The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1884-06-04
TIE FAR NORTHWEST.
.,n Montana and Washington
Territory.-The Truth
Told.
= cANTERBUR1 TALKS.

7" I.an,,oe to some OF your nu
merous readers. and to such l VIII
direct my remarks.
Cas, vour eve on the map OF the
:. pac;6c r. r. from St. Paul to
Portland, Oregon, distance OF
.N...en hundred and thirty-four |
.,;,es. The land on this road in west
BERN Minnesota and Dacota is mostly
rich undulating prairie, good grass
- ,.ter and but very little timber
.,d PRODUCES good crops of all grams
and vegetables grown in that latitude
w,,hsut irrigation, the mercury III
=. v;nter runs as low as 50 degrees
lalow zero. All stock must be well
.he,tered in this country. The most
=, this country is open to settlement
hv homestead and preernptlon.
There are many thriving towns and
r,;e, on the line of this road in this
country Follow me on the line OF
,h;s road west of the Missouri river,
and for one hundred miles there IS
Iplentv OF good vacant land, but is
more subject to drought than on the
.os, side of the Missouri, thence tor
one hundred miles is the bad lands
|vb;eh is composed of an reguIar,
date colored. soft earth mounds with
no arass on them, but good grass
between them, and is occupied by
|ranchmen. Proceeding west to the
Mellow Stone river which IS apout
three hundred miles long we find a
Ibeautiful valley OF from five to ten
Hmiles wide, which Is said to be a splen-
Ibid grazing country. The Powder
tRose Bud and Big Horn rivers put
Into the Mellow Stone on the south
Ilde. In the valleys OF these rivers
Isre fine grazing lands: cattle, horses
Iand sheep do well here the year
1rouud without TODD. 1rregatlon Is
necessary III these valleys to the pro
Iduction of crops. There IS one
Idtch on the Yellow Stone forty
miles long. Leaving the \ clio"
1Stone, about all the farming land j
occupied, until YOU get to the Clark
fork of the Columbia on which /
some good vacant land Stock doe
we'll here on the range but is to-
mountainous for large herds OF stock
Evolves and other wild animals de
stroy sheep here.
Passing down Clarks Fork to lax
Pond de OrielXe which is fifty tw
miles long. we come 20 rough tim
bered country and IS almost worth
less tor stock raising or farming
thence through this into a beautif,
table land sparcely covered with fir
timber and underlayed with washe
gravel from the size of pea to te
pounds in weight and i'll many place
come to the surface, the soil here
a light ash color, for the most par
and is not good. Thirty two mil
down tins river is Spokane Falls. t
the Spokane river, and is a splend
city and is still growing very rapid
and has had an immense inmigr
hon this spring, nine out of ten.
whom are dissatisfied. | was to
Ehat there WAS as many rs flvc hu
Idred men here every day secki'
work, and were unaole TO get
even for their board, and the Ssea'
part of them arc leaving. What
sase said of Spokane will apply
Walla " ALA. IS 10 the ,!issatssts
laon OF immigrants. Continue dos
nc line ot the Z. R.. from Spokai
aud you will come TO the grs
Washington Territory plateau, ce
Isfed with bunch grass, sage bru'
olcanor rock and no water. :,
subsequently, is not settled. Conti
ing down this long slope YOU COZ
Snake river. crossing it, down
,olnmbia on its south bank, in SAL
punch grass and sage brush. and
anost worthless, passing the {;
ase mountains run ,nso the Villa