St. Paul daily globe., 1884-07-25

coming from the east sees, Is Glendive,
situated at the beginning of the famous
Yellowstone valley, 900 miles west Of st. Paul.
The town has an admirable location. Here
one first strikes the Yellowstone river, which
the Northern Pacific railroad follows for 300
miles. A broad plain rises gently from the
river to line of bluffs, distant about one
mile; on this wall Glendive is laid out.
The town has about twelve hundred inhab-
itants at present. and is gradually growing
having never had 'boom.'' The growth
has been steady and substantial, not Of that
Inflated artificial character which leaves a
town in state of chronic discomfort. Glen
dive is the center of supply for a magnif-
cent stock country of over thirty thousand
square miles in area, and although the
stockmen are thinly scattered over this i'm
mense district, yet their trade during the
course OF a year is considerable factor in
the towns prosperity.
AS many fine ranges in this region are
still unoccupied, despite the fact that twenty
thousand head of cattle have been unloaded
OF Glendive this season, and more coming
have increased backing in the future
The merits of Montana as stock country
are being rapidly recognized, and, judging
from the daily shipments of young cattle,
but a short time will elapse before the coun-
try is thoroughly stocked. In passing it
might be said that the losses of cattle in
Eastern Montana during the past winter
from severity of weather, did not reach three
per cent.
At Glendive, too, the N. P. railroad has
built a large round house and commodious
repair shops capable of giving employment
to 300 men. Here, also, are located The
headquarters of the Yellowstone division,
and as this is practically the head of navi-
cation on the Yellowstone, switch runs
from the railroad yard to large freight
house on the river bank, where the steam
boats unload.
Along this main street, which is half
mile in length and one hundred feet wide,
are ranged the business houses. There are
the usual saloons, mostly doing poor bust
ness, proving that the town is moving in a
proper direction, drug store, merchant
tailoring shop, shoe store, millinery shop, two
hardware stores, bakery, two banks, two
weekly newspapers, and one daily, the Glen
dive Times. AT present there's an opening
for good shoemaker, harness and sad
dlery shop, gunsmith, dry goods and no
ton store, and jewelry store. The court
house, Glendlve being the county seat of
Dawson county, was finished the past winter.
1t is handsome three-story brick building
which cost $25, 900. A brick school house is
now building, to cost $4,000. There are
three hotels, one of which cost $34, 900, is
unexcelled between st. Paul and Portland,
and is constantly crowded.
From this point, also, stage line runs to
Ft. Buford, OAK, distant eighty miles, and
during the winter supplies are freighted from
here to that post. 1t is not an impossibility
that sometime, in the near future, bridge
will be built here over the Yellowstone to
replace the cable ferry now running. The
cost Of living is of course high, when COM
pared with eastern prices, but no higher than
in any other western town.
An excellent half-mile race track and a
theatrical hall capable of seating 400 people,
afford the enterprising citizens means of
amusement.
The price of town property is compare
lively low, but it Is slowly but surely ad-
vancing as the town increases in size. The
climate in winter is severe but on account
of warm currents of air from the Pacific
coast and the wonderful dryness of the at
mosphere, is quite comfortable. Money
loans readily on unexceptional security
at Is per cent. With the increasing vol
ume Of cattle and railroad interests it would
seem that the continued prosperity Of Glen
dive is assured.