The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-18
Bitter Root Is Montana's Garden
Spot.
IT'S A MARVEL OF BEAUTY
Fields OF Waving Blue Grass and Acres
of Wheat and Oats-Delightful
Scenery "A Close Call
From the Floods.


never pe1ore did it present as attract
| i've an appearance as it does TODAY.
| The long cola ,,,aks Of snr;,gs ,,,or,
| a,soo,,s.,.
asihs ana the OUTLOOK Ior
while was not encouraging, but the
warm weather and bright sunshine that
b,va s,,oooa, - ,, ,
''e 1oo' 'e'oA nave
ueNeiopeo the beauties ana the practl-
cal resources of the valley so rapidly
that now. almost before the massage
of sn,,, = ~,., ~, -.
- eai'%e"' .he naS hai vest
Is IN run swing and the steady Whirr
| of hundreds of movers is heard in the
valley And s,,o, bo,- nc ,basa r,o,,,ors
| ,o,-,.,
arc ihahihs' FOR mics anu miles on
bottom and on bench and on foothill,
stretch the fields of waving timothy,
bluegrass and clover and the acres and
acres or oats and wheat and barley. In
many places the long. blossomed heads
OF the timothy wave heavily above the
tops of the five-rail fences and, as the
horses plod around the fields, their
packs are barely visible above the top
of the magnificent stand Of grass The
air is heavy with the fragrance of hay
and mingled with it is the sweetness
of millions of heads of red and white
clover. 1t is an ideal season and there
l
grass as 1t tumbles before the clicking
| mower and in the spectacle of the grow
ing stacks of hay that dot the fields,
whose deep green of yesterday has
yielded to the yellow of the stubble of
to-day. These stacks rise like magic
houses, builded in a day.
But the fascination is for the on
locker, alone. There is not much of at
traction for the sunburned toilers whose
brawny arms work the magic change
that is taking place. The blazing sun
of this month is great for hay, but is
hard on the haymaker-he finds little
to enthuse over and there is not much
charm for him in the picturesque sur
roundngs in the midst of which he
hustles to keep pace with the rapid gait
set by the procession Of mowers that
wind about the fields, in constantly
narrowing circles He is glad enough
when the pause of the noon hour ar
rives and he halls with delight the quit
ting time at night, but as he looks back
he sees the big stacks where in the
morning there was waving grass and
if he is not too tired to think he real
ICES that he has accomplished some
thing by his day of toll.
The Bitter Root usually observes the
Sabbath day but yesterdays weather
was too good for hayng and there was
too much grass ready to be cut, so not
Rt. Rev. Bishop Brewer and the Rev
George Stewart prevented the mowers
from moving the orakes from raking
and the stackers from stacking. There
is too much uncertainty about the
weather, even If there is dry moon"
in the sky this, week, to overlook the
possibilities of such perfect day as
was yesterday. So there were many
more stacks to be counted around this
town last night than there were yes
terday morning.
The perfect weather and the delight
full scenery were thoroughly enjoyed
yesterday by scores tof visitors from
Anaconda, Butte, Missoula and other
Montana points. Some of them drove
about the surrounding country watch
ing the progress of the harvest; look
ing at the race horses and the fine cat
tle inspecting the orchards and en-
joying the day. Some left early in the
morning with rod and reel to return at
night with trout and sunburn-some
with more sunburn than trout nd
some with an even break. Others sim
ply loafed around the comfortable We
randas of the Ravalli, too well satisfied
to move All seemed to enjoy them
selves thoroughly.
The Copper City Limited of Saturday
night did a regular emigrant train
business From the time it left Butte
till it reached Hamilton there was
hardly an empty seat on the whole
train. Whenever passengers left at a
station there We're more than enough
who got aboard to fill their places The
heat did not prevent these travellers
from thoroughly enjoying the delights
of the ride down the canyon to Mis-
soula and thence up the Bitter Root
to Hamilton. Dust and cinders and
sunshine were brayed for the sight of
the magnificent panorama that passed
before their eyes. For those who were
taking the trip for the first time it was
a revelation and for those who had
taken it many times before there was
much that was new and interesting,
The splendid running time of the Cop
per City Limited makes the trip seem
incredibly short and the train reaches
Hamilton in time too brief to admit of
WEAKNESS,
There is one fact that is strongly i'm
pressed upon the minds of the traveller
who has visited the valley before-the
marked increase in the acreage of cul-
tivated land in the valley. Pine groves
have been transformed into orchards.