Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-05-10

FLATHEAD VALLEY.
A PICTURESQUE AND DECIDEDLY
FERTILE REGION.
4'ca Farming L.nis--Exceilent Timber
Varied Mineral Wealth - Large Rivers
and Lakes Mild and Hemlthfui Climate
4 Paradise for Sportsln~n.
Garden Of tho Northwest.

Garden Of tho Northwest.
kalispell. Ment correspondence.
Ia only two localities in the United
States can tho Rocky Mountains, be
seen from steamboat. ald both OF
tiese are in Montana first on the Mis-
souri, River at Fo,t Bent IN, east Of the
range, and then on the FIathead river
and lake, west Of it. Surprise; await
the tourist who descends into the noun
tain-giltei valley Of the Flathead.
where he finds everything Of magni-
tuds in keeping with the general feat
area of Nes1arn Montana, where Ma.
ture has created rivers, lakes, forests,
prairies, and valleys upon large scale
The Flathead, instead OF being shal.
low rivulet da hing down the mountain
Sides is a ma je ,tic stream larger than
the Mississippi at st. Paul + fathead
Lake is the argest body cf fresh wat ,r
We tot the great lake ard is but ore of
anumba n Of pretty bodies Of water SC at
tered over the valley. Situated upon
the Pacific lie o. the continent, the
climat gi G mild inter, and fine
seast rs IN the same parallel on the At.
lantic coast. There are NJ billiards.
and cyclones The LIBERAL rainfall aas
nurtured forests OF pine ami other trees,
not MY on tie mountain sides, but in
the va ley itself, the timler being
interl;c with prairie, wlich give
thc country d park-like uppe arance re,
ssmbling the OAK openings of Michigan,
Ohio, AMI New York. Unlike the soil
whore piIe grow, in othet iocalit es,
here ii i rich loan and makes the lest
kind Of az iculturai land " hen cleared.
Seeing i5 et ewing is an Il q 70 a.
old a. il Is true. a Id !ere are those so
incredtlou' Ii at only with reluctance.
will they accept any but this kind of
prCos 10 al such visit TO this val
le.j is sD rec Of del ght, 3nd the com.
mon admission Is that tho half has
never Eeen told" " hat a hange, too.
after the magnificent tri thrCu III the
Rockies, over which tie railway has
cen uered Il ath. soli1 and safe. to
pass down among peaceful and attrac.
tive prairies with cult a.ed field and
gardens, an / see busy towns with hun
treds OF people en- ,sged in the pur-
suits Of peace an / home seeking, where
only short time ago few indians
roamed in search OF game and fish. a
fcw years and thousands more whites
will be here sharing the plen- indus
try is &C tain to give all willing TO woo
the earth with is ~ asuras oi field.
mine, forest and water
Flathead County. formed by the last
Legislature, has an area Of !, .0D square
miles, ter itory larger than the
States OF Connecticut ana Rhode Islaod
combined. The Great Northern Ra |.
way fr, m Its first station In The county
on the east to It's last on the we { rnns
a distance OF l9S miles. The Fathead
River and tributaries, with | gging
waters aggregating Co miles in length,
converge at kalispell. and the manu-
iac.ure Of lamb 4 and shingles is be-
coming an imp1l tant indu try The
principal forest trees are the cedar,
fir, birch, pune, and ia imarack. tho lat
ter often attaining q diameter Of six
feet, instead OF being u mere .elc graph
Eo.e as In the east, 1t makes fine fur
nitu g, samp,as OF which were seen Ia
tho Montana Buiidi le at the Worlds
Fair
IGere j. much that is attract We from
health giving. sceni. and sporting
standpo. mt in this region S ow peaks
are in view all the year round, and the
winters are seldom Id enough to clio. .
the streams to nay igation Lake Me-
Donald, near by, is becoming noted
resort. Among the visito,s last lm-
m er were Bishop Whipple, OF Minne-
sofa and Vice Pre- iIent Webb. of the
New York Central Railroad axes
and streams abound with trout apl the
hunter has chances - look along his
gun barre! at deer and grouse. Farm.
ers di talt from town are said to build
high fences around their gardens to
keep the deer out. Skins to lie seen at
stores show that bear are still t. be
found
The mountains il al directions con.
tain precious an base metals. anl in
the nlrthefn part Of the county large
beds OF coal and petroleum sp ings ex-
is. Railway surveyors have he IN over
route - this sec q ard al on
line soutl tD Anaconda and Eut.a
New sourt es CT wealth making are te.
ing constantly brou hit to light as set.
tlement progresses from the comnaCu
centers along the railway, which q ses
connectians betwoen ST. Paul. MieEe-
apoi and Puget Sound. Much of rne
country is sill Government Ian /, and
valuable tracts Of timber and ia ming
land can b. taken up under the home.
stead law. Two years ago the site OF
ka,ispa'l wa, a vacant SPOT on the
praiii lie; now | has over ,. 40 eople,
several banks. three Eewsrape =,
schools. churches, electric lights,
" tsrw rss, Ia &c Touring mi |. saw
mills, business houses and excellent
hotels.
The other towns along the Great
Northei Railway in this country are
Columbia Fa Is, Pleasant Valley, Jen-
nings, Troy and LibbJ Creek. the lat
ter being prominent int in the
kootenai mining district jennings Il
a steamer point the Fort Ste ,le
gold district in British Co'un bia
kalispall is county scat and d vi ION
point of the Great Narthern Railway,
W u two-story brick passcp yer deEot
and of &c building. The w,i.er is un.
der obligations &. L. Cnyd Pre- l.
dent OF iEe Copeal National Bank.
KalisEel'. Mont.. or printed matter
and other inform ation. All applicant
apl In luirers will got prompt atten.
tiop from tho same gentleman.
JOHN HARRINGTON.