The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-09-19
| correspondent From Upper
4 strikes ~StraightiFrom
the Shoulder.
,derous Statements Corrected
lerning the Productiveness
nd Resources Of North
ern Montana.
LARSON Invited Between This
Lion and the Most Favored
Sections Of the United
States.
:, Correspondence of the TRIBUNE.]

m :, Correspondence of the TRIBuNE.]
i L.1 UPPER BELT, Sept. II.
;ance well sometimes to enumerate our
ooo,,. "a not only to remind ourselves
4 II y (,any things for which we should
end rkful, but also to remind our
n;n. prs of those local advantages
one region may offer superior to
On resi- Il
vent" il a certain DR.. Olton living at
pics: he vicinity Of Worthwhile, S. d.,
70 t9 1aims to have been all through
""p ountry this present season, and
instea ated to some gentlemen who went
him to learn something of this
T grant that she would not take the whole
WITH y as a gift; that people were so
lefte here it would not be safe for a
Der to carry on any industry alone,
:" the writer says, tive became dis
ant ti bed about going to Montana, and
rned our minds in another direc-
.ea Z but it mildly, DIR. Olton must be
NJ u an idiot or the champion liar of
! wind-swept, water-famished, biz
dona bombastic-dCctor producing coun-
te
- W. u ouldn't take this whole country as
and ~ This country which will bring
rvest returns this veal of hundreds
II q. busands Of dollars, which possesses
W al wealth second to none in the
The I'M world. and which is nov valued
'tiol lions and is practically ~unexhaust-
with What a magnate he must be to
n, he gifts of such munificence.
W llinp in untold wealth beyond the
lhF bility of considering such gifts as
t Of possession of the whole country, he
ts be able to-, individually and alone.
lieye the suffering people OF South
wv y. bta. and place them beyond the
2 re possibility of want. Why should
] Eoycrnment be called upon to fur
IN seed grain, when the great and
thy DIR. Olton is in their midst?
w. Zee blessed be the land that can
WI b him for its own.
rs regard to the safety Of women here,
res. khallenge this redOubtable disciple of
id hlaplus to mention a country, where,
riding to the population, there are as
'ht N women engaged in 80 many differ
avocatiOns as here, carrying on
fding houses, keeping stores and
ps, holding postoffices and living
ID e without fear or molestatlon
lot would cite him the case OF
Bessie Ford (now Mrs. Frank
ION, our former efficient superin-
' lent of schools, who for two terms
n that office, and Travelled alone in all
10 IONS over this county when at that
+ there were frequent distances OF
twenty to forty miles without a
u nan living on the route. One eXpla-
Jon may be that there are very few
b |Oltons in Montana. Let us breathe
n Ny on that account, and be thankful
: there does exist here a broad, hon
' Bile recognizance of the independence
eoman, which makes it possible fol
to follow any respectable calling ano
4 received among the best people as q
fthy citizen, Just the same as a man
sounding the praises of our W fail
Ill we will say to DIR. Olton or whoever
it may concern, that we would bt
ling to compare conditions with an.
zion in the United States, and claim
Rt We are the most favored. We hav'
this season neither drouth no
>ods, neither frost O excessive heat
ither winds nor fire, and RICH
IRE in the Belt Mountain vale.
have what eastern men adm
be the finest wheat they ever saw, tn
eaviest barley and oats, the tallest rye
e largest potatoes and other vegetables
Pm standing seven feet high, plenty o
feen cucumbers and ripe tomatoes, ant
bis is the rule, not the exception.
4 All this, and yet our strongest CLAIM
b the country is for stock, and we will
bind up this little peroration with tn
ell s~ubstantiated statement that it /
ne best stock country in the Know
world.
HM PERSONAL MENTION.
aE Among the ranchmen who have put u
N immense amount of hay are Sims an
? Donahue, Gwynn and the Srackangas
brothers, Stones and the Whitaker boy
MN. Kidder and sons, while many OH
ars have put up enough to carry thei
trough the winter in case of a heavy sno'
.hll. II we have III usual good weathe
There will be plenty of hay for sale.
Smith and Schultz of Monarch hay
tocchtiy DOugnt u press anu are PioP"'.
2 do a large business pressing hay t'
shipment.
We are having fine weather for ha
Vest, no rain, and crops are turning OF
eplendidly.
Over at Box Elder N. F. Wilson +
ports oats 80 heavy that he was oblig,e
% put on five horses to cut them. job
%Ihompson cut a piece Of barley in II
Michigan settlement for Mr.. Ogden tn
week that he called the heaviest he ev'
saw. Mr.. Ogden also claims the be
piece Of wheat in the neighborhood.
Jerry Kelleher is already blowing h
oat stubble. He has such fine return
this year he can't wait for the crop to
entirely off the ground before he gets
fitted for another.
David Rice and family are now occ
plying their new house, which is by 4
odds the finest in the country.
Smoke Spanish Glrl" cigar. BE
cigar in town. Great Falls Tobac
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