Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-04-15

| raised, SO SucceSSIuI were the efforts
) that $12, 900 had been secured this year
He said that January, February an,
) March were the best months for adver
tising in eastern periodicals.
He thought that the SIS, 900 appro
priated by the state should be spent il
the colonization of the eastern part O
the state-that is the sections east @.
the Rocky mountains. The filling O.
these areas with homesteaders woule
thus create market for the products
of the western portion Flathead. San.
ders, Missoula and Ravalli counties.
He said that the western portion OF
the state would be glad to secure one
fifth Of the amount and would contri-
butte similar sum for the publication
of a book on the fruit and horticul-
tural possibilities of western Montana.
He paid the Great Northern emigra-
ton department a pretty compliment,
stating that while formerly railroad
haters, the people of Flathead had
learned that the carrier was willing
to meet them half way in any and all
public enterprises.
Colonel Mott, emigration agent for
the Northern Pacific was introduced
to the convention by J. Ell. Hall, COM
missioner of agriculture, labor and
industry, who interspersed his remarks
with a number Of witty stories, which
served forcefullY to illustrate the
points he desired to bring out. He
said the work of upbuilding a country
was a long and difficult task, and he
further declared that where supported
by rural population, the growth of
cities was greatly augmented also.
1.-The mines are alright, he said,
@tbut the farms are better.'' A wise
farmer always puts back enough in
mother earth to insure returns for the
next year, while the miner does not. =
He said that organization was nee
essary in order to accomplish results,
and for that reason he was glad to
participate in the meeting to-day.
Continuing, he replied to the charge
or complaint made that the people
would not stop in Montana. He ans
Wered this by declaring that they
would stop wherever anything was
offered for them to do.
He said that the valleys from Hele-
na to Glendive would accommodate
100, 900 people, aud that it could
Skin Iowa and would do so in the
near future if the people improved
their opportunities. He said instead
of permitting cattle to monopolize the
vast ranges, the lands should be cut
up into smaller tracts and alfalfa
raised. Thereby, the small farmer
would be enabled to have Sc beef in
the spring instead of decimated stock.
He paid pretty compliment to those
who have taken advanced steps in the
matter Of dry or scientifcate farming
as he termed it, and which he said
in reality was simply a little more
effort, but that the results were quite
as certain.
c. Fl. Reifenrath then introduced
George Haines, emigration agent for
the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound. The tenor Of his remarks was
along the same strain as that OF Col
onel Mott that his lise was very
much interested in the topic under
consideration and could be depended
upon to do all within its power to aid
in every possible manner. He predicted
that the movement Of emigrants in
Montana during the next two or three
years would be unprecedented. He
said he understood that under the pro-
visions Of the present law, that
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