The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-24
In THE RATTLESNAKE
Striking Evidences of Improvement
On Ev.ry Hand.
NEW AND MODERN HOMES
The Buildings of MIR Raymond an
Mr.. Radcliffe A Eeauti. al Placed
Is the County r arm In Charge
of the sisters OF Charity.

Missoula, April 23.--In all OF the re-
gion that is tributary to Missoula,
there is no section that has shown so
many evidences OF Improvement In the
past two years as the Rattlesnake val
ley There has been a large amount
of building there in the last few sea-
sons but the indications are that there
will be more than ever this spring.
Already there are several houses in
course of construction and prepare
lions are being made for more. Many
of these new buildings are being erect
ed by men who have purchased acre
age property and have come here from
Butte and other Montana towns 10
make their homes in this little para
disc There are numerous orchards
now being planted and some of the new
settlers are preparing to go into the
small fruit business. Ground Is being
broken and fences built on every hand
and a trip up this valley Is well worth
the time. w. II. Raymond Is complet-
ing a handsome modern two-story res
idence that will be. when finished, one
of the finest buildings in the city. 1t
Is situated in the center of the large
grounds that Mr.. Raymond laid out
several years ago and Is a model su-
burban residence UP on his hillside
ranch, whose peculiar and original ir-
scribed in the Standard, +. NJ. Rat
cliffe is also building a handsome resi-
dence that will command a most beau
tiful view and will be a very pleasant
place. Other smaller buildings are In
course of construction and will be com
pleted in a few weeks.
A Standard reporter took trip up
the Rattlesnake this morning and was
much impressed by the enterprise that
Is manifest all along the valley. At no
place is there more apparent improve
ment than at the county farm which
is now I'm charge of the Sisters OF Char
ity Since they received the contract
for the care of the county patients,
they have expended much effort to i'm
prove the condition of affairs at the
farm and the present appearance of
the place shows that these efforts have
been successful in an unusual degree.
From the entrance gate to the remot-
est corner of the building everything
is in the best possible condition and the
farm looks like a new place. In the
extensive grounds that surrounds the
aims house the Improvement has been
wonderful. A stony tract OF land has
been transformed into a garden spot
All of the stones have been picked out
and removed and the land has the APP
pearance of a stretch of meadow land
IL is being made into garden this
year and this morning when the re-
porter drove into the grounds, the sis
tiers and the patients, as far as the
latter were able, were busy planting
potatoes. All seemed happy in the
work and II was being thoroughly
done In a shed in the back yard some
of the patients who are not able to
get around were comfortably seated
and were engaged in preparing the
seed potatoes. Everybody does what
he can and in this way IL has been pos
sible TO accomplish all that has been
done at the farm.
In the house everything is as neal
as the proverbial Dutch kitchen and
the arrangements for the comfort OF
the patients are as complete as the ia.
cilities will admit OF. The reporter
was taken through all of the rooms
and every one looked neat and comfort
able. There was nothing about any OF
the arrangements that would indicate
that II was an aims house and all 81
the inmates seemed to be contentec
and happy. II is a pleasant home fol
them and none Of them had any com
plaint to offer The dining room wa:
laid fer dinner when the reporter en-
tered and from the kitchen came the
appetizing odors of the dinner that wa:
in course of preparation. Ii was al
pleasant enough to have been at 4
country hotel
The sisters have, this spring. broker
large tract of new ground in th'
river bottom and here will have a vege
table garden that will supply th'
house They have also cleared the un
derbrush from the grove along thu
river and have made a pleasant parl
there In the front OF the dwelling
they have arranged a pretty fiowe
garden and this viii be one OF tn
pleasantest spots in this section a.
soon as the season is further ad
vanced. There is one thing that tn
county commissioners should do thi
spring and that Is TO do some work OF
the road that leads to the farm.
could be made an excellent drive. bu
at present IL is so full of stones that 1
IS not a pleasant place 20 drive. 4
,ttle work here would make a wonder
full Improvement and would be appre
ciated by all who are obliged to trave
up the valley.