Fergus County argus., 1886-09-30


regions Of Minnesota. Field, OF grain ana
good dwellings can be seen ON either side of
the railroad. Good crops are raised IN
the valley. This wear several fields of corn
have been harvested. We saw "a sample "i
yellow Dent corn that would make pig
squal To- look at it. Their. ar. thousands
of acres vet To- h.. redeemed ia this valley. /
aud it is only II question "f time AMI de-
nand when every acre will be utilized.
Livingston, from all appearances, is en-
juying "A steady growth. nunber OF
costly buildings are leing erected this year.
One sees but littl- oi Bozenan from the
railroad, but that it il keeping pace with
every other Montana city. ". were abund-
antly assured. situated in the magnificent
t;allatin valley, its growth is as substan-
I tial as the rock ribbed mountains ut whose
base il is So beautifully clustered
Helena is the metropolis of Montana:
the home uf Montana : weaithicst men, the
centre Of political and commercial power.
Montana is destined to have one large city.
.uualling Denver or Omaha at least. and the
finger Of pr opl,,cy points toward Helena.
While the mines are AN adjunct "f her
greatness, Helena is not entirely dependent
upon them. \ few years will find il n rail
road center Of Importance and n Wholesale
and distributing point Tor ~ vast tributary
country II has taken some time to gain
the confidence oi capitalists, but that
point has been reached and her future
growth will not only he rapid but splendid
| will ta.a
adorned with magnificent structures and
stately residences cover her hiItops. Hell
.na is citiiicd. Men move along ais il they
were trying To head of cyclone, and II
ver,lant must take to the streets ar be
shovel into tn. gutter. We managed to
, Keep out of the way. The upper end oi
town apparently started at the foot of II
tree in IA narrow gulch, but is now widen
ing out like a fan into the valley below,
and the time is not far distant when the
depot will he in the center of the city.
: Helena is building court house at ii cost
Of probably half million dollars before IT
3 is completed. II will undoubtedly be used
also for sessions Of the legislature until
, Montana builds IL capitol.
; The independent, under the control oi
those energetic newspaper men, Dicker-on
/, Devine and llendry. is making rapid
: strides into popular favor. The paper Is
e not bitterly partisan and hence enjoys Il
: good share Of Republican patronage. Th'
u Herald is roek-rooted and from long rs
d tablishment and devotion to its party
I \ Il. Nnp m.
e in general. is ON solid basis.
). Helena people, whom We met, like Mon
- tanans generally. are n most cordial f"lk
q There is "a warmth in their greeting whicl
d is not the least hit hypocritical. When
+ man grasps your hand he makes all ofyou
e fingers crack. Ut being just before the con
Ie vcntion may have had something to d.
sr with it, Let us take il for granted tina
n this feeling is genuine and never raise tn
'e quarantine against the blooiless down
!! easter who, while he chills you with hi
=. hand, il mcditating how he can work yo
for "a dollar, and do it all between prayer'
20 The passage up the steep grade of ii
Rockies, through the Mullan tunnel WI
il ENJOYABLE, as was the ride through Il
" magnificent Deer Lodge valley.
a. Butte, the wonderful and wicked, lool
H. like ''prlrie dog town" from dstanc
J" IL is "a city built on several or more fou
., hills. where a cock-roach could hardly su
T., sist ordinarily. But the mines are ther
II the money is there, and hence the splend
Ia. city. II il wonderful mining camp al
Is NAV be for years, but we do not deem !
at hat ..f U,slp
st. closing down of one or two mines dcpress
business and causes alarm-especai
when such mines as the Anaconda and ;
Lawrence cease operations. Capitals
eth are u little cautious il the matter of bull
ing and branching out in public enterprs,
II there is anything Butte needs badly.
is "a first class hotel. II Is n long 4
his want" and should be supplied iinmediatel
nd The cityis good for thirty years no dou'
md and a first class hotel would make n I,
he tune in that time. Butte is n "wide up
Tvs town." There is u great field for lai
.bo omen to the Young Mems Christian Ass
.ou citation and other good people.
tn On our return we left the railroad
ing Townsend, the thrifty little Missouri wall
len Town, stopIphs ""s '"'"s" =" S''"e "''
nd with our ol, friend stevens, oi the Tr;
shant. Boarding one of Marks six
ing, hand coaches, in company with Daved
ws Folsom, Meagher county sable and popul
pom treasurer, We were soon On our way
,vic White sulphur Springs. The trip thro,
ling Deep creek canyon would have been dclig
ntil full but for the abomnable road. 1
md scenery in measure neutralizes the io
EN- and 'headers'' one gets en- route. Arriv
,ny at the Springs we were glad to zee u numl
10y Of familiar f,ces, among them whisper
bad Sam snyder the rotund asscssor of Meag
$ or county. San il just as good natured a
coutjtentialas ever. Court week at ha
Saturday evening found delegations fr
Maiden, Levstown and other portions
the new county, Aocking in tn attend co
for the lasttime in old Meaghcr.
We White sulphur Springs is "A good town
"" is not of Mushroom growth, but slow &
pcrmanent. Those wonderful hea lth-rest
y =" ing springs the rich agricultural vale
and the adjacent mines will sustain "a m
wv larger towr in time. II is the greatest st
centre in Nontana--six or eight differ
rcat ,..-..;...;.,. .,...o,,,, .;x ,,,,, 3
y '" i'm hand. fine S12, 900 school hous,
'"'' now underway and "a new church has
'"es been de,licsted which cost 81, 500. Tt
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