000 men. Pine timber is
plenty in the surrounding country, and various
sewmils in the immediate vicinity OF the town
furnish work for hosts of employs The valleys
OF the Yellowstone, Shields and Smith Eivers are
vast and very rich in agricultural resources and
are well settled. Their trade is entirely tribut ry
to Livingston, while magnificent cattle ranches
abound IN every direction; vast mines OF true BIZ
luminous coal, which can be cooked foT1 % cents
per ton; also rich iron mines are within two to
four miles from town, d are being worked.
The gold placer mines of Emigrant GulGh, Bear
CreVice, Mill Creek, and Eight-AIile Geek, are
all in the Yellowstone Valley just south of Liv-
lngston, directly tributary to it, and ara being
actively worked. That wonderfully rich quartz
county,, silver and gold, known as the Clark'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, but two miles distant, and the
manufacture of lime is already an important in
dustry- this being the first point after leaving Du
luth the east, ZOO miles, where lime gock is
found There are some 200 buildings in course
of construction. The Park Addition on which
built is the most desirable residence property in
town, while the Palace Addition 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. smelt-
ing and reduction mpany is also in process of
formation, to be located here. There a many
chancea for business enterprises of varIoESAlnds.
Like all new countries, the portunltIes for
profitable employment very good and york
men well as men Of capital will find plenty of
chances in and around the town. Livingston is
less than year old, yet it is probably the second
largest city IL Montana. 1t is not surprising
when one considers that agriculture alons has
made Fargo; the Northern Pacific company rail
road sh@ps, Brainerd; summer visitors, Saratoga;
lumber Eau Claire; silver and gold mines,. Den
yer; castle Kansas City; iron and coal, Pitts5uTg;
that combination of all of these factors as is
found here should, within the next five years
make this point city of at least 5O,O0O neople.
The prediction may seem a wild one, but We have
yet t3osse or know anyone who, few years ago,
was accused of being wild then in their predic-
tiOns, 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 woald sell to-day for $40 0O0 acres at James
town for SIS per acre cost AZ cents) that to-day
sell for 81, 500, and are built We have acres
to-day in Fargo which cost 4815 cents that are
now in town lots selling al the rate of 1850 per
acre. So lots at living ton which we now fer
at from $25 to $3.50 viii, inside of years, sell at
from $500 to loco apiece. They have cones
at all good points on the road in the past, and
they viii IL the future-particuarly at an sxcep-
tionally good poi-t like this. We alliance price
in u3y.
G. LIVINGSTON & CO,
60 East Third street, ST. Paul.
G.. G. BEARDSLEY.
Fargo, Dakota.
w. a. SMITH.
General Agent, Livingston, Moatana.