The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-15
GARDENS OF THE GODS
They Furnish the Champion Gar
den Sass Of the World.
GREEN GOODS IN PLENTY
The Market Gardens Around Missoula
Taking Advantage OF the Markets
of Butte and Anaconda-Bitter
Root Berries Ar Coming In.

Missoula. June IA trip around the
outskirts OF the city. especially up Rat
tlesnake up toward the mouth of the
canyon and across the river near the
Hinchman ranch. will r. veal the fact
that there Is mach n ore market gar
dening going ~ this year than there
has ever been In MISC ula tefore. There
are numerous gardens of from one to
five acres all around the city, and there
are none of them hat are not in the
finest sort OF shape. The long green
rows of growing corn. onions. celery and
the other good things that come from
the garden are In a condition tina indi-
Gates good care, good climate and good
soil, a combination that cannot be beat.
en- I'm any man. country. 1t is not
many years since the first attempt at
market gardening was made In Mis-
soula on a large scale. Tn attempt
that was made by skilled gardeners
soon demonstrated that there Is honey
in the business. and there a been
q others who have since embarked
in the business. For weeks the express
cars on the Copper City Limited rave
been taking out the early things OF the
gardens and the markets of Butte and
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have been supplied. in part at least.
with the products OF the gardens of Mis-
soula- As the weeks roll on these ship
ments will become larger and the gar
lens will d much to the enjoyment
of life in the cities that are supplied
with their green stuff from Missoula.
Even to one whose home is here there
Is much to surprise and please I'm the
trip about the city's edge that has been
mentioned above. There are many res
den here who have no idea of the ex-
tent to which the garden. business has
grown. These voul be amply repaid
for the time Of an afternoon devoted to
such a drive.
The first Strawberries from home fields
were I'm the market Monday. These
came from Missoula gardens, and there
are more now here from the productive
fields OF the Bitter Root. The berries
are beautiful to look at and toothsome
to eat. They are the prize berries of
the world. according to the opinion of
those who a tasted the fruits of
many climes, and the Bitter Rooter is
willing to stake his a cent on the
reputation OF his fruit. There are more
berry patches in the two counties of
Ravalli and Missoula than anybody
dreams OF. You will find them tucked
away in all kinds of out-of-the-way
H.@t '.t YIN. ~ III u va = tftEs
and good ones, too. The white sun bon
nets OF hundreds OF pickers will show
clearly against the dark green of the
fields for the next few weeks, while the
berry season Is at its height. The ex-
press messengers on the Copper City
Limited will have all they can do. and
their cars will have the odor of a gar
den. but they will not have much time
TO enjoy the odor. Their hands will be
too full for them to stop to smell or
rest between the ends of their daily
runs.
J. p. Menard has just returned from
a business trip though the Bitter Root.
and in speaking of the trip ne said; II
been up and down the Bitter Root
for more than is years and ave done
business with the farmers of the valley
for that length OF time. l nave visited
their farms each year. but I have never
seen such crops as they nave up there
now. The hay n grain are wonders.
and 1t does not seem as IL anything
could stop them from having a crop
that Will beat all records. A hail storm
is the only thing that can knock them
out, and that viii not possibly wreck
more than a small part OF the crops.
These storms. when they do come. are
not extensive, and they do not always
i never saw anything like the
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the Bitter Root this season. The leaves
are packed so closely together hat the
surface In like that of a lake in smooth
ness. You throw a stick into the field
and IL sends out wave I'm the clover
leaves as II they We're waves. 1t is a
great sight"
Another Missoula man who has been
In the Bitter Root is F. l.. OAR
bee. He has spent two or three days on
some OF the larger ranches up there.
and has been looking at the horses as
well as at the crops. He is willing to
make any sort of a wager that there
Is no place In the world where you can
see such horses. such crops and such
good farms. II was Mr..
first visit to the stock farms
and his enthusiasm Is pleasing TO those
who have been through the experience.
1t is an enthusiasm that never dies out,
and Is one that no one need be ashamed
OF. There are the documents and the
facts to back II up. There are no
In the world that can boast fin
er horses or finer crops than the Bitter
Root and Missoula valleys.
Out east OF town. just where the south
end OF Jumbo shoots out to form one
side OF the entrance to Hell Gate can
there is every pleasant afternoon
"a sight that Is always enjoyed by those
who witness It. 1t brings back recol-
lections OF old days I'm the Eastern
spent In some shady swimming pool. out
OF sight OF parent or pedagogue. Just
where the railroad embankment rises
there has formed a pool from
the seepage that comes down from the
bitches and the river. and
this pool Is always full. II is not shad-
ed and IL is not very clear. There is
no protection from the scorching sun
and there is no shade to lie down in
when the dip is over. but the water Is
just right for the swimming of the
and they swarm there these
bright afternoons and enjoy themselves
as only boys can in the summer time
after chool Ii out.
Just now these same boys are think
ing that Judge Sloane Is the proper
stun. They see in him the champion
Of their Fourth OF July rights and he
can have anything that they can give