The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-16
MONTANA TERRITORY
Tho Cattle Raisor's Eldorndo A ccordins
.lllar.l 10 General Dnyal,s Ideaa. = "

Harden, who have established cattle ranch
Ihors and are on the high road 10 the wealth
and propssrity that APPEAR to attend all who
20 10 neck their fortunes In that rich and
wonderful country. General Duval Is an
old and observing traveller and bis judgment
Is always such that men may rely on II. He
10 very much snthused over the prospects, In
the great Northwest. especially In Montana.
An lN1ELliaEEcER Representative had short
chat Win him yesterday and although the
GeneFsl Was very much engrosssd with the
business that awaited bis attention, he
stopped !onR enough to say that never Ia The
Unused by . country as by Montana. In Ills
opinion " 1t 2 Is the finest land ior
cattle In the world. He has bean
engaged In cattle raising In Texas, Caliior.
MIA and Kansas, but rnnchnan's poss,blli-
ties In those States were not bali equal to
those presented In Montana according 10 his
idea., which were formed from what be has
actually seen and learned In all four acc
lions. kaneas, he says, Is the plaes for The
farmer, and Is rapidly being given up by the
ranchmen Tor that purpose. Thor ara rapidly
going through Wyoming into Montana, nj, In
many instances the Wyoming cattle men are
Joining them. Montana, on tho other hand,
will never DO farming section: Il was. GEN.
efal Duval says, intended solely for cattle
raising, and AZ such 10 q yerita6lo paradise,
The grass 10 OF the riohest quality and grows
IN the greatest quantity. The only trouble
10 10 finding water Tor the cattle, o. :
His sons have established ranch a few
miles from Gleudive. The 100 acres, they
own under the Homestead law Is eligibty sIt-
uated with reference 10 the land On which
their cattle range. They have erected a sub
stantial house and have on this 100 acres
good water supply. They started In tbs bust.
ness With 200 head OF cattle, snd
their intention now 10, TO stock up To 600
head In the gpring. The land which they
have selected Tor rnnge corprises several
hundred thousand acres, being about twenty
miles front by sixty miles depth. Its owned
BY the railroad andtSe Government. In THAT
country when a range Ia once selected, the
parties selecting 1t IRE seldom, annoyed OF en-.
croached upon by other rauchmsu. Their
carefully guard each otharp rights Ia this PAT.
ticulsr. MOO -. s,7l - Z.
The railroad al q 4 matter OF oourss
makes no objection to having its lands used
In this manner for tits money In its rockets,
The ground Ia enriched, thereby making It a
still more desirable place for settlers and tbs
cattle Eaieed are; shipped over 1t 10 Chicago
which isthe only msrkst Tor that section.
The road is at present engaged ia erecting
slaughter and Ice hcussoal aloxg its line and
has commence paying raisess e Chicago
prices, less the freight, for cattle delivered al
these houses. There the road killy the
animals, tretgss them and t,ausports lbs bsel
ready for market to Chicago in Tia retrigars,
tor cars. Every feature connected with The
business, 0srerat Duvai eayv, Is treat a.
an Illustration OF its magnitude Il may be
cited that the road Is now making prspsra
tlons to transport from Montana Valley
alone during the coming fall !. 100000 head
to Chicago, &g,a G.aE4ll.5 5'l5 =
NJ hfs been said Geaiya that you have
some idea Disabling thera yourssl,y' Vi
intend going out thers In the SPRING. he
replipd. lntend forming company here
! and going out thsse, embark In the business
on o large scalp. Ny asighboss are very
much Interested Ia the business and several
will 90 out with ME. do not know OF q
place IN the country, where money can be
made SO easily and with so little risk. l wen,
;o TYP CALIFORNIA gold field, when the gold
lever vas Of it, hpighs, and ! Enoy what
say to BIS the truth, when I u,y That In Mon:
tana In the cattle business, one can do much
better than In California 10 those days, evan
when one w8s In luck. Its Surprising tbs
small capital that one can make start on
and the profits are enormous. Why As, 50
and even 90 percent on One's irvestiuslt IL
not thought to be anything very wonderful.
That statement sounds like an e1sggeration
! know, but still 1t ia true. In eight or ten
years ONES money is actually doably csm.
pounded. saw cases there every day that
bear this stateiasnt out----men who started
with but small sum now owners Of herds,
numbsring frou four toaeysn thousand head
and more. The place is such rich ons that
thin cattle are shipped there from Chicago,
fattened and sent back and money is msis
on thea. It costs but little TO winter them.n
"What proportion aoss the alone- invest
ed 10 cattle In Montana now, represen,?'
"Fuliy one hall. In three yeais time, judg.
Ing from the way people are pouring into the
territory II will 10 oyer three-sonrths and In
FIVE yeAra it will be At lsast nitis,tenthy. j
believe that sheep could be raised there with
fully as much pref as cattle. It would cost
but little TO keep them. There are no discs
sss, snd as I havs said before, the richness OF
the land SURPRISES Ios siock raising puspoycs
anything ever Saw or heard of.'' -