The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-01-16

presses the conviction that Mr.. Oake
would be most fortunate selection 70
the Northern Pacific presidency. Ate
warmly endorsing Mr. Oakcs, Uncle
Rufus said:
Railroad building must be stopped
that is what is bankrupting the com
panies. They have been building new
lines from hades TO breakfast. Th'
Northern Pacific must stop it and wal
for its business to catch up with it. Th'
Chicago, Burlington ( Quincy must sto]
or its stock will follow the Northern Pa
cific. The Milwaukee & st. Paul mus
stop or its stock will sell at nifty. Tht
Northwestern must come to halt or i
will sell at seventy-five. know tht
Northern Pacific to be a splendid road
and it is coming out all right if properly
managed. It's magnificent thing fol
st. Paul, and will bring the city all the
business Of the Northwest. know tha,
country like a book. Talk about time
for development. That comes soon
enough. Why, when l went west.
lived first at Elgin, forty-two miles be.
yond Chicago. That was the extreme
west terminus of the railroad. A little
bobtail strip railroad ran out of there
and not mile beyond. As a civil en-
gineer, l helped build the first mile OF
track in Wisconsin. Now look at the
west. st. Paul and Minneapolis are
magnificent cities. They are growing
like mushrooms, and the Northern Pa
cific road is helping them grow. The
Pioneer Press ought to stand by the road.
1t will if it considers the interest of its
readers. The Pioneer Press is the lead
ing paper Of the Northwest, and what it
says, counts. Since the excursion over
the Northern Pacific and to the Yellow
stone, l have cut out twelve long edito-
rial and local notices of that region from
the Londen Telegraph, that reaches lOO,-
600 persons day; ten from the London
Times and nine from the London Post.
They are still keeping it up. So are the
German papers. 1t is worth millions to
to the Northwest. Foreign capitalists
will bring 800 600 into the country
to invest there this year. They know
about the country now. l believe it is
the place to put money, and bought
large block of land last month.
NEW York, Jan. 9.-"Out of sight, out
Of mind" That is true, in general way;
but when fresh sight of something that
has once been interesting is offered for
nothing, the object is readily brought
back to mind. Brick Pomeroy figured
in New York twelve years ago, and then
soddenly dropped from view. He had
come into great fame, and was regarded
with ardent admiration and equally pro-
nounced detestation, through the violent
politics of his Democrat, published at La
crosse, Wis He made quick fortune,
md concluded that he might multiply it
by removal to this city. He, therefore,
brought his weekly journal here, and, in
started daily issue. The VEN
,ure turned out failure. 1t was all in
vain that he resorted to ingenious de-
vices for forcing public attention, such as
in front of his Office the gal
ows frame OH which John Brown had
oeen hanged, labeled in a manner to
late one sort of spectators and anger an
'ther. His paper was a good enough
me, filled with the same qualities which
lad made him noted, and at the last he
,ut its price down to cent; but the
'eople did not want it at any rate, an
lie gave it up after spending his last dol
ar. His experience was one of the un-
explained curiosities of Journalism. He
disappeared from the metropolis, and no
'ody knew or cared where he went.
Within month I heard the inquiry go
ii the way through newspaper Office,
Where il Brick Pomeroy without
,etting an answer. There was a vague
tlea that he was somewhere in the Far
Vest, and that was the most definite i'm
'ression that could be obtained. Never
heless, when last Sundays advertise
nents of temperance meetings contained
N announcement that he was to be seen
hat afternoon free of charge, four thou
and people took their way to Cooper
institute.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, Jan. s.
Congressman Cobb called at the inter
or department this afternoon to find out |
low much land had been patented to the !
Northern Pacific railroad since its sup
'osed completion. He was informed that
he amount was in the neighborhood Of
10000 acres, but that the department |
rould not issue any more patents to the |
ompany until congress should have an |
opportunity to pass upon the question of !
rhether the road was really entitled to
he +s,Oo0,O0o acres comprised in the
riginal grant. Mr.. Cobb says that he |
proposes to ask to have this entire grant |
as the road has never complied |
With the terms of the original grant. He !
aid further, that the mere fact that the
Northern Pacific had established commu-
lication with the Pacific coast, added !
lothing to the claim Of the road. The
Dad was not finished within the prescri-
'ed time, and congress therefore, had the
light to forfeit the grant at any time, un-
ess it should permit the question to re-
nain undisturbed long enough to create
presumption in favor of their tacit re-
ognition of the roads title. He has no |
oubt but what bill forfeiting the land |
an he passed through the house. He
lad an idea at one time that he would
eport a general bill providing for the
Of all unearned rail ro I'd sra
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