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time during the run to Billings,
Montana, but lost two more good
hours. This caused us to miss the
train we should have taken out Of
there. The run was made in the
night and we could see but little of
the country. We met on the train
10. c. Anderson of the Anselmo
Enterprise, who spoke very highly
of the condition Of things in his
section of Nebraska.
One thing that filled us with de-
light and wonder was the thousands
upon thousands of fine sleek, fat
cattle and fat sheep on the broad
prairies of Wyoming, So. Dakota
and Montana. These great herds
had nothing to eat but buffalo
grass, a short, dry, brown grass
not over six inches high which did
not look to be more nutritious than
saw dust, but the stock was there
in evidence, high grade and fat as
butter, thousands of them. The
pine trees began to manifest them
selves at Marshland and seem to be
encroaching upon the desert. II
those rugged hills are protected
from fires they will, in a century or
two, become covered with dense
pine forests and they seem to be fit
for nothing else. AT Edgemont,
So. Dakota one OF the passengers
became so thirsty that he had to go
to a jag shop for his second can Of
Schltz and the train pulled out
without him. He caught us at
Billings, however, and took the
guying of the bunch good natured-
ly. We passed the noted battle
field of Custer near the Crow agen-
cy and could not see where that
brave leader made his gallant fight.
At the agency the siwashes were
holding their annual dance and all
the Indians in that section were
camped west Of town, their tepees
just visible In the moonlight.
Billings Is a lovely city with
splendid buildings and surrounded
with great fields of alfalfa and
sugar bee,s for the sugar factory
located at that place. We left Bill.
lings at y a. NJ. and passed the
entire day through great grain
fields. Much grain is being grown
along the bottoms Of the Yellow
stone river, where few years ago
the red man held undisputed sway.
From Big Timber to Muir, 30 miles,
the altitude increases from 4oo2
feet to $50 the highest point on
the road. Livingstone is another
beautiful city with the most mag.
niiicent depot we have seen. II Is
built of pressed brick and yellow
stone from the Yellowstone coun.
try. At Bozeman we passed
through the tunnel located in the
pass that Captain Clarke crossed
the mountain through in 1906. II
took us FIVE minutes TO make the
pass aud required FIVE weeks for
the captain. such Is the difference
in the mode Of travel.
Down the mountain we fairly
few from here TO Bozeman with its
two big elevators having a capacity
of $50, 600 bushels OF wheat each
and a big brewery which turns out
enough beer to give every man in
Montana a good, healthy jag every
day. At Belgrade, the next stop
north, is another elevator of 25o-
600 bushels capacity. In this sec
ton the best hard winter wheat in
the world is grown. Through all
this country the grain is being
hauled to the threshers by teams
from the fields and the shocks OF
grain seem TO cover half the
ground. II is the heaviest grain
we have ever seen.
Between Logan and Sapington
we crossed the head waters of the
Missouri river known locally as
Jefferson river. II is about the
size of Hood River and the waters
OF the stream are clear and spark
ling as those of our favorite Oregon
river, AT Lombard the new Mil
line crosses both the Jeifer-
son and the Northern Pacific on its
way to the coast, aud this seems to
be their front at present, We ar
rived at Helena, Montana at dark.
We have heard and read much in
praise OF this city and should have
been glad to see il in daylight We
never had any idea of the product
veness of the Montana soil aud il
would do the heart of the farmer
good to see the heavy crops that
Ire in evidence everywhere along
he line in that state. 1t was al
most worth all the dirt and filth of
he car, the impudence and appar-
mt dense ignorance of the trainmen
ust to see this wonderful country.
rhe only information we were able
o elicit from any of the train crew
vas IL don't know" That seemed
o be their stereotyped reply to all
questions, for when we asked one
II them his name he said; II don't 9
none of your damn business.
When the Milwaukee gets into that q
erri,ory it is going to work rev. =
lution to the service of that road q
r they will be pulling empty 9
caches. That is no josh, In y
ielena there is another fine depot.
I is ahnut the sine of the union a