The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-01-06

-.,.. -..--

IN THE EYES OF A FRIEND.
The Salt Lake Tribune issued an Admirable
Sisht,page New Years paper, with not y
many advertising "~writs-ups" - are usual
bat with . general. review of surrounding
Territories. and Nevada. The Tribune ha
the ablest editor between the Missouri AMI
the Pacidc-Judge c. G. Goodwin-a maj
whose pen would grace the best journal II
the land, but who has apparently dedicated
his life to DISCRIMINATING that relic Of bar
barism, the Mormon oligarchy, from tn,
civilization Of the United States, and has nj
heed for the allurements of . wider and
more remunerative field while that monster
lives. he ever has, however, as opportunity
offers, = good word for Montana, and seem.
to have an admiration for this Territory and
its people that is ardent in its intensity
The following from the issue of Jan. lst i.
bis Holiday tribute:
The course Of Montana during the yea,
just closed has been steadily onward and up
ward. Not many people abroad begin to
comprehend that great Territory. In the
first place, few comprehend what its mighty
area of 145, ZIG square miles mean. 1t means
a country equal in extent to all New Eng
land. with New York, New jersey, Delaware
and half of Pennsylvania added it is in size
compared to the German Empire as Z to 10.
Speaking Of that, somehow whenever the
name Of Montana is spoken w think Of Ger
many that land of Central Europe which is
too cold for the tender fruits, but which
raises men who are the monitors of Europe,
who stand q living wall against invasion
from any quarter, only Germany has been
rounding into form through sixteen hundred
years, while there are plenty of mep 1bw
was hardly a trail 6iazed on ST t6e area that t6at
now constitutes Montana. But Montana,
like Germany, 10 a grand tract of mingled
mountains, rolling lands and plains a sturdy
race peoples Germany, q sturdy race is fast
peopling Montana. Men who mature in a
climate like that are bound to be patriotic.
The long winter evenings draw families and
neighbors together in close communion; love
Of home becomes a passion, and love of home
expanded, is patriotism. The sharp climate
and the hills make sure that the race will be
as brave as it is strong, and in the years to
come, whenever the Nation may need de-
Tenders, it will be absolutely certain that the
contingent from Montana can be counted
upon for everything that men can do in the
way of toll, or dare in the way Of danger.
Turning to material things, Montana is
swiftly becoming one of the richest regions
per capita in the Union. Behind her broad
valleys and her mighty focks and herds, her
mines are among the richest and most promi.
nent in the world. Among States and Ter.
ritories she last year rated first in gold and
silver productions. What will it be when a
few years hence the aggregate from field,
herd and mine is used to build homes and
factories and to extend the trade of the great
State? Within the year just closed a new
artery of cree, an artery of steel, has
been stretched for four hundred miles through
the Territory, giving it a competing channel
and opening a mighty area to swift commu-
nications which before was only travelled by
the slow stage or slower team. To this trade
the Territory responds as does the blood
horse to the rein. And other roads are build
ing, and many Others will be built, for Mon
tana can give more miles of railroad support
according to her area, than can any of the
States Of the Mississippi Valley. As yet, her
possibilities are scarcely tried
her mining is but in its infancy, and though
last winter was the most disastrous ever
known to her stockmen. she has this year /
sent away 10000 fatted beeves. Think of it!
seems but yesterday since the story Of the
Custer massacre OF the Rosebud came to us, |
and one of the thoughts that it awakened
the infinite distance from civilization
The place was where those brave men gave |
up their lives to the fierce Sionx. Now that
place is but five days ride from San Fran
but two from Portland, but five from
The Capital Of the Nation, while where the
furious savages danced their war dance of
over the denth of the pale. faces,
are quietly grazing, and the smoke
rom the homes of undisturbed settlers is the
by day which beckons the stranger to
lospitable hearthstoaes. No region is more
ull of promise; no region presents brighter
ropes for the immediate and the far off
uture. The Territory should be given State
lood. It fills every requirement., its people
re loyal and intelligent, its resources are
bundant and so varied that steady pros
'erity is certain. d. ~"". =-~" " ME