The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-08-13
THE UPPER BELT,
.,ors in That Section Assured of
Fine Crops Of Hay
and Grain.
.p.autiful and Fertile Valley That
i. Beginning to Attract
Attention.

Upper DELI, aug I'PcSioi AZ
.,oryr.LThe farmers in this the gar
T. If Cascade county are feeling pretty
If Grain of all kinds is nicely head
out and the prospects for Il bountiful
a,vest are exceptionally good. 1t is
se to say that the acreage of a year ago
more than doubled.
The hay crop is the best in years and
.ores Of huge stacks attest the industry
those vino are striving to put up a
rye quantity.
The weather for the last month. since
ewing commenced, has been perfect
0eycessive heat, never wind enough to
I~terfere with stacking, and but little
in. At a rough estimate there are
Iobably a thousand tons in we'll built
t.cks scattered over the Michigan col
by alone.
There has been a great deal of travel
hrouph here since the washout and con-
|eouent stoppage of trains, and the gen.
bral remark is, what a pleasant valley
Really. this is the finest part of the
l~oontry | have been in" According to
he testimony of tourists and travellers
rp have the best farms, best buildings,
best crop prospects, and best stock in
bis part Of the country, saying nothing
ebout our inhabitants-the very b.. p. o. 9.
jennie Thompson, who joined the
benedict ranks awhile ago, has built a
heat frame cottage on his ranch.
P. Miller is building a commodious
frame dwelling on his newly located
%buarter section neal Whittaker's gulch.
". Cunningham has converted his old
eabin into a very convenient barn and
erected a frame dwelling house in which
be is now living.
Henry Johnston is preparing to build
lon his homestead.
Mr.. Brazee, a new conner, has built a
house, barn and other buildings; has
good crops growing, well fenced, where
IA year ago the sound of the axe and
had never been heard. Others
bre improving and adding to their origi-
nal buildings and the condition of the
whole community shows progress and
Improvement.
Miss Kate Donaher closed so success
hui a term of school last Tuesday. that
bitter a vacation of two weeks. there is a
Unanimous desire that she shall resume
bier position.
Mr. Montgomsery. the Jealous young
EVANGELIST from Great Falls has been do
ngsOme successful missionary work here
bnd organized a Sunday school.
Mr.. Whitaker is mildly enthusiastic
|Over a hundred-foot pole he has ready to
|erect and which will soon proudly float
Cleveland streamer with our own loved
STARS and stripes.
&c. Bundy returned two weeks ago
FROM a three months sojourn in Color
ta with improved health but a great
aging to enjoy once more the lost de-
ghts of Never-Sweat coulee,
J.J. Kelliher had the misfortune a
while ago to be thrown from his horse,
breaking his ankle and sustaining other
injuries.
A recent trip to Logging creek re-
|yealed the fact that Mr.. and Mrs. S. M.
Dodd have built a most delightful home
there, and a more beautiful or romantic
location could not be found.
The Belt Mountain Miner is booming
barker for a summer resort. and truly
Barker has no mean possibilities that
way Monarch also is as attractive and
BEAUTIFUL a spot as tourist ever sought
or poet dreamed of. 1t has all the
requisites of a fashionable summer re
sort A first class hotel, only waiting to
be equipped; grand scenery, unlimited
resources Of hunting and fishing ground,
rhe water. shady retreats, lovely drives
III a multitude of directions: in fact
everything that the eastern tourist
would grow wild over, yet her attractions
are al! unknown to the general public.
Barker, Monarch and Logging creek
-ol these three the latter is pre-eml-
lcntly the most Interesting.