Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-11-07
GREAT FALLS-ITS PRESENT AND
FUTURE.

The advancement which Great Falls
has made during the past six months is
gratifying in the extreme. The growth
of the town has been almost phenomenal,
while the disagreeable features which
are usually characteristic of towns OF
rapid growth are conspicuous by their ab-
sence. Great Falls has had no boom. 1t
is in the strict sense Of the word a nom
boom town. It's population is made up
Of those who have been attracted hitAer
by the advantages the to@n offered and
the positive greatness which the future
held in store for it. Consequently the
growth has every appearance OF perma-
nsncy, which fact is noticed by every
stranger that has visited it, and the i'm
| preston it has effected is pleasing. Early
last spring building was commenced on a
moderate scale, and has been followed
up ever since without intermission, and
now, at the close of the season, when
usually building Improvements are dis
continued, Great Falls is proving the ex-
ception to the rule, and at no time during
the season has building and improve
ments been so brisk as the present, with
indications very favorable for a continu-
ance next season, whep, with the favora-
BILE conditions which are likely to reign,
Great Falls will astonish all Montana by
its rapid and solid growth. No one, even
its most ardent champions, have ever pre-
dicted anything wonderful for Great Falls
until the advent of a railroad and the de-
velopment of the various resources sur
rounding the place. That the outlook for
a railroad is promising is beyond ques-
ton, and with the first foot of a locomo-
tive, Great Falls will then be on the high
road to prosperity and greatness. That
she will eventually be the most important
manufacturing and commercial point be
tween the Mississippi and the Pacific is 8
foregone conclusion, and is a fact that
none acquainted with her vast and prac-
tically unlimited surrounding resources
and great natural advantages have ever
| vet dared question. Two of the most i'm
portant factors in the building up and de-
velopment of any point is capital and en-
terprise, both of which Great Falls pos
sesses. There has probably been nc town
started in the west, which had at its com
mand the wealth, which in time will be
used literally in its interest, while the
past history Of its joint owners, which
has been closely identified with the push
and energy which have been characters.
tic Of St. Paul and Minneapolis since
their inception, is sufficient to show that
enterprise will not be a lacking feature.
One pleasing feature observable among
the present population is their evident
faith and confidence in its future. There
is an absence of the grumbling and dis
satisfaction Sc generally manifest in other
places. This adds greatly to its social
qualities and business intercourse, and
makes everybody genial and pleasant,
Another feature is the evident desire OF
every man to help his neighhor, so long
as he merits and deserves it. There is
not that despicable selfishness and jeal,
ousy which has blasted the hopes and
ruined the prospects and reputation of
many Il Montana town, and as it were,
gained for them not only the derision OF
their fellowmen but incurred the dis.
pleasure of the Creator.