, 1888-03-22
cALuspEI. ITEMS.

messed great changes in this section
hut u few months ago wild game
roamed over the virgin meadows; to-
day houses and barns are spripging ur
everywhere, some OF which are credit
10 such new country. Ono barn
when completed will be over two hun
dred feet long. Its large bands of cat
tie and horses arc in excellent condi
tion on the wild hay Even beef kill
ed this spring WAS as fat az could be
desired. Several large bands of horses
are TO be brought into the valley this
spring. Men who have bought bands
Of tw0-year.olds will have doubled their
money in year and half. The
great mania appears to be for cattle.
All the smaller cattlemon are doing
their best to purchase all they can.
This is quite natural for there ia no cas-.
ier way of making money than that OF
raising stock in a country where an
ampls supply of hay can be had, and
hills to range cattle on, without any of
the dangers OF Montana's severe
winters without supply of fodder.
Some OF the easy going cattlemen
merely attend To their stock and spend
the rest Of their time reading, visiting
their friends or playing cards. Some
OF these men are noted for their whole
souled hospitality; but others are not
NO easy going, and appear as If "they
did not come to this country for their
health" They work from daylight to
dark, prepare land for grain and
garden purposes, fence their ranches,
build better style of house, and are
locally known 10 be on the work. An
other class Of settlers are those who are
known to be "rustlers from away
back" They do all the work on their
own ranch and work out as well to get
~ grub stake" and money TO buy
stock with. Another class take the
world easy, never work, except from
stern necessity, and trust from the in
creased value of their homestead in
the near future to make "stake."
This country consider can truly be
called An energetic mans Eldorado,
and happy mans paradise, yet there
is certain class OF land hunters who
would Indignantly refute this state
ment. Tn ~ co slider that they should
be able to live with their large families
with scarcely any work but such have.
mistaken their country. Calispel and
civilization have II use for them, they
would be be tier sueed in the enervat-
ing tropical 'climat. When they hap
pen to break their wagon on the rather
rough road they declare the
road to be impossible. Ii they
happen to mire their wagon
in one of the soft places around the
valley, they declare it tn be swamp;
on one Of the few foggy mornings the
climate is abominable; or il the ther-
mometer ever goes below zero why this
is worse than Dakota. If they happen
70 get splendid grass ranch with
good farming land, but under timber,
shey did not come west to clear farm,
and when the pure snow water Of
Montanas mountains flood the valleys
for a few weeks and musquitos are
rather troublesome short time after,
why, this country is not fit for a white
man, and to cap the climax, when
their ever empty purse becomes once
more empty and ranchmen will not
come forward and offer the highest
possible wages they, leave such "God
forsaken country" and cast away the
OF making for themselves
beautiful homes in 4 country of stately
vast forests and rich
valleys, adapted to all the fruit and
vegetables OF temperate clima, ,es, un-
developed mines, natural meadows,
noble rivers and beautiful lakes, with
that would ill the soul of
poet or artist with delight. AS regards
fruit culture. | may say that several
large orchards will be "set OUT this
spring.
The main body of the valley is badly
in need Of Il road, which must be con-
tinued frOys the, Spokane Falls and
Calispel wagon road down the west
side OF the valley towards the Metaline
mines. The valley itself, being flooded
six weeks in the summer, makes a
road an absolute necessity on the
highland through the timber. II this
twenty miles of road was constructed
by the mining community Of Metaline
and the settlers could by next fall
inish the remaining twenty-five miles
10 the mines, and thus bring this city
in direct communication with this
mining section, and the,
larry and ranchmen OF the main
body of Calispel valley. Some OF these
iairy men will have large ship
ments of butter to make TO
the Falls, having n.ilch cows
rom fifteen TO forty apiece. We have
already to gratefully acknowledge con
.ributions from the Falls to this road
,ne to Miller and one to myself to the
amount of $I15 and 800. ! will
give summary of what it
mas accomplished.