The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-01
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Saws the Billings Gazette; "a
TnsBozernan the citi-
lid NTH each other in showing
courtesy to the visiting editors Tai
risges were placed at their disposal 70
driye,about the city, and 70 take UP
into the valley of Gallatin' beautiiul
with it's picturesque mountainous sur
roundings, It's clear streams ana culu-
waited fields, with the thickly s'Am ,.r
.S"ovss Of Golden grain. Bozaman differs
Con the Yellowstone towns in Its more
.ottlsd and staid appearance. Its trade
e large with the farmers ofthe surround
inc valley but their is not that Wioe-
rescbine struggle for trade which dIstin
.,,;.bod Miles and Billings. 1t is ike
some prosperous busin ess wan, whose
fortune is already made and steady IN
come assured. while the younger yell
lowstone towns have still struggle
ahead oftlfen before they can rest iro on.
their labor, and they show more ACTIVITY
t.o,r,bino ont new avenues OF trade.
Tho long lines of farmers teams iaden
With grain for market, which one sees 10
poyeman reminds us Of similar scenes IN
the east The city has greatly advanced
In appearance since 1T has had Guy
,,overnnent, and good sidewalks ana.
I'll Lo,t streets have taken the place OF
the diIapidated sidewalks which dlsgrac-
"a the town on our first visit in 1898.
The city is full OF trees and besntlui
Gardens. and many Of the resid noes
are elegant Nelson Story is erecting
,oonsion which, it is said, will cost IN
49, noiobborbood of 100000, while fine
sos;dences are being erected BY Gen.
Wilson and other gentlemen whose
names we have forgotten, Bozeman no"
contains about three thousand or thirty
Eve hundred inhabitants, and Is
wealthy, solid town, The members OF
the association will long remember
with Measure their visit to this mountain
citv and the kind courtesy of the In
habitants.
Will sutherlin in Rocky Mountain
Husbandman:
Bozeman is one of
Montana's most beautiful and interesting
cities. 1t now a population OF from
5000 to $500, is beautifully laid out
and contains many handsome resid 'nces.
Some of the business houses are
"a large and carry stocks as heavy
as is seen elsewhere in the west.
The public buildings consisting of court
house and school buildings, are large and
and very handsome. Its growth has
been steady and constant, and assuredly
permanent. This year its Improvements
are mainly dwellings and some of them
are very large and handsome. Prominent
among them is the residence of Genera
Wilson. a merchant and old resident
It is mansion-like in proportions, built
In the Queen Ann style The residence
ofNelson Story, which is in course OF
construction, is to be the handsomest
ard most costly vet attempted in Mon
tana. Mr.. Story is an early settler who
has accumulated great wealth here. He
Is the owner of much real estate, live
stock, the largest roller Touring mill IN
the country andi is engaged in the bank
ing business. His income is such that,
am told, more than covers the expene
of his building which is to cost in the
neighborhood of 100000, completing
the same this year without molesting his
capital.
The special train is
making ready to start and SO are the press
people. They leave Bozeman with many
pleaCant memories of the courtesies
shown by the h6spitable citizens of that
growing and prosperous city. I regret
10 close this letter hastily, but must do
as the train is about to pull out. / cam
not, however, without mentioning espec-
tally the great attention manifested by
w. w Anderson. publisher of the Avant.
Courier, and A. X. Yerkes publisher 0:
the Bozeman CHRONICLE.
Captain Mills in the New Northwest;
= #S# Bohemian the beauti-
full, is not an inapt term to apply to the
finest agricultural town in Montana. 1t
hasa population of 25OO people. and re-
liable prosperity is assured bv its sur
roundings of splendid agricultural coun-
try, that is insured beyond mischance
by irrigation and plenitlde of water in
the numerous mountain streams that
break out from the canyons and traverse
the arabic lands. 1t has been little ia
vored by the railroads, and. perhaps for
the best, had no great boom to be follow
ed by ruinous depression. But it has
had steady, substantial growth, and
the recent withdrawal oftroops from and
abandonu ent of Fort Ellis, which for
years furnished good home market for
many products is SC nearly compensated
by agricultural settlement and devel-
Opment that in a short time its discon-
tinusneeiWill be scarcely felt And the
agricultural town has permanency to
commend it. Railroad centers or shops
may shift, and mines be dug out, but the
wheat feld is eternal.
Ofall Montana towns, Bozeman excels
in a most commendable particular-the
large number of comfortable, handsome.
home-like, middle-class residences, each
situated within grounds affording space
for trees, shrubby, flower and vegetable
gardens and number containing thrifty
fruit trees, some Of which are already
bearing. This is striking and distinc-
tive feature as compared with other
Montana towns. There is good in "a
town that excels in comfortable dwell.
lings, forit is not the stately residences
in which the favored few may dweIIthat
tell OF general prosperity, stability and
content. but the pleasant homes Of the
people where CHEEKY invitation waits the
masters coming, and wife and children
are amid surroundings that enhance
the dearest spot on earth"