The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-17
GREEN is THE VERDURE
Hamilton Is Wearing Hsr Usual Happy
Smile. l.
PICKNIcKING AND FISHING
The Annual Roar Against the Lack
OF Railroad Facilities IL Heard
Western Montana Fruit Grow
ers' Exhibit VIII Be Great.


glad that he lives just where he does,
where the sun shines brightly and where
the occasional showers only serve to make
more beautiful the valley. But TO learn
| of snow storms in Helena at this season
| of the year sends shivers up aud down.
| the spine of the reader who resides in
these parts and fills his heart with charit-
| able pity for the unfortunates who are
| compelled to reside in such place.
| Here in the Bitter Root valley, all is fresh
and bright and lovely and gentle spring
is now in the zenith of her power,
Meadows are already green. and the graz
ing herds find an abundance Of spring
forage on bench lands and foothills,
| Where, two weeks ago, the brown soil.
| freshly turned, told of the newly planted
grain, tho green shoots are now appear
| ing and in another week the wholesva
will have taken on the hue of spring. 1t
| is a garden spot indeed and the Bitter
Rooter surveys tho magnificent surround
ines amongst which he dweils and muir
murs "The Lord loves His own" =. ~
The excursion season has begun and
pleasure seekers from the towns are turn
| ing to the hills and fields for recreation,
during their leisure moments. Some Of
them haunt the streams with rod and
reel, soaring the trout into spasms by
their too energetic whipping of the water
and wondering why they do not I'LL their
baskets. The Bitter Root fish is a mod.
| est, retiring creature and has to be APP
preached with extreme caution to be
hooked. But the visiting fishermen have
good times. The moro venturesome of
| the picnic flends are already in the field
and, in addition to rheumatism and colds
| in the head, they are finding quantities
of beautiful spring flowers. Butpicnick-
| ing in April Is not a recreation that can
he unqualifiedly recommended.
The fruit growers are elated over the
prospects of the season. Never BEFORE
they say, have the fruit trees looked as
we'll as this spring and the buds are swell
ing in a way that is gratifying to the or
chardist. The old trees bid fair to equal
their record of former years and the hum
dreds of new trees that will be in bearing
this year will nearly double the output of
last season. The spring weather has
been as satisfactory as if the fruit men
had made it themselves. Unless cold
wave comes while the fruit is ''settine"
next month, everything will be in perfect
shape. But it is not nature alone that
has smiled upon the Bitter Root fruit
growers this spring. The railroad people
have signified their intention of making
| fruit rate from this valley that will be of
| great benefit to the local shippers. The
profit of the fruit business in this valley
has been seriously interfered with by the
/ rates that have heretofore been in force
| and the announcement that new sched-
ule has been issued, is read with pleasure
by the fruit men.
| The annual roar about railroad facih-
Il Il. mi to in al AL
/ strength once more and ii promises to be
louder and to reach farther than ever be-
fore. The business of the Bitter Root
branch is clearly becoming too much for
one train to handle. The present mixed
train has to handle all the freight and,do
all the switching, beside doing the passen-
ger business. 1t is too much for one crew
to attend to and the train has been late
into Missoula several times this week.
missing the connection with the east
bound express and compelling passen-
gers from here to wait "a hours in Mis-
soula. 1t is believed that the business of
this branch has become sufficient to war
rant the running of two trains each day,
one passenger and one freight. If the
present service is inadequate at present,
it will be doubly insufficient when the
fruit shipments begin.
Hamilton has recovered from the ex-
element of her one-sided city election
and everybody has settled down to BUSH
ness at the old stand. The sawmills are
running full time and full capacity and
the long trains of lumber that are sent
down the valley are only limited by the
capacity of the railroad service. The
planning mills are being pushed to their
utmost capacity by the rush of orders now
on hand and are turning out some excel
lent work. Tho largest order now on
hand is for the completion of the build
ings at Helena's focal post. Manager
Sessions of the mercantile department. of
the Bitter Root Development company,
has returned from his eastern trip and is
as busy as ever. His department is being
tested this spring as to what ii can do
and Hamilton is becoming the supply
point for n large part of the valley. -
As the arrangements become more COM
plete, it becomes apparent that the ex-
hibition of the Western Montana Fruit
Growers association will be the biggest
show ever given in Montana. Last years
experience was of great benefit to the as
ISOLATION and the members are profltinr
by 1t in making their preparations. They
are all beginning early and the display
will be much more complete this year
than it was last, as the former show was
arranged without much preliminary no.
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