The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1885-08-29

Helena) Up near the mountains ant
the head of Warm Springs creek, which
decided the location, is Anaconda, th'
latest phenomenal Montana town. two
years ago it was not in existence. Now
it must contain 800 to 1000 inhabitants
is nicely situated and regularly laid>out
has many brick buildings and is gener
ally substantial as well as busy in ap
pearance. It was called into existence
and is entirely sustained by one estab
lishment! But that establishment is thu
Anaconda smelter, the largest enter
prise of that kind in the world. Tht
monstrous pile of buildings with theil
towering stacks, overhung with dense
volumes of smoke, called the Anaconda
smelter, daily reduces 600 tons of copper
ore, producing 80 tons of matte which
assays 60 per cent in copper; in othe'
words the smelter daily handles over 81
tons of copper. The machinery is ope
rated by water power but in the smelt
ing operations 80 cords of wood are con
sumed every day. A few miles from
town on a spur of the railroad is tht
dump Of a wood flume which brings
the wood from up in the mountains
eight miles away. The contract under
which this wood is being brought down
calls for 100000 cords at cost OF over
$1OOO.OOO. The plant Of the Anaconda
smelter is now receiving large additions
in order to increase it's capacity.
At Silver Bow Junction near Butte
the members Of the Press Association
were met on Thursday afternoon by j.
B. Read, editor, and Col. Searles, at
present city editor Of the Inter-Moun-
tain and H. T. Brown, business mana
ger of the Miner, and by them escorted
to Butte, rendered the freedom and
hospitalities of the Silver Bow Club, and
parted with at the hotels.
In the evening the first session OF the
first annual meeting of the Montana
Press Association was held. In the
absence of Capt. Mills, First Vice-Presi-
dent w. w. Anderson took the chair,
supported by w. II. Sutherlin, second
vice-president. Secretary Collins was
| in his place as was Corresponding Secre-
tarv Devine. OF the business transac-
ted at this and the other sessions of the
Association which continued until final
adjournment at noon on Saturday we
have no space to speak in detail. Sever
al active members were elected and a
large addition made to the list Of honor
arv members which is designed to in
clude all persons who have been identi-
fed with the Montana Press or, having
been identified with journalism else
where are now ~nn:a:-c in Montana but
are ineligible to active menlDs-ship. Ut
these Chas. S. Fee, general passenger
agent of the Northern Pacific was in
cluded. He has been engaged in every
department of newspaper work from
"devil' to editor-in-chief and it required
no strained construction Of the rules to
believe that his present business relates
as much to Montana as to any other
place. A very valuable report was pre-
sented by Jerry Collins of the River
Press, secretary of the Association.
During the past few months Mr.. Collins
has been collecting the personal and
journalistic histories of all members of
the Association and has filed them as a
part of the records. These will form,
as long as they are preserved, an inval-
liable portion of the archives Of the AS
sociation and an important contribution
to the historical material of Montana.
Mr.. Collins has filled his Office so eff
GENTLY that it would be very difficult to
supply his place. J. E. HENRY Of the
ENTERPRISE rendered the address pub
lished in last weeks issue. John Rus
sell Wilson, editor of the Dillon Tri-
bune, presented the History Of Montana
journalism. Mr.. Wilson was one Of the
first of the Montana argonauS and was
in 1862 correspondent from the present
Montana for eastern journals. He has
been identified with newspaper work in
the territory ever since and, letter than
any other, is qualified to record the his
tory of Montana journalism. His paper
before the Association covered the
ground fully and was ably written. The
collation. Of its material and the labor
Of preparation must have ben work
of no small difficulty. Mr.. Wilson has
written one of the most important
chapters in the history of Montana and
has preserved historical material that
was fast being buried beneaththe shift
ing sands of advancing time If not
now an active member Of uontana's
Historical Society, he should find place
on the list awaiting him. Amatter of
importance brought before tt9 Associa-
ton was the relations Of tie st. Paul
Pioneer Press publishing, printing,
book binding, lithographing, paper and
stationery house to the printes Of Mon
tana. The Pioneer Press company, be-
side it's Montana representative, had
sent special agent to appearbefore the
Association and adjust existing difficult
ties. This was amicably dole and no
further disagreements can b. expected.
The officers elected at the organic meet
ing were reelected to serve until the
second annual meeting whid, by invi-