Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-17
around if the proper encouragement is

around il the proper encouragement is
given.
In this connection l may be pardoned
for referring to the first federal enumer-
alton of live stock taken this past year
under the supervision of. Our able secre-
tary. Charles F. Martin, from head
quarters in Denver. We shall soon have
a tabulated report showing the live
stock of the nation by classes. Our peo-
pie can then figure on supply and de-
mand and we shall begin at the begin
ming SO far as a knowledge of what we
have is concerned. The present enumer-
alton OF live stock Will show more hold
ers than ever before in our history This
means better stock. more careful feed
ing facilities. ana Il larger percentage
Of protected stock from the cold and
billiards. than ever before.
The great question of irrigation is now
before the whole peop.e. and there Is
no class that system OF storage reser-
volrs for the waters or the melting
mountain SHOWS would benefit more
than the stock growers of these noun
tainS and aims. Our interests with
those of the agriculturists are esip-
rocal. and more water means more
grass. and the greater the abundance of
forage the more stock can be supported.
.rrigative lines. They lack the money,
and have too much politics, SO we must
look to congress to provide way of
making valuable the waste places all
over the western praries. the land being
the heritage of the people of the United
states. How to conserve the ranges is
0ebatable question. and whether the
continuance of a free range or svs-
TEN of leaseholds regulated by the fed
eral government or by more liberal
homestead law are questions which Will
be again considered By this association
when the report of the leasing commit
tee. ordered by our last convention at
Fort Worth. shall have been heard.
The western stockman. surrounded
with natures gems ana benedict. ons
with his tiocks and his herds. with his
growing family and vine-covered and
rose-oedecked abode, is the typical
American home-builder-the prince of
the continent. Happy that man. and
thrice olt ssed is he who keeps in touch
with nature. and can draw inspiratio
from the prairies. the valleys. the hills
AMI the mountains. This is a charmed
life. apprecia led fully only by broad
gauSei American. We are destined by
our re sources to lead the world. and our
statesmen ana our people have not been
Stow % take advantage of conditions, =
nor will they stop in this onward march:
neither will they hesitate to CLEAN in
the worlds busiest marts of trade and (
commerce. There is no telling what we |
W. accomplish in the coming four years, !
ju lying from the marvellous record of /
the pas; four. when our imports and eX- /
ports exceeded those of the hundred |
years preceding. Let the American |
stock;nan be prepared to lead in the |
gigantic enterprises that await the pro- |
gre ssve minds Of the twentieth century.
The doubter will accomplish nothing.
The man who dwe!ls continually in the !
days of Jefferson aEl Jackson. or even
Lincoln, will not measure up to the de- !
marls Of the successful American in t
this age pusati ting with commercial and
industrial ACTIVITY. 1t may be set down
as automatic that this age VIII have
little Use for pessimistic lo:ckers and
theoretical p.atitudes. We must all !
work expand and broaden. We must
have the best, sell the best, keep at the
head Of the procession, and allow no |
other nation to excel in anything. Little
wonder is it that the western man loves |
his broad eXpanse of verduce-clad hills, |
pra. ries and mounta:.ls: he reve,s in the |
of the sunsets, the peace |
fulness of the valleys. the productive !
ness Of the soil, while the cattle ana |
the sheep Craze over hill and vale. His |
ma ,ure broadens with his generous en-
vironment, while has soul attunes to the
lowing of the herds. From the eternal |
snow capped peaks of the Rockies even I
to the waters of the seas, his labors leave |
in their varied courses golden Wreaths |
of plenty. |