The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-10-10
Health and Riches.

youth, II 0S OIQ d6 man nlm6el1. nature
has implanted in our minds an instrlic-
tive law Of youth and health with their
attendant Blessings, and an intuitive
repugnance 10 old age, disease and death.
The story Of Prince DeLeon, searching
through the everglades Of Florida for the
fountain of youth has numberless par
al'els in our own day. Indeed this
mother has 30 strong hold on us as q
people that it becomes one Of tho most
important factors in the settlement Of a
country. Colorado owes half its popula-
ton to the remarkable curative proper
ties o: her air and water in cases of con-
sumption. Minnesota in an early day
received the same kind of 4 benefit %
did California and Oregon. While the
prospect Of large gains, and speedy &C
quirement Of fortune, often draws vast
bodies of men to localities that are very
unhealthy, it is always for short time
residence. Their permanent homes are
sorsht where health is the rule, not the
exception. u people of Montana are
not SOW to speak Of our wonderful min
eral, stock and agricultural richness. But
how few ofus lay special stress on the
remarkable hcal.hfrlness of our Terri
tory. F,om the centlScompiled census
reror. it appears that Montana shows the
lowest death rate of any state or territory
in the Union.
"Epidemics," the scourge of more
southern latitudes are here unknown.
Contagious and infectious diseases lose
all their viru'ence in our lofty altitude,
while for lung troubles. the air of our
region is recognized by all the
medical fraternity, more effacacious than
any drugs or hygienic observances.
of robust men and women,
who entered the Territory physical
wrecks can testify to the truth of the
above.
Now, when an eastern man, in poor
health, sits down and carefully weighs
the advantages, and disadvantages that
will accrue to him by staying At his old
home, or by seeking 4 new one in our
great sanisarium, he must never lose sight
Of The most important fact of all, that to
enjoy his fortune he must live. II he
can prolong the term o; his existence for
ten or fifteen years, by removal he had
best move, especially when the profits
Of every kind of business are greater in
Montana, than any other locality. If on
the other hand he courts an early death
and shstte led and b oxen constitution,
he had better stay where he is.
1.-the fountain Of youth is to be found
snywhere on Gods green earth, it is in
that sun-crowned valley of the Rockies,
he Gallaiin-If air laden with all the
yod-l;ke purity of the snowy Sierras
exist in abundance, anywhere, it is in
Bozeman. People are healthy here, in
The same manner that they are wealthy;
becarse they can't help it.
Nature out here has two horns of
p:enty, from which she rewards her
Out Of one flows a golden
'sieam Of wealth, and out of the other |
he meagre waters of health and longev-
ty-if you are poor man and a despon-
lent invalid IN the east.
Be of good cheer in Montana, the
greatest. doctor the universe contains
will wat at your bedside, and without
money or price give You back your long
lost health, for his name is nature.
Inquiry shows most conclusively that
hundreds of men either are coming or
to come to Bozeman for a
future home.
The arrival Of the Willard party, their
hearty appreciation and wonderment at
our boundless resources, and the reports
hey will carry back to the expectant and
Waiting eastern world are mighty agencies
or the work Of emigration. It is too
'arly &c appreciate or understand how
y reaching and important the benefits
rom this one source will be-realtv val.
les are stiffening, and ''the bargains" are
'eing gradually devoured by eastern
apitalist. /
Mining interests are each day ginning
'ew Importance, and occasionally the
nibbles" Of capitalist, show thst soms
''e fl:h are smelling our bait, preparatory
Deine caught-only unlike the after
A'e OF nshes. They will wish they had