The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29
About the Ceded Strin.

are removed. This is the verdict of all
men, and some women who have looked
the ground over intelligentay, and this
reminds me that the Cattle Queen was
right to the front when the strip opened.
| She forded and swan her horse across
streams which turned back more than
one man. She was with her brother
Chan Smith when his pack horses went
under the ice while trying to cross Milk
River. She located several claims, and
good ones too, and has put in good
| deal of her time in the mountains, and
knows them as we'll as most men.
, Whether it is true or not as to the
coming of the commission to treat for
new strip, the continual agitation of the
subject will, no doubt, arouse the curl
osity of more than one capitalist. The
natural advantages are SO great that no
one who has seen the country can fail to
pronounce it paradise for stockmen.
1t is a vast region of never failing springs
| and lakes. The wild grasses are SO
AAAdA AuhL SI1ub 1Idy Sou uO Gub any WAGICs
tons upon tons of wild pea vines can be
put up as we'll as bunch grass and one need
not depend upon meadows for hay. In
the we'll sheltered coulies the soil is rich,
and capable of producing vegetables of
all kinds as we'll as the different grains.
have received under date OF March
! Tth n sln+4or fra,. N 40 r+ ~ x1,Ir Is tboro
ughly acquainted with the Swift Cur
rent country, and who has just returned
from trip to the mines. Coming at
| this time, the inform alton given will
prove valuable to those contemplating a
| trip into this distpict. He says; II beg
/ leave to call your attention to an error
in regard to the width of the Ptarmigan
Lead. This lead is all of 100 feet in
width at location notice. You can easily
| walk from one wall to the other. 1t is
good travelling to and from the camp.
When you strike the lower end of the
lower lake, the trail follows up the lake
instead of the old trail. The lakes are
frozen to a depth of or 4 feet, hence
| there is no danger in trav cling that way
with good loads. The trail Oh going in,
! now crosses Swift Current above Joe
Butch's. The crossing is good, and by
going this way, the Big Hill'' is avoided.
st Mary's river is very low; water at
Butch crossing is ore and one-half feet
deep. The Miners at the ."Cracker"
have completed their contract and have
| left for Helena" -
It is good sign to see Spokane men
| interest themselves in this district. They
are men of wealth. know mine when
they see it, and are not afraid to back
their judgment with their cash. The
| two Spokane men who were recently
! here paid 81 $50 for 500 shares in the
! Cracker. 1t speaks we'll for a tun nell of
BOB feet. The wealthiest men of Spo-
]kane, and there are plenty of them,-
have made their money in mines. Spo-
kane money is interested in every min
ing camp of any distinction in the whole
Northwest. 1t was Spokane money which
opened the lead and silver mines of the
| Occur d Alenes. The Buffalo Hump
country in central Inaho, where the first
mine bonded was for half million dol
lars was opened up by Spokane men.
The same men hold large and controlling
interests in the mines OF British Colum-
bia. At Trail Creek, Wild Horse
River, Nelson and Rossland these men
are much in evidence. So | say again,
when these men cross the mountains,
and interest themselves even for small
sum, it is good indication.
| Swift Current neecs good roads and
bridges, st Mary IS river is rapid stream
and in most places deep. Its bottom is
covered with large boulders, and it is
dangerous stream to ford, and more
especially so during the spring raises.
| Hardly year passes bnt what it has its
victims. Last year it claimed 3, and
many narrow escapes were reported.
The st. Mary's was bridged last spring
at Mains by the residents of that coun-
try. 1t was finished Just before high
water, and was considered to be d good,
! substantial bridge. V shaped piers were
constructed of heavy green logs and filled
with rock. The action of the current
has washed the bottom. from under the