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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1887)
NORTHWESTERN NEWS AND INFORMATION. W mount at the lower end, the surplus being di- will be expended i construct wo during verted for use en route. The water is taken from the coming year. Hnr I have been away I the Teton river and Deep creek, at a point wr hsv .u ,,. rw..-, ik. the mountains above Choteau, and ia carried by Boulder vallev nd to ithin Ike or sis mile, this canal atros the Teton basin. Itdischargea of Butte, and it will l built into I'.iit'o as JaM itwlf into Big Muddy creek, near Frece-out as ix-iblc. In a few davs contra, t will I Id station, on the Sun river and Choteau rand. .u the Helen h Northern lo Mrvutlc, and a The water uses the channel of this creek d.wn little Inter lo the cl field on li.e I VarU.ru. to the head of Lake creek, and is there diverted The article, of tncraU.,n of that romny into Big lake, near Lake Mation on the Benton jvnnit building to the Canadian line, and ll i road. This lake will lie used as a reservoir, and practically a settled fad that the r.wd w ill t when completed, will form a body of water ten completed to Fori IVnton U f.e cono'rm tin miles square, with an average, depth of twenty close. Brant he will alio 1 (mill from Irum five feet. From here the water will s carried moiid to l'hilliburg and fr.Mii Miwmla up the by numerous small ditches, upon the extensive Bitter Bout during the coming year. All thcw lands Mow. Only a small portion of the land plan are settled and will bo carried wit with under this system is yet tuken up, and the com out any shadow of douU. I saw several t4 tl pany want to see it all settled upon. There i directors of the I'nion IV ifiV railroad, and an immense quantity of it, which, in quality, from them learned that their company willccr can not be surpassed for agricultural purposes, tainly build from Uutte to Helena, next sum The company's object is to furnish water to irri- mer, and that they w ill ali build other brand gate this land, and they will do this at alow e in the territory in The Manitotri rental. Settlers are coming in rapidly, anil tension and the Montana Central will keep on there is a domand for all the water the compa- work, and altogether the sum named Is no ti ny has to rent. But they will have a large sur- ccsmvo estimate fur oM-ration next year." plus as soon as the tunnel and cut, which form Two new romaiii.-s have recently lvn In the outlet to the lakes, are completed. corNratcd. The Missoula A Hitter lt4 Valley Kail road Co., and the lruimnond A I1iilli- New 1Uilroaih in Montana. In all proba- burg Bailmad have both lvn orgatiiied by bility the present year will witness greut activ Governor Mauser and other rapitlit i4 Mm ity in railroad construction in Montana. The tana, to construct feeder for the Northern lines projected and under survey are numerous, rifle. The former jirojsisc to cotiMrud a lirn and as nearly all of them are, practically, ex- from .Misoula up I'.itt.-r valley, with rr tensions or branches of trunk lines, thencccs cral branches to n-a h various section of south sary capital for their construction is probably western Montana. The line of the Utu-rroin-at hand. Governor Ilauscr, in a recent inter- pany will diverge, from the Northern IVilk at view, made the following positive statements: lnimmond, and will run up Unit and Camp " As for general railroad building in Montana, creek lo I1iillilmrg, and up IVsigla creek lo it is my opinion that as much as f 10,(fl,imOO Granite. What an enlargement of the horixon Usind ing woman's plane of action the last ivnlurr has witnessed! Once, "To knit and sew, lo pray to God, and to love man " made np the sum of life's jiossibilitie and duties tr lb mothers of all mankind ; but now. how changed, her sphere! To-day the ciraimfi-renr id hr world is almod, if not quite, a Urg a that i4 her brother; and while each retain it special characteristics, her offer almost a many - ibilitiea and opportunitiea a hi. To point exit these wider possibilities, lo oggrt mode and avenues of activity, lo Mng to the attention i4 thf M-t a multitude of thoo.'hta, Idea and fails, useful, instructive and rnti-rUliiinj. will I ihr rovinc of that -tln f Ttie Vrr hua overwbiih iv-l tin. heading, "Tho-njht and Yi Women." A lint mairrUliiol world I the rrylifd thought il lis- Crrlf, so, in a great part, wxtian' world, whons rrn let Is ! Iiofn and rimimfrt-fic U a lar a humanity, U pclurt i4 rr roU ruliiol ttkisjifbta. It w ill U tU aim U tkU ! fvrlmenl Ut'rllMtlitltmtil0i4 women