The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-13
i. b. o'poNNELL TELLS OF RAPID
GROWTH THERE.
MANY NEW SETTLERS
President Of Billings Chamber Of Com.
merce Returns from Trip 70 Dawson
County MstropoIIs-1ls Time a
Terry Next Month.

Yellowstone valley tributary to the
city has taken on new life and Is en-.
joying q rapid growth equal to that 81
this section OF the valley two years
ago saidI D. o'Donnell, president Of
the chamber Of commerce, who return.
ed from Glenddve yesterday. He ad.
dressed the farmers institute there on
Alfalfa" last Monday.
MI. O'Donnell says that farmers OF
thatssection and the people OF the city
showed great interest in the insti:
tute and that every session was well
attended.
I'VE held the institute in the court
house." said he, land the building was
packed at each session. Many of the
farmers did not arrive in time for the
morning and early afternoon sessions,
but were. there in q body in the even
ing"
Prof Atkinson and +. s. Cooley OF
the Bozeman Agricultural college and
B. Harlan Of Como. were the other
speakers at the institute. All Of these
gentlemen spoke during the agricul.
tural meeting IN Billings recently.
Interested II Dry Farming.
Mr.. o'Donnell says that eastern
concerns have purchased large tracts
OF land near Glendive and are selling
them in smaller tracts to dry land
farmers. THE result u.s. said he, that
new settlers are Hooking IN there in
large numbers and an agricultural
community is being built up.
"Glendive has fallen in line with the
other cities in the farming sections OF
the state and has built q creamery
and other Industries are either under
way or being projected.
There is no doubt that the building
Of the Milwaukee into that partsof the
state has been responsible for the pro.
gress the country is making and al
though It is not built through Glen
dive. that city is destined to reap the
results Of this growth.
There are five new towns that have
sprung up recently the names are
Tokna. Newton, Ridgelawn. Fairview
and Sydney. The headquarters Of the
reclamation service in that section is
at Tokna and Fairview Is almost di.
rectly on the Dakota line.
Norris Will speak.
TERRY is enjoying q rapid and,
healthy growth and April 8 and 4 the
people are planning to have q big cele.
bration and farmers meeting there.
Governor Edwin Norris and State
Treasurer Rice have consented to.
speak on those days and Prof's. Lin.
Held and Cooley, will also address the.
farmers. Both the Milwaukee and
Pacific win probably grant
excursion rates from the east for the
meeting and Il is expected that be-
tween 5000 and 1000 people viii. be'
there on those days. There will be a
and a general good time.
THE completion Of the Lower Vel
lowstone reclamation project will soon
open up to settlement many thousands
Of acres Of irrigable land. Is miles be-
low Glendive and It is not at all I'M.
probable that locks will be construct
ed In the river that will permit river
trafnc. / believe that boats are used a
good deal by the government now, in.
transporting supplies or at least they
were last summer.
ION my trip I must admit that /
was greatly surprised both with Glen.
dive and the surrounding country.
There are many beautiful homes be-
Ing built in the city and / think that
It need no longer be called a railroad
town. but instead It is the center OF a
and rapidly developing
community and has a great
future"
The Tennessee supreme court has
the segregation which con-
fines saloons to certain city territory.