The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-04
INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES.

AS field for the investment of capt.
tai in manufacturing and industrial en-
terprises, Gallatin county has no super
ior, and we here call the attention OF
readers to a few branches of industry
not represented. Bozeman would be
most desirable location for an oat meal
mill, for the reason that the oats raised
in the Gallatin valley are heavier, more
plump, and have a more perfect berry
than any grown in any other part Of the
United States. Oats grown in the Gala
tin valley seldom weigh less than 40
pounds to the bushel Oatmeal is used
very extensively in the mining camps;
one grocery firm in Butte alone sold in
the 1885 upwards of 10000 pounds of
oatmeal.
A paper mill would also be most
profitable enterprise for the manufacture
at first of the cheaper articles of straw
paper, coarse roofing and heavy building
paper, large quantities being shipped
from the east constantly. A paper mill
at Bozeman could secure free of charge
all the straw it could use for years to
come, and the only expense would be
hauling from the farms, distance OF
from one to five miles.
pay handsomely, and large trade could
be at once secured, there being no estab-
lishment of this kind within 100 miles
of Bozeman.
A soap factory could secure plenty Of
raw material and find ready market
for its manufactured product. A paint
mill would also be a profitable industry.
Plenty of fine clay for the manufacture
of friedrich can be found near Bozeman
and the industry would be profitable
one.
There is not tannery in the territory
and no better location could be be found
IN the west. Hides of all kinds could
be had very cheaply, and every
facility for the manufacture of good
leather will be found here.
A manufacturer of tents and canvas
camping supplies would also find good
sale for his goods.
No better point in Montana or the
west could be found for a good wooden
mill. Wool in great abundance could be
had; as Bozeman is in the heart of the
sheep-growing and wool-producing coun-
try, and Montana a great market for
wooden goods of every description.
A nursery giving close attention to the
hardy fruits and ornamental trees, would
find ready market for any quantity,
and the advantage OF quick delivery
would give the home article great adj
vantage.
Our citizens have offered 100 town lots,
some 25 acres of land splendid hotel
with cost and building
material, which would aggregate, on a
very conservative estimate, from S35, 900
to $4,000, to any person who would
erect a good, substantial hotel with 100
rooms, the same to be bnilt after the
most modern plan, of stone and brick.
Together with other donations has been
offered the use of one Of the most beauti-
full springs of water, which would be a
great advantage and attraction. A hotel |
Of this kind, if kept in first-class style,
would be constantly filled during the
summer and fall months with tourists
and summer boarders coming to the |
to enjoy its magnificent seem
cry, cool and bracing atmosphere; and |
would be one of the best investments to |
De found.
AS an example of the growth and
of Gallatin county, we here
With present the assessment returns for
EN- consecutive years, as taken from the
Territorial Auditors reports from 1875 to