Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-06
Tuesday, March 8, 1888.

voteu 10 hrtlCltt utscIlpiNo VI Sushei
county and Miles City to the exclusion
OF the usual weekly grist OF local news;
for this invasion Of their rights we ask
forgiveness OF our local subscribers, be-
lisving that they will good humoredly
submit to being deprived Of their
weekly psbulum for once, 10 order that
u eastern cousins and friends may be
permitted TO become slightly ac-
ausinted with the country we live In
and its resources and possibilities. In
this issue we have grouped the views,
experience and conclusions OF . mum
Der Of well known. citizens OF the
county in regard to the outlook, each
person contributing an article on the
subject with which he was most con-
vsrsant and therefore best listed to de-
liver an authoritative opinion. These
articles are published over the sigma
lures Of the writers, who as above
stated are prominent people In this
community, and contain no statement
or assertion for which the writer has
not had la his personal experience .
basis of fact. There are no exaggera-
tons, no spread eagleism, but plain
facts tod in homely but earnest lam
guage. We do not send this paper
forth as q "boom edition. but simply
- a circular letter Of information to
such as are looking to the great
west with . yearning eye, and who
have little or no knowledge Of the
country. To such this issue OF the
JOURNAL will be \ fund Of informA-
ton on all points vital to the prospec-
tive immigrant. What he may read
here he may rely upon as implicitly as
II written to him by . friend or rela-
tive who had his best interests nj
heart equally with himself. He is not
told that this Is the one spot on earth
where oil the ne~cessaries Of life await
but his coming to cluster round him
aud pour into his gamers and treas
vries the unesrned results OF q toilless
existence; it is not sought TO make him
believe that life in eastern Montana Is
devoid Of the cares, viclssitudes and
disasters that have attached them.
selves to mankind since the exodus
from the Garden Of Eden; II 10 not
claimed that Gods law. that man
shall eat bis bread by the sweat Of his
brow, 10 imperative here; but IL lie
claimed, and the claim is susceptible
of demonstration, that in this spsrsely
settled section, opportunities exist for
smsssing . competency, that do not
exist everywhere and that the advan-
tage OF q large area Of unoccupied pub.
lie land, adapted by nature for stock
raising. and by mechanical art to sgri-
culture. o climate healthful TO q won
derful degree, with educational, relig-
ious and social facilities unsurpsssedin
new country, and with . promise OF
almost immediate development by the
largest railroad systems Of the north
west, combine to make settlement here
no experiment. To all who have tired
OF a monotonous aud poorly requited
existence Ia the agricultural districts
and trade centres OF the crowded east,
and are looking to the west as tue
land Of promise, we commend the on
tents Of this paper and ask q careful
and thoughtful reading, believing
that 10 many Of them the question,
"what shall we do for living" will
be answered aud answered sat
ishaotorily. Those who are dis.
posed to lean too heavily on Provi.
dence aud to attribute all their re-
verses to their bad luck will doubtless
find the same condition OF life existent
here that they have experienced else.
where, but to the earnest man who
makes adverse circumstances subserv-
lent to his will. the road to indepen-
dence and wealth will be found Is
easy to travel here ~ anywhere, aud
much easier than In some localities
that have been receiving the bulk Of
immigration from the east for the last
decade. Eastern Montana IL yet In its
earliest infancy; made known TO the
world but a few years since as q vast
stuck range it has yet bad no other
reputation, and IL i~gnorantly classed
with the barren steppes OF the south
aud west where cattle grazed and
stock growing flourished before this
empire was opened 10 the industry,
but, the arid plains Of Clorado, Ari-
Eona northern Texas and New
Mexico bear no comparison
Whatever TO the well watered
and fertile soil Of eastern Mon
tann, and while the nutritious
grasses that grow wild owe this vast
area make II the best beef producing
country 10 the world, the broad rivers
with their countless tributaries aud
feeders IN AXE .. possible for every acre