The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1902-09-24
Montana will always remain free from
THE GREAT LUMBER FORESTS.

montana VIII always remain free from
the pests.
THE GREAT LUMBER FORESTS.
Up in the mountains, few miles
from Hamilton, where the newspaper
men went on special train, is a tract
or the finest pine timber. 1t is vast
enough to furnish lumber for the state
Tor many years to come. The Ana
conda Mining company has large lum-
Der camps here and the logs are
sh'pped to Hamilton by rail, where
they are sawed into lumber.
The Anaconda Mining company's
sawmill is the largest in the state. It
has daily capacity of 165, 600 feet, and
under favorable conditions has sawed
2o0,OOO feet. The Largey Lumber
company also has extensive interests
in the pine forests. The company's
sawlnill on the river cuts about 80. 900
feet daily. 1t Is one of the growing
industries of the valley.
IRRIGATION bitches.
In the vicinity of Hamilton thero
are miles and miles of irrigation
bitches which water the broad fields
and make it possible to do without
rain. Fully half million dollars has
been expended in perfecting this sys-
TEN OF irrigation, and every year sees
additional bitches constructed.
Hamilton, Victor and Steyensyille
are important shipping points for hay
and grain. Dairy products also fur
nish a no less important industry.
Creameries AMI cheese factories are
fourd at convenient points in the val
ley and great herds Of t1ne stock are
familiar objects to the eye.
The Marcus Daily ranch, with its
thousands of acres, where once the
finest thoroughbreds in the world were
raised, is an interesting spot to tile
visitor. Since the death of Mr.. DAILY
the race horses have been supplanted
by harness horses, and the home of
Tammany, Hamburg and other fa-
nous racers IS closed.
SUPERB STOCK FARMS.
Although the blue-blooded racers
have been sold, many. farmers have
colts that are from he stock that made
the ranch famous Superb driving
horses are seen everywhere in the val
ley, and nearly every ranch of any
size has string of thoroughbred har-
ness horses.
Within short distance ct ,noun-
tains, in whose deep ravines lies the
pepetual snow, the town Of Hamilton,
with its wealth of green trees, yards
and yards of beautiful flowers, with.
the scent of the new-mown hay in the
air and the sound of cool, running
water, is one of the most healtlful
spots on earth.
During the recent years, and more
particularly this season, much has
been said in the papers concerning the
so-called spotted fever. The state ex-
pended considerable sum of money
to have specialists study the disease
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that while the origin of the disease is
thought to be by innocu.ation FROM
the woodtick, yet so little is known
that scientists are greatly interested
in the strange malady.
FREE FROM DISEASE.
Whatever has appeared in the papers
in regard to spotted fever, the fact re-
| mains that needless alarm has been
given. In a population of $4,000 in
the Bitter Root and Missoula valleys
there were six or eight cases this sea.
son.
While the germ which causes the
disease is believed to be of ma1arial
nature, the physicians state that it
appears to be confined to small strip
of land some twenty-five miles in
length on the extreme western side of
the valley. More than this, there ap-
pears to be absolutely no danger of
the fever spreading. More die from
pneumonia in Butte every month than
have spotted fever in the Bitter Root.
SIN dealing with man, remember
that spoonful of oil will go farther
than gallon of vinegar" The same
may be said of children. There is
nothing so good for children as the
o,d 8, ;o,,ad cos&or nj .uorn~ns