Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-05-14

such are dependent for their growth
not upon the natural advantages o
their location or the resources of thu
surrounding country, but upon a tenn
porary and purely speculative spiri
born of western restlessness. Sucl
places IRE of necessity short-lived
and their only useful legacy is the
lesson theyteach those seeking homes
or investments in the west.
The history of such places does not
atfect the general rule. In every
country there must be some few large
and prosperous cities where its pro
duce can be marketed and it's supplies
distributed, where men can meet to-
gether in Legislation to work out its
future prosperity. The laws which
govern the locations of such places
seem almost automatic so often have
they prevailed. And although many
a"e flexible, yielding somewhat to &C
cldental circumstances, there is one as
ari itsary as the laws of the Medis and
Persians. Where there is an avail
able water power in a good country
there must be city, and when such
water power lies at a point where the
attendant conditions of themselves
would guarantee the growth of a city,
that city must of necessity have be-
fore it a very bright future. Look
where YOU will in the United States
and the b story of any water power in
a territory Boosting of but a single
resource has been a bright one.
With this knowledge we have cast
our lot in this young town of Great
Falls with great expectations" Here
where the great agricultural and stock
interests Of eastern Montana are in
timately joined with the equally great
mineral and lumber interests OF west
ern Montana is a town centrally 10
Gated and wonderfully endowed with
natural resources. Tho Falls of the
Missouri furn:sht the greatest available
water power in America. The size of
the Missouri SO far from its mouth is
a matter of surprise to every one who
visits this section. 1t is larger than
The Mississippi at Minneapolis, and as
it is fed by mountain springs low wa
ter will never trouble manufacturers.
The bed Of the river being of solid
rock and almost a level as a floor rem
ders improvement easy, and insures
the Falls against being undermined
at some future day.
Within seven miles of Great Falls
lies an immense field Of coal, the best
yet found west Of the Mississippi.
Grouped with this are great deposits
of iron ores. Behind these lie rich
mining districts, one of the most prom
Using of these, Neihart, being only
about forty miles distant. Directly
surrounding Great Falls and stretch
way for miles to the northeast are
tracts of agricultural lands. A
e at q: township map of Montana
viii show that the Government has
surveyed more agricultural lands di-
rectly contiguous to this point than to
any other point i'll the Territory. The
mutual advantages resultant from this
iuxtaposition of agricultural and min
ing districts cannot be over estimated.
are guaranteed by the i'm
mense coal fields, cheap and first-class
fuel, by the timber of the mountains
building material, and Already
home market for their products in the
mining districts. And these districts
return will profit by these supplies.
And through Great Falls these ex- !
changes must be made. The pine tim
Der brought down the river will be
sawed here, the wheat from the prair-
Ies ground here, and the coal mined
distributed from here. {
Little need be said concerning the
stock interests hereabouts. They are I
snown and appreciated everywhere. |
Fool growing is increasing very fast, !.
Though the clip in this vicinity is l
very large, and in quality is a {
lime favorite. The conditions for |
occurring wool here are very favorable, :
tops having already been taken look
toward the erection of securing
and when once these are in OPP
Great Fills will take rank
the gre.S wool markets of the s
W. e advent of projected rail c
ores Of some of the richest G
LAX copper districts in Montana /
UIilbured into Great Falls for d
1t is conceded that no /
int adjacent to the Rocky t
is are combined such adyan- t
the cheap reduction of ores a
IN immense water power, I
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