Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-04
CONTINUED from hrst pags.l

Ia superior on the line Ut the Northern
Pacific, 10 any OF the requirements
that tend 10 alleviate the discomforta
OF travel.
Such Is Miles City TO-DAY! Coming
Into the world q dozen year, ago rs
the mere camping place ola swarm OF
adventurous spirits, II has passed
through every conceivable stage of
frontier existence, and sustained mora
hard knocks and adverse fortune than
generally falls to the lot OF eastern
towns la a century. Slowly but SURE
ly the lesven Of progress, has worked
In the homogenGIs mars comprising
its population, lhnwing OF what Vac
worthless and u barrier to lis advance
ment. and cement'ng more compsctly
the better element, until to-day there
does not ex ist a more orderly and we'll
governed city anywhere. Being one
OF the feS western towns that has
never b.en ''boom,d," it has no record
Of busted spectators, uusatisi-d
mortgages and blasted hopes to look
back upon; real property has never
attained q value here out OF proportion
with what II could earu at . fair rental
II improved. Tue outlook 70; the IA.
turs IL most promising; since the di--
sster brought upon the sto;kgrowiDg
interest by the svers winter OF 1867
and which affected business Interests
In Miles City severely, there has been
. gradual improvement in all classes
Of business. 50 that now We have Quite
regainsd the ground lost. and with IL
have learned TO adopt business meth
DDS that hsvs and will continue to be
Of Invaluable benefit To Us. Our future
~ . railro I'd centre seem very prom
isius. tn. CnicagI & Northwestern
nov completed to Wildwood, 10 she
Black Htll-, aud with . grade con-
struoled to within forty miles OF the
southeastern corner Of Custer county.
10 must sssursdly headed for Miles
City. The Cheyenne q Northern, u
branch q tho Union Pacific, builds
this year from Laramie to Blfialo
Wyo., only thirty miles from our
southern border. while the Montana,
Kansas & TeIa-, . north aud south
trans-continsotal line with q capital OF
twenty millions, Announces Miles
CITY as its northern terminus, tue
southern terminus beiug Galveston ,ou
the Gulf OF Mexico. The Transports
ton VI cattle and horses from the
grazing grounds Of eastern Montana
TO the markets Of the south and east
10 what these roais are aiming for.
Toe monopoly nov enjoyed by the
Northern Pacific 10 bound to DO die.
puted by the other giant corporations
Of the northwest, and where 10 all cas-
tern Montana 10 there % favorable Q
point for them to touch % Miles City,
The headquarters Of the sf~ockgrowiDg
interest, having . permanent aud we'll
established local traflc and the will
and ability to make liberal concession,
10 order 10 gain lasting advantages.
Miles City Away, has been, 10, and al
ways will be the central and most i'm
p'r at point In eastern Montana.
Having no rivals within . radius Of q
hundred and afty miles IL commands
and receives the trade Of this great
area, which 10 now rapidly settling up
with thrifty immigrants, who, taking
up their quota OF ieovernm ent o rail
road land and starting with q few COWS
or q small band Of sheep, quickly
find themselves possessed Of . compe.
tency which year by year increases
py the law Of nature, and puts them
on q far better plane than the wheat
farmer OF Dakota or the states, who, II
he 10 lucky enough to harvest . crop.
Hnds IL almost valuless owing to the
surplus produot and the msnipult.
lions Of the market. The settlement
Of our country by small stock farmers
and sheep growers will year by year
add to the Importance, wealth aud
population Of Miles City. To-day the
little town born Of Custer's disaster, Ia
on the eve Of grsnt development and
from natural causes; and the faithful
who have stayed with IL In the dark
days Of adversely, shall reap their re-
ward.