The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-02
ALONG The BITTER ROOT
Many Splendid Evidences Of Pros
p3rity.
BARLEY is THE STUFF NOW
a Largo Mating Plant to Be Estab-
Iished BY Men Who Have a Rep
utation In Making a Success
OF Their Undertakings.

| growing industry is to become an impor-
tant one in the upper Bitter Root valley
is now an assured fact. The promoters
of the mailing plant scheme which was
mentioned in the STANDARD last week,
are thoroughly in earnest and have taken
steps to get the barley planted, and have
shipped to Manager Sessions of the Bitter
Root Development company 10000 pounds
of seed barley from the Gallatin valley.
The letter which was sont to Mr.. Sessions
regarding this shipment is as follows:
BUTTE, Mont, Feb 81, '95.
Dear Mr. Sessions:
We ordered to be shipped to you from Bel
grade, in the Gallatin valley, 10000 pounds OF
seed barley-2O, 900 pounds OF two rowed Chey-
alier and 10000 pounds of six-rowrd White
Club. Please advise the farmers to SOW on not too
heavy, but rather light soil, and old, cultivated
land; to SOW early and irrigate but once IL pos
sible. We remain, respectfully yours.
CENTENNIAL BREWING COMPANY.
Per Leopold L. Schmidt
1t is not definitely known how much
land will be sown in barley this year, but
nearly all of the prominent ranchmen of
the upper valley have signitied a desire to
take some of the seed and experiment
with the barley raising. There is no rea-
son why this grain should not thrive in
the Bitter Root valley as il does in the
Gallatin and the farmers feel confident
that the experiment will prove an I'M
qualified success. OF course. the growing
of bar.ey in the Bitter Root country.
has been tried and successfully before,
but there has never been any good mar
ket for this grain near at hand and so the
farmers have devoted their attention to
wheat and oats for which they found
ready sale.
But now that they will have n market
for barley IN the new mailing plant which
Butte people propose to build at Hamil-
ton, they are going into the barley busI-
ness with vim and next fall will fin
broad fields of heavy headed, bearded bar
ley nodding in the wind on bench lands
and on the lower ground of the valley.
| That the crop will prove profitable one
| there is no doubt.
| Another new enterprise that is being
discussed here is the establishment of a
beef and pork packing plant, that will be
of sufficient capacity to supply the vest
| ern market. One of the chief drains on
Montana money is the immense amount
of money that is paid annually for pork
products and the operation of packing
house at Hamilton would keep much of
| thu money in local circulation. The hogs
raised in the Bitter Root valley are of ex-
| cellent meat qualities and there is a strong
| demand for Bitter Root pork all over the
state. The ranchmen who have carried
| on this industry for the past few years
| have found it a profitable one and il will
no doubt be extended all over the valley
as it's success is demonstrated. Nowhere
Is there a more inviting field for good
| profit than in this.
The wiring of the Lucas block for cleo
trio lights is progressing rapidly, and as
soon as il is completed Mr.. Persons men
will push the finishing work as much as
| possible. The upper story of the block,
as stated in yesterdays STANDARD, will
be finished as a theater and will be one of
the best play houses in the state when
completed. The stage will be large
one and will be equipped with settings of
tn latest and best construction. Mana
ger G.. n. Hartley of the Mlssoula opera
house, has made some valuable sugges-
tions TO the builders in regard TO the ar
rangement of the theater and his advice
will be followed. This is a guarantee
that it will be model house.
The painters are putting the finishing
touches to the interior of the Ravalli
county bank and 1t will be a model insti-
| tuition of its kind when completed.
The finish of the interior is oak and the
arrangement of desks and counters is per-
feet. Special attention has been paid 10
lighting and large windows Afford splen-
did facilities for this. The vaults-two In
number-are of modern construction and
have all the safety appliances. In the
rear of the banking room are the private
offices of the cashier and directors and
still back of them will be the offices of j.
u. Kerrigan, manager of the ID ily ranch.
To a STANDARD reporter Mr.. McCrackn,
cashier of the new bank, said: I'VE will
probably be ready for business about
| April l, perhaps a little sooner"
The foaling season has begun on the
| DAILY ranch and already the embryo flyers
are making their appearance. The winter
was good one for the horses, and the
mares are said by the managers to be in
| first class condition. One bay colt and
two bay FLIES by Prodigal were foaled
last week and are splendid little animals.
| One of the fillies is of especially fine
breeding, being out of Helen T., full
sister to Arion, 2:07H. This tilly was
| foaled Feb. "A, and great things are ex-
| pected of her by the. horsemen at the
| ranch.
| Mai. John b Catlin is spending n lew
| days with his family in MIssoula. Major
| Catln expects to- locate here permanently
estate business. He is already getting his
here will be appreciated by Hamilton
| people.
| Mavor O'Hara returned to-day from a
weeks visit TO Helena, where he was
ca lied by business.
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