The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-13
WILL HAVE A GOOD YEAR
Prosperity Seems 10 Be In Store for
the Bitter ROOterS.
THEY'RE PULLING TOGETHER
Business Has Been Excellent for
Some Time and 1895 Promises
TO Be n Banner Year for the
Ealley--The RaYalli Fair.

MIsSOULA, Jan. 12.-As spring APP
proaches it becomes moro and moro APP
parent that the Bitter Root people arc de-
termined to make the coming season the
banner one of its history. The small
fruit growers, whose crop is tho first
which becomes marketable, are already
laying in n supply Of boxes and cases,
past experience having taught them the
evil of delaying too long the procuring of
.hcsc necessary articles. The apple and
plum growers estimate this years crop at
a much higher figure than was reached
last season, and more hay anG grain Will
be shipped from tho valley, according 10
present indications, than is usually the
case. The ranchinen are proiitins in
many ways by the advice given by the
conductors of the institute which was
held last year, and they have also gained
considerable experience from the discus
sions which arose during the time OF tho
Stevensvillo fruit exhibit, There is mani
fest in all sections of the valley n more
progressive spirit than that which has
heretofore characterized tho farmers of
the valley, and whatever Of contempt was
implied in the use of tho term "Bitter
Rooters" years ago will he lost, and tho
title will DO one OF respect, provided that
these men pull together for The perma-
nent improvement of the valley.
One more attempt Is TO DO made to
make the creamery experiment success
and upon the assistance which the ranch
men are willing TO render will depend the
outcome of this final trial. Some of the
more energetic farmers and business men
in and around Stevensvillc are interest
ing themselves in this matter with good
prospects of success.
Up Mt Hamilton the preparations for the
county fair are progressing favorably and
the promoters of the scheme assert with
confidence that their plan will be carried
out in full. Everybody from Florence to
Ross Hole is in sympathy with the idea
and everybody seems willing to con-
tribute in every way possible TO the pro-
ject. AS far as formulated, the plans of
the association provide for the annual
holding of a fair of the regular old New
England type, with premiums for all
classes of thoroughbred and grade stock.
horses, cattle, sheep and swine, dairy pro-
ducts, fruit, grain, hay and vegetables, as
we'll as of articles of the housewives man
ufacture. 1t is also expected that race
meeting will be arranged, which will add
much to the success of the fair.
Amos Buck, one of StevensvilIe's promi-
nent citizens, spent several days is Mis-
soula this week and TO a STANDARD re-
porter he said: "We are Shipping more
hay and grain from Stevensvillo this win
ter than we ever have before. The greater
part of il is being sent to Anaconda and
Butte, where our ranchers find a ready
market. The past season has been good
one for us ut Stevensville and We are
looking forward TO even better one this
year"
This sentiment is echoed by every ono
who comes down from the valley. Aside
from the serious loss TO tho berry raisers
early in the season, occasioned by the in
terruption of railway traffic, there was no
feature of the season in agricultural CIR
cles that was not altogether satisfactory.
Everybody up sthe valley seems to have
had a merry Christmas and is now looking
forward to happy new year.