Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-05

seen many bitches III Colorado, Idaho
and Wyoming since | lett Mile, aud
all are prosperous. ! hope your mr.
eating enterprise may yet succeed
and of one thing let all be assured,
that when 1t l. completed you would
no more part WIN Il ~ an css, ntial n
your property Than you. would now
part WIN the Northern Paciiicr ullruad.
THE RAILROADS COMING.
Speaking pi railroads, IL viii not he
long until Montana will be penetrated
by Ihr great eastern lines. The Mil
@aukee IL ~. Paul, the Chicago aud
Northwestern and the great Burling-
ton route are rapidly pushing west
ward, ana the contest for territory j.
fierce aud sharp between them. Here
IN Nebraska We are in the midst OF
the contest and even the old Union
Pacific has been forced Ia push out
branches to prevent Itself from being
side lined and its trade swept away
by the Northwestern aud Burlington.
The Northwestern seems to have Cob
bled up the whole Of northwestern
Nebraska. and although the Burling-
ton and Union Pacific are moving
rapidly. think they are too late to
do much toward heading of the man.
moth enterprise Of the Northwestern.
The main line of this road il already
completed and running 10 Chadron
near the Wyoming line, and branch
j. done TO Buffalo Gap, forty-six miles
east Of the Black Hills. In the early
string il will be completed 10 Rapid
City, and before the end Of the present
year to Deadwood and beyond. This
road l think furnishes you with the
most promising outlet for Miles City
in the near future and you should
foster II. IL is only ls3 miles from
Deadwood 10 Miles City 10y natural
and easy route down the Powder to the
forks aud thence down Tongue river
to its mouth at Miles. A company
should be organized at Miles, a pre-
liminary route surveyed from Miles b.
Deadvood and a charter obtained at
as early day as possible. This would
help the incoming roads and there Is
money in the enterprise for those who
undertake it, as the charter would he
valuable. Such an enterprise will
hardly escape tie notice Of Joseph
Leighton. Judge Strevell and Others OF
your enterprising citizens.
The main line of the Northwestern
is graded to Fort Robinson and the
line will be finished this year to old
Fort Fetterman, and possibly graded
well on TO the South Pass. The road
Is undoubtedly going to the Pacific
coast and will probably put in to
Ogden or Corrinne and connect with
the Central Pacific at one of those
points. / understand Mr.. Huntington
is helping on the Northwestern all he
can and his object, probably, Is an
other eastern connection outside of the
Union Pacific. Everybody seems to
he going for the old Union Pacific and
1t will not be long until the Northern
Pacific finds itself in the same fix If
Jim Hill. Alexander Mitchell and
Marvin Hughett keep their health.
Ii does not matter much to Montana
who comes SD they come quickly and
your best policy would be 10 eDcour-
age all roads to build into your terri
tory. Already the Northern Pacific
has lost large cattle freights to the
North western and this year the West
ern will sweep the whae Of eastern
Montana. When the Northwestern
gets as far west ~ South Pass, il will
push off branch northward, prOha-
bly, by the Wind river, into Montana
to the National Park and thence
down the Madison To BoZeman and
on TO Helena. This will help central
Montana. From Miles City and
Lx. and
your people would he landed in Chi
cago across Nebraska and Iowa, before
they could he landed In It. Paul by
the Northern Pacific, across Dakota
and Minnesota. Look at your map,
measure the distances and you will In
q moment see the advantage of q
southwestern route. In any event
Miles City is in the right place and all
right for whatever may happen. Miles
will he the Cheyenne Of the far west,
but Miles will have 5000 or 10000
people in less time than il has taken
Cheyenne to get 10000 or 1900. Let
every body be Of good courage. spit on
his hands and take new hold.
SORRY FOR cox.
/ was real sorry 10 read in your
paper of the death of Hon. G. u. Cox.
He was my enemy and | valued him
accordingly. Few people, | think,
know how 10 value their enemies. A
good live enemy is sometimes worth
"a dozen Of poor friends. Your enemy
will always keep you alive If he Is
alive and able. A poor friend will
praise your virtues. flatter your VAN
ity and borrow your money. But an
enemy will point out your faults,
prick your wind bladder of coneeit
and never ask you for the loan Of a
dollar. Always Keep on hand good
enemy or two aud they will do you
good. Cox was d live enemy, ne
never omitted an opportunity 10 MT
those he did not like lick, and ne
made the opportunities when they
did not occur naturally. A bright,
active. able man. be was after all, his
own worst enemy, and IL he had not
been he would have been the first man
I'm anv community where he lived.
A hard man 10 down; no sooner
wonId Won get him trampled out In
ono nIace than he would spring up in
ano,ber and larger than ever. l adj
mired Cox for his perseverance,, his
unbounded cheek-which lie an excel
lent quality In an Amerscan. We
ANAL mis- Cox; We shall all miss him.
and n will be hard 10 do without him,
hut we must try to survive our loss ~
best we can and bear ID with Christian
resignation shall miss him most Of
ali. There Il no one LEFT in Montana