Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-13
Especial Correspondence to the Globel

WILLARD EXCURSION, Train No. 3, Sept.
I'm my necessarily short dispatch yes
terday from Park City, very briefly
alluded to the wonderful fertility of the
region around Billings and the mineral
wealth of that district. There is no doubt
that the valley of the Yellowstone from
Billings through to Park City is the most
fertile district in the whole of Montana.
The crops, through irrigation, are quite
phenomenal, and it is doubtful if in any
part of the world such grain and vegeta-
bles as are produced here can be shown. I
have seen oats in Europe and America of
which the growers have been justly proud,
but never saw such oats as were on exhi-
bition yesterday at Billings. Extraordi-
nary groWths are not confined merely to
grain and vegetables, but the cattle thrive
here wonderfully well, and 1 was shown
calf four months old as large as Jersey
bull and as fat as a Berkshire hog.
THE DRESSED BEEF AND MUTTON
shown were of the primest chara cter, and
show that the native grasses are extremely
nutritious. The only drawback is that
land can not be purchased only at very
high rates and town lots, too, are high.
am told by one of the railroad employees,
believe section superintendent, that
the only one who has been selling town
lots at reasonable prices is Mr.. Fred Eos
ter, formerly of Minneapolis, and at one
time connected with the GLOBE. Mr..
Billings has been quite benefactor to
the town, having donated $1,000 which
IL 01,l
condition that the citizens raised $4,000
more for a high school. Mr.. Billings
seemed more than pleased with the rapid
growth and prosperous appearance of the
town yesterday. The grand aquiduct
the valley was by the side of
US all along beyond Park City
Git is forty-fve miles long,
and it was most cheering to see the bril-
liant green of the fields from its magical
waters.
PARK CITY
was attired in holiday costume, and was
greatly disappointed to find no stay was
to be made by the excursionists. Number
one and two trains went right through
without stopping. Number three stopped
because she could not go on; her engine
was disabled, the eccentric wheel on one
side being broken, and she was helped on
to Park City by number four, where she
remained until another engine came down
from Saltwater to help US. The people of
Park City ESQ called from a beautiful and
picturesque natural mountain park on the
north of the railroad) were greatly delight
ed that our section of the party remained
over for few moments, and the GLOBE
representative became the center of a
large circle of eager enquirers
about the great day in st. Paul.
To satisfy them some 400 copies of the
great luminary of the Northwest was dis
tributed to most grateful recipients, some
averring that they would keep their copies
of the gigantic sheet as souvenir of the
great event. 1 found at Park City people
from st. Paul, from Ohio and from New
York; they all say that 1t is
DELIGHTFUL PLACE TO LIVE IN.
The climate is healthy, and the soil liter
ally teeming with fertility. Sheep and
cattle ranches are wonderfully prosperous,
crops are good without irrigation, but
those farms connected with the irrigation
system are marvels in their crop averages.
Guests were more than surprised to see
ladies and gentlemen at this distant point
out on horseback dressed in broadoloth of
the newest cut It was late hour before
we left Park City, and the guests became
impatient to reach Grey Cliffs, distanc of
forty-four miles, for the majority had not
seen real live Indian except the tame
specimens exhibited by Barnum, and at
Grey Cliffs, there was to be quite an en-
tertainment given by a large lodge of
Grows. We did not reach the Grey Cliffs
till 8 O'Clock, and as soon as the train drew
up there was general rush to the huge
fires, around which the Indians were giving
their novel and primitive entertainment.
AS the war dance went on to the fierce
tapping of the tum-tum and the weired
but euphonious chanting of the war song,
a number of squaws on horseback dashed
about at racing speed, directing the course
of their little but diminutive charges at
the guests, to their terror, but when the
ponies almost touched the frightened
whites they would turn aside with a
jovial laugh at the futter they had
occasioned. There were altogether
about $500 Indians at the post and they
wore the unmistakable mark of civiliza-
ton. In other words they exhibited the
signs of the most
DEGRADED DEPRAvITY.
At about 10 o'clock the train again
pulled out and proceeded on the way to
Livingston, a distance of about forty eight
miles. During the whole of this run the
guests and employees were kept from their
much needed sleep by number of unruly
fellows who had been so intoxicated with
the Crow war dance and other Indian ex-
periences, that they forgot for the moment
they were playing the part of gentlemen,
and tried to assume the role of the red
man, and wrapped in blankets they paraded
the cars from coach 20 coach whooping
and shouting, dancing and chanting in
excellent init zion of their heathenish
prototypes. Many were the mild remons-
frances in the morning at Livingston, and
the overworked cooks and walters who were
wholly deprived of their rest by the I'M
reasonable and over demonstrative hilarity
of those people were loud in their COM
plant. Livingston is fine healthy Wig
orous BABY city for a yearling and pro-
misses to become large place. was told
by gentleman that there were 5000 peo- |
pie in Livingston, but am rather inclined !
to doubt it. 1t has however very splen- !
did situation with plenty of room to grow, |
and very fine scenery on the sides. At |
Livingston is the branch line for the park |
which strikes through a fine canun from