The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-03-22
Our Northwest Letter.
Special TO the UARBoS ApvooATE.
MINNEAPoL1s. March Is. 1ss

Spocial 70 the OARBON ADVOCATE.
MINNEAPOLIS, March is, 1884.
The farmers of Manitoba ore fairly
aroused, and no little excitement rrevsils
in that province Of Canada. Meetings are
being held, and the action OF the govern
ment at Ottawa in treating the province as
il il was a purchased or conquered country,
using its assets not for the benefit Of Mani.
toba, but for dominion purposes, and not
allowing Its legislature the usual powers
conferred by thecharter Of confederation, is
severely critized. Resolutions for secession
have been made, and II does look as II they
would be carried. Pending ell this trouble,
the Canadians are crossing the line into the
States, immigrants over the Canadian Pa
cifo do not stop until they reach Dakota or
Montana. Business and property is being
seriously effected In Manitoba towns, hut
what is their loss is our gain.
The leading railroads IN the Northwest
hnve been fghtng for the privilege Of car.
ryng freight to the Black Hills. No less
than four roads nre now pointed 10 this
land made famous by the death of our col
liant Custer as well as by its mineral wealth,
but none of them get nearer than lT5 miles
From the end Of the trock freight is carried
overland, and when it 10 considered that
forty million pounds were so transported
last year, the magnitude of tho Job is ap.
parent. Que road has just secured the con-
taact for conveying II million pounds 10
Deadwood, and to do this will need two
hundred teams. Besides these, a stage line
will be put on for carrying passengers and
. ba ,t,tn Al.
fully equipped overland freight lines TO the
Hills aud the road agents will have to work
lively to "hold up" stage on ary of these
lines now. With tho great resources nf the
Hills aud the surrounding country. to
person who has never been there, it may
seem remarkable that none of tho railroads
hnve pushed their lines to the very heart
ut tins lard Of gold and silver, gypsum
beds, salt aud petroleum, all of which
abound here. But only slight acquaint.
ance with the Typography oi this section
will show that the Iii Ills, like ancient
harnnia halls, are surrounded with moats
formed by nature, deep and dangerous aud
giving the name OF manvois terres or "bad
lands" to it. The soil is good, but owing to
the frequency of these moAts or canvoup il
is diiiiculL tn travel over the place, and
railroad building would be very expensive
and, even with the aid Of modern engineer
ing, tray cling q road built through these
bad lands would be more or less dangerous,
especially in the spring when the water
rushes down the canyons in torrents sweep
ing everything before it. Stock raising is
followed extensively in this country, and
the introduction of Norman stations fu-
crossing with the Indian mustang las been
successfully carried out, and it is believed
tl
strength and bone ot the French horse with
the staying qualities of the little Indian
pony.
The Marquis De Mores, our COW boy o.
gentle blood from la belle France, has lust
contracted with Altman, Of Fulton market.
New York, for three car loads Of Montana
dressed Gcet per day, also with another
firm for one cal of Columbia salmon per
week. Refrigerator cars Of improved pat
terms will be used TO convey this food to
Gotham's Sons, and notwithstanding the
long haul there is no doubt but that the
scheme will be successful. Salmon canning
is already large Industry of Portland
Oregpni but it is believed that no prior ef
l"Tt has been made to ship this splendid
hsh IN its natural state to the eastern sea
board. The mere mention uf such an un-
derlaking in the days of the boyhood of
your correspondent would have laid the
protector liable To the imputalion Of insani-
Y, and even now the aged mother sits IN
her chair with upiited hands and aston.
ished countenance us tell her of this new
step toward bringing the east aud the west
closer and making us more than ever "one
people, with one country"
a happy lot of Indians passed through
This city iew days since on their way
home from Washington. They were chiefs
ot the Flathead nation, Of Bitter Root Val
ley. and had been down to talk to the
whlte chief about removing to the reserva-
ton. They were promised that each head
OF family should have l60 acres, and ag-
ricultural implements furnished them TO
enable them to work their lands. IT'S
thus the regeneration of he Indians is GO
ing To be brought about. "Mueh heap
promise no do" as one red man pilhily ex-
pressed it some time ago. They get poor
Indians down to Washington, and after
setting 'em up until he is dizzy. they take
him around for the Patent Office girls to
stare at, So that it only needs the present o (
dudish white hat and Government pen
kniie to complete the decentralization. He
VIII then agree to anything, aud, after part.
ing with few locks of hair To the fair ad.
mirers, he comes back home here and
amuses himself sticking his wives with his
new knife and in other ways makes HIM.
self disagreeable, as some white men will
ITO when they think they haye done some.
thing smart.
We no longer hear the ring Of the axe in
tho forests OF Minnesota. More than
enough timber has been cut, and is now
waiting at the head Of the streams to float
down when the spring break up comes.
The logging camps have pulled up, and the
men who found employment in the pineries
are waiting Tor spring to open so they can
get work on farms. Many of them have
land claims and will commence to work on
these If they can comply with the require
ments ol the law and prove up. 1t is in
this way the poor settler has tn fnancier in
order to get his little home in shape to sup
port himself and family. Farming in
summer, logging and ice cutting in winter,
the energetic man knows no idle days.