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aro seven feet. i ItFort Wran gel has turned out to be' start ! the principal point, as all the Eupplles ;y | for the railroad that is to be built from i Telegraph creek to Tc.sliu lake, a distance of 150 miles, und tho southern end of it to terminate 150 miles from here, is going up tho Stickeon river, and this place is headquarters, as the mouth of the river is only seven miles distant from here.There is ship load upon ship load of provisions and tools coming in here to go out on this trail for the road builders, and it is being taken out as fast fcy the employees. Thj town was nothing heretofore, huyo flomo tumbled down soldiers' barracks. The only decent looking building here is theThey hard’ a coo Vine this • A1 hunt' fourt Stopf has (13E.ThMauitorycustom house, and all others are Indian RDie]ThderecBoarApriLehuts. Of eonrse, there are plenty of new buildings going up, but not one of those are yet completed. There is one saw mill here and it is buzzing away at- the lumber, anti carpenters put i: up as fast as it- conies from the saw—only $‘-2ci per thousand. The |place, altogethter.reminds me of Qnig- in ley, excepting the location. This is on the side of a hill that juts right- down into the bay. and such a rough surface you seldom see. It is solid slate rock, and farther laok toward the interior the rock surface is covered to depth nf eight to ton iuchos with evergreen moss Two feet below this, the ground is frozen solid tho year arcimd. Whileiega Sa turn remi the : D. weel Cam nionthere is plenty of snow hero, tho' qthocidoandtenTcweather i* not- cold. Only yesterday it rained real hard for four or five hours, but- it had 110 effect ou tho snow, only to settle it down. At present there is a population here of six hundred Indians and eight hundred whites. Of tl is eight hundred there ™nlt;j aro only about seventy-five who aro permanently located hero; others aro only packers aud travelers. They are going up tho Stickeen river by the drovo, and it is rturpritbxg there nro so many old-country folks, principally Englishmen, who aro couueeted withotgoocbcrY\tiinn SO S'ninethis railroad. i weej TLere are pleut-y of chances to get be! ___ I.;...] C .1 -i -V. ...I. 4 1,«1 flllli-llli; -■
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The Philipsburg Mail
Philipsburg, Montana, US
Fri, Mar 25, 1898
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