The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-01


tana. though as yet slightly developed
Is along the MIX river valley and its
tributaries The veins vary in workable
thickness from six 10 twenty feet and
crop out of h BLUFFS and along the
streams; this coal has been used fol
domestic purposes for some time and
has proved excellent in every respect
for heating purposes. The entire region
I from Buford on the North Dakota bJun-
dairy through to Great Falls is under
laid with coal veins. increasing In guam
tity n quality as the Rocky Mountains
are approached. '
There are openings for lawyers, doc
tors, dentists, teachers and other mem
bers Of professional classes, in growing
communities of Montana, but there are
better chances for men OF capital and
experience who will build and operate
creameries, cheese factories. flour mills,
wooden mills. packing houses, or engage
in n Of the various industrial lines
open to the right parties.
The barley of Montana has a reputa-
ton i'm the east n Europe for superior
mailing properties. and the foreign de-
mand is constantly increasing. 1t is
grown as easily as oats. and on suitable
soil yields almost as largely.
The fur trade was the first man at
tracted TO the Northwest, which in
cludes the vast area now known as
Montana. Then came the feverish horde
of gold seekers that formed the basis Of
a permanent population, and who were
slow To- be convinced that any industry
other than mining could maintain an
existence. The men Of herds and hocks
came next. in due succession. claiming
about everything i'm sight as range
and laughing TO scorn the p%retension
hat agriculture could gain a foothold
in Montana's great domain Many of
them are still adherents Of this theory,
for they have INDUCED the idea la such
an extent that they have come to sin
cerely believe their utteranCes on the
subject. Until quite a recent period
the general sentiment of the territory
and state was honestly against any
idea that farming was among the possi-
bilities. But the farmer has come, and
is coming and coming to stay.
He is to he an important factor
In the upbuilding of the state. He will
produce the breadstuffs now imported
from distant states. History has no
record of a great state founded entirely
on mining or stock growing or both.
These are important Industries that
add vastly TO the wealth and prosperity
of a commonwealth, but when unsup-
ported by a soil product and a rural
population, the highest achievements
of statehood are never attained.
Montana has already established a
reputation for mineral greatness and
profitable stock raising. The o~rganiZa-
ton and development of the aEriCul-
tural wealth of the state will become
as wonderful "A phase i'm her history rs
mining, and following that will come a
manufacturing era. Nature is fully up
to mans reasonable wants in Montana,
and will rarely or never cheat him., pro-
vided he only follows her teachings. The
soil is strangely retentive of moisture.
1t produces all the staple grain and root
crops Of the North. Dairying pays at
once. Most of the butter is still i'm
ported.
Montana is first in number of sheep;
first in the pounds of wool produced:
first in the copper output; first in divi-
dend-paying mines. first in the acreage
Of free pasturage of value: first i'm a
grand combination of mountains. val
leys, plains, rivers and forests, anording
"A diversity of unequalcd in The
union, and first in per capita wealth.
leading all the states with S3.429 ave-
ragged to each individual.
wild flowers spangle the mountain
slopes in March, and hill and dale are
ROBBED i'm green i'm April. The hura Of
the state is more varied than in the
states on the same parallel to the East.
Fuel is not a matter of much concern
TO citizens of Montana, owing To the
abundance Of coal and wood. The coal
fields of the state are the most extensive
anywhere west of the Mississippi valley.
There are openings for practical gar
deners i'm the valleys tributary To all of
the mining cities of Montana. as good
prices rule for truck of all kinds. J. H..
of Great Falls makes a special
~ Of celery which, In size and quality,
equals the Kalamazoo product. Great
is now supplied with celery by
local gardeners, the present annual con-
sumption running up to about 10000
dozen.
TIL first white settlement was made
by fur traders In 1929 at Fort Union. The
general knowledge Of the country
from the report of Lewis and
who assembled the Missouri in
1904. and went through TO the Pacific.
The religious history begins with Father
De Smet, early in the century. Fort
was established in 1916 by the
American Fun company. and remains
II the old adobe fort still stands. The
gold discoveries of 1861 drew thousands
of Adventures. The story of the be
g~innings of the state is told in Lessons
!, 400 page History of Montana" 1t
formed into a territory in 1864, I'M
Lincoln, and admitted as a state in
1883. under Harrison. The name Mon
ana means 'of or belonging TO the
andfis of Latin origin. The
name vas submitted by Hon. James NJ.
Ashley, chairman Of the house commit
.ee on territories, in 1864. Its pet name
S the Treasure state on account of it's
great mineral wealth. Its seal shows a
blow with a miners pick and shovel. a
buffalo retreating and i'm the back
ground n sun setting behind the moun-
The motto is 'Oro V Plata Span
sh words signifying gold and silver
Montana is "A sanitarium noted for
he relief il gives TO persons suffering
diseases of the throat and lungs.
The dry, equable temperature. the
bright sunshine and the cool nights.
With sleep, combine in making condi-
o n for a large variety Of complaints,
he tired feeling disappears from most
everybody after a short residence in
HeTding is not an eXacting
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