Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-13

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 70 & number
OF days. The principal shops Of the railroad
company between Brainerd and the Pacific Ocean
are now being built here. They viii give en-
ployment to probably 1909 men. Pine timber is
plenty IN the surrounding country, and various
sawmills In the immediate vicinity of the town
furnish work for hosts of employees. The valleys
of the Yellowstone, Shields and Smith rivers are
vast and very rich in agricultural RESOURCES, and
are well settled. Their trade is entirely tributary
to Livingston, while magnificent cattle ranches
abound In every direction; vast mines of true bi-
luminous coal, which can be cooked for 10 cents
per ton; also rich iron mines are within two to
four miles from town, ard are being worked.
The gold placer mines of Emigrant Guloh, Bear
CreVlce, Mill Creek, and Eight-Mile Creek, are
all in the Yellowstone Valley just south of Liy-
lngston, directly tributary to it, and are being
actively worked. That wonderfully rich quartz
country, silver and gold, known as the Clarke
Fork District, Is south of town, and Livingston
Is the headquarters and Quitting point. In
mense deposits of limestone, sandstone, clay and
1ne brick clay, are but two miles distant, and the
manufacture of lime is already an important IN
dustry. this being the first point after leaving Du-
luth on the east, 600 miles, where lime rock Is
found. There are some 200 buildings in coUrEs
of construction. The Park Addition on which
t1io lew q1i sOOO sCiiOOl mouse Is expected
built Is the most desirable residence property in
town, while the Palace Addition contains the
cheapest business property offered for sale-ths
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. s1nelt
ing and reduction company is also IN process of
formation, to be located here. There are many
chances for business enterprises of various kinds
Like all new countries, the portuIities for
profitable employment are very good and work
men as well as men of capital will find plenty o2
chances IN snd around the town. Livingston Is
less than year old, yet It is probably the second
largest city IN Montana: It is not surprising
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. Dem
yer; cattle Kansas City iron and coal, Pittsburg;
that combination of all Of these factors % Is
found here should, within the next Eve years
make this point city Of at least 1000 people.
The prediction may seem a wild one, but We have
yet to sec or know anyone who, q few wears ago,
was accused of being wild then in their pretlio-
tlons, who predicted one-haif of what has actual
ly occurred In the Northern Pacific country. We
sold lot9 IN Fargo few years age for 800 each
that would sell to-day for $40 600; acres at James
town for SIS per acre (oost q centa) that to-day
sell for 5l,5C0, and are built on. We have acre5
to-day in Fargo which cost 49, cents that are
now IN town lots selling at the rate OF 81 ESQ per
acre. So lots at Livingston which we now fer
at from $25 to $3.50 WILL inside of wears, sell st
from $500 to $4,000 apiece. They have done SO
at all good points the road in the past, and
they viii in the future-particularly at an oxcep-
tionally good point like this. We ad ~-ance price
in July
G. LIVINGSTON & CO,
So Easr Third street, st. Paul.
G. &. 8EARDsLEY,
Fsrgo, Dakota.
~. A. SMITH,
Gensr.l Agent, Livingston, Montana.