The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-04-04
IN FERTILE FLATHEAD.
Real Estate Rising I'm Value at Demers-
vile.

Real Estate Rising in Value at Demers-
vile.
Demersville, like the promised land, is
hard to reach, but splendid when you
once get there. Judging from some re-
cent real estate deals one would naturally
think her future very bright. A gentle
man from Iowa came in TO look at the
Flathead country, and the morning fol-
lowing his arrival purchased a lot so foot
front and $50 feet deep for the sum of
$500. Another man bought IA lot at about
the same time, 25 foot front and $50 feet
deep, paying, it is said, $3.50.
Whatever may be said of the town it
certainly has SPLENDID resources to back
it. The Flathead country, as an agricul~
tural district, canno be surpassed in the
West. The timbered lands, as good as
exists anywhere in Montana, will afford
material for extensive numbering for
years to come. The Great Northern
railroad by next September will be able
W 1ulIllSh tluhsDoI thtloh W dliloSb uhl
part of the country. Congress, just before
It's adjournment, granted the Northern
Pacific the right of way from Ravalll
through the reservation to the foot of
| Flathead lake, from which point the
Flathead country is easily accessible by
boat. To the farmer of small means no
place is more desirable.
One splendid feature about the country
10 tIn fact that M Ihtnuman arc mar
nlitted in it. A couple of Celestials were
brought in by the stage today, but had
not time to look around and size up the
town before a committee waited on
them requesting that they leave town Mt
once. On promising to leave on the first
stage they were allowed to remain over
night.
Among other things that would assist
in developing this splendid country
might be mentioned a good stage line.
When u man once makes this trip by
stage from Ravalli here and gets back
and finds himself all together he 10
satisfied TO quit. Fourteen passengers on
starting from Ravalli we're promised good
transportation. Two fOur.horse sleighs
carried the crowd TO the first dinner sta
ton, but on leaving there all the passen-
gers and baggage we're dumped into one
sleigh. Think of fourteen full-grOwn
men and women and the usual baggage
for each being jammed in.o n 12-foot
sled with only three seats to accom-
mOdate them. Well, the strain was too
much and the sled soon gave way, oblig-
ing the driver to rustic up another, de-
laying the passengers for fully two and a
nalf hours. At length everything was re-
loaded and pulled out for the lake. The
poor horses soon began to flag, and the
passengers were compelled to walk at al
most every little hill or grade over which
they went. At last the lake was reached,
lust In time to be about thirty minutes
too late for the boat. Alas! the boat had
gone and the angry passengers stood at
the landing using language not permissi-
BILE in Sabbath school. However, all
were provided with fair quarters for
lodging until next morning. About . a.
m. the passengers went to the landing ex-
p~ecting the boat in u very short time, rs
they had been Informed it would be there
by 10 o'clock, hut to their sore disap-
polntment the boat did not show up I'm.
til 4:30 p. m.
On the arrival of the boat everything
and everybody, including the passengers
That started from ltavalli a day later, were
soon on board and the little steamer, Tom
Carter, was putting away for Demersvllle
The river being frozen over, the boat
could not get nearer than eighteen miles
to Demersville. II was met by two stages.
Here the jamming process was repeated
Fourteen passengers and their baggage
were crowded on one, and ten passengers
and their baggage III the other. How.
ever, candor compels one to say that the
last part eff the journey was better than
the first and that the reception and so
journ of the passengers in Demersville
was very pleasant indeed. The enterpris
ing and thoughtful cannot fail to see the
worth OF this great and growing country
Special correspondent Anaconda Stand
ard.