Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21

it is most needed my the farmers for
irrigating his crops. Plans are already
under way for establishing the Elkhorn
forest reserve in this county, which will
take from the northern part of the coGn-
ty including the Elkhorh or Grow Greek
range of mountains. an nrea "a miles
south, an area of about 800 square miles,
east and west, and q mines north and
bounded by the principal meridian on
the east and the Boulder guide meridian
on the west, by the first standard paral-
lei on the south and the second STAN
dard parallel on the north, an exact par
allelogram except for a small section
that Is cut out near the northwest corner
so that the reservation will not include
the towns of Clancy and jefferson and
the railways. which run through the
Prickly Pear valley. The principal
streams that come from these mountains
are Mcclellan, Jefferson, Warm Springs,
Beaver, Crow, Elkhorn and Muskrat
creeks.
Another of the %county's sources Of
wealth is its herds of cattle. The av-
erage altitude Of the county is such that
it's mountains. foothills and valleys are
we'll clothed with nutritive grasses and
afford fine grazing for large number OF
cattle; good protection is offered for
stock in sudden storms, and all of the
st~ock-groWers are prepared to feed
through any unusually bad winter.
The country is hardly thought of as a
lumber producing region, yet there are
two or three small saWmills in the coun-
ty, and a very large industry in that
line just at present in the northern part
of the county, where about 100 men are
employed in Telling timber, making roads,
operating a mill, and shipping the pro-
duct to Butte to be used IN its great
mines.
The county is especially favored in the
matter of railroads. having the North
ern Pacific Helena line along the north,
the Northern Pacific Butte line through
the southern part, a Northern Pacific
branch from Helena through Boulder to
Elkhorn and Basin. and b~isected by the
Great Northern line from the north run
ming to Butte.
The towns of the county are fairly
prosperous, though some of them have
seen better days. going up or down with
the mining interests of their respective
localities. as is always true in a mining
country.
Boulder, the county seat, has a popula-
tioH u dDout oVp, mas q nne S4U, QUU court
house, is the seat of the state school for
the deaf n blind, has excellent pub
lie schools, four church organizations in
active operation, three of them with
their own places of worship, prosperous
business houses. excellent hotel accomo-
dations. and a thrifty and progressive
class of people. The public schools are
OF a very high standard and stand well
with the educational institutions of the
state. and are under the charge OF Lewis
Terwilliger as principal; r. NJ. Davis in
the grammar departments; Miss Sarah
Holmes. Intermediates; Mrs. L.. Terwil-
Tiger, primary.
The state school for the deaf and blind
is doing splendid work in the education
and training of children who have the
misfortune to be deficient in sight, in
hearing or in speech. They are gathered
from the several parts OF the state, make
their home and receive their training in
a fine building especially adapted to that
purpose, we'll lighted, heated and venti-