The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-19
4 GOOD BUSINESS
No Doubt That the Copper City
Limited IL Appreciated.
THE BITTER ROOT VALLEY
It Never LOGGED So Well - 1t o
Now-The Farmer IL at Peace
With the w~orid-Crops
Are Excellent.

preciated and that 1t does not do a good
business ought to stand at the railway
800. a, Nu..o,,a for half an hour of the
time the tram arrives irom butee al"
watch the crowd that assemblies to wait
Tor ,h. train Tben he should see the
a..
crown iro" ou''e'
towns up the canyon thai get on when
the train gets in and the other crowd
a.. 90 toll. tho trim nm the val
'""' So. --..
where there is rest and comfort and en-
,ovmep, for everyone who cares TO find 1t.
~. .,,n. ,nos,gb ana
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see just to what extent the tram IL ehJos-
ed. this skeptic should Join the crowd that
90, .ho ,auav and ride with them.
80 P ....nu
iheh ne wo"io e""~' """' ~
the people Is this new train; ana, iur'ner'
that the people as a rule appreciate tne
change. There are on the train CONNER
cial travellers. glad to be able TO axe a
day trip down the canyon from the cities
above; men who are taking a day or Two
away from business cares by riding GOWN
the river into the country, iaihihes %
children whose mothers are taxing them
away from the smoke and dust OF the cit
les to the clear air and green fields OF the
Bitter Root. The train is well hlled with
these. In the comfortable coaches that
make up the train sit people who take
solid comfort every mile OF the way In
looking out at the green fields, the trees
and the clear streams. 1t Is a revelation
to many of them. They had not believed
that such a change could be found In such
a short distance. But the limited speeds
on up the Bitter Root and whatever DOUBT
they may have had is speedily dispelled py
the sights that greet them as they ride
5000 10 alln thu IL N nnekf
in its class In the whole world.
There has been much written and more
said about the appearance of the valley
his year, but not half the truth has been
told. There are men about here who have
been in the valley for a score of years and
they will all tell you that II has never
looked as well as II does now. And 1t
would not seem possible that IL should or
could look better than II does at this
time. There Is more hay than the farmers
will know what to do with or how to
beanstalk and shows no sign of stopping,
though the time when IL should be ripe
Is near at hand. Still the farmers are not
worrying about the danger OF not being
able to take care of their crop. III the crop
natures as II promises at present there
will be some way found to get II taken
care of. The farmer in the Bitter Root
| this year Is n poor subject for a populistlc
| agitator to operate upon. His face wears
a smile that hangs to his ears 1t Is so
broad, and he sees nothing in the condi-
ton of the crops or the weather or the
water supply 10 worry him. He Is at peace
with all the world and he is glad that he
lives in the Bitter Root. The man Who
lives here and Is not happy has yet to be
discovered this year. and If such a man
IL found he will be sent to the insane asy-
lum at Warm Springs. That is the place
- It.. nn.NAH 80 A.afa a.. 0rnanfhlU
for the Bitter Rioters that this season
will spoil them for future conditions I'M
less they take care of what comes their
high that a small man will get lost trying
TO hnd his way across lots. Such n mar
velous growth, even In this region OF big
crops, has never been seen before. All OF
the streams are running bank ful ana
there is hardly a day passes that there
liz not "a shower somewhere IN the Vaiiey.
The sun shines enough TO keep the AIR
warm and everything grows isSt.
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There are some who have II In their
towns along the line TO laugh az BOD
OHarar Colonel Crutchneld. Lee Mc'ui-
loch. ID. j. Donohue ana others VINO nave
left their former homes IN other Montana
cities to live In the Bitter ROOT. rhey
have IL all hxed up Just now tney VIII
them for living up IN the country AND lot
being Bitter hooters. Inc Joke IL gooo
for a Few miles, but by the time the Jokers
have ridden hair way up the valley they
begin TO think that MAYBE IL isn't a joke
at all. and by the time they nave reached
the comfortable Hotel RaVaii they are
sorry that they themselves are not Bit,er
Rioters. There Is solid comfort IN a So
journ I'm this part of the valley. To leave
the cities where there Is not much or
green and no flowers and no fruits, and TO
get here. where there is an abundance OF
all these, Is all OF comfort that a man can
expect TO ENJOY in this lie.
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children from Butte. who nave NOT seen
much of the country life. they rush from
the station platform out into the grass
and wild flowers that fill the common, and
by the time they reach the hotel their
arms are nlled with grasses and bios
SONS. II Is a sight that makes one glad
hat the little ones can come this way ana