Great Falls tribune., 1888-02-04
Wool. GROWING.
NoRTHEI.N MONTANA MAKING PRO-
GREss IN wool PRoDuCTfoS.
Great Falls win be the Leading Wool
Market of the TerrItory---in-
ducements For Wool
Growers.

Great Falls aspires TO a leading place
| Ia connection with the wool industry.
During the spring warehouses will be
erected in ample time for the shearing
! season. Leading houses in Boston, New
! Eorl< and Philadelphia will be repre-
| santed here, and will be in a position to
| pay the highest price that the market
will allow for north Montana wool. In
due time it N expected that woolen fac
tories. such as have thrived so we'll IL
California and Oregon, will he estab-
lj5l,eG here, and viii add still more to the
importance and extent Of the Great Falls
wool market.
Great Falls offers to buyers and sellers
t.4a advantage Of proximity to the most
extensive and productive sheep ranges Of
aostnern Montana. Public roads from
8sa Ju,itn Basin, tile Teton and sun
GiTer valleys all lead in this direction.
I'll r= tAe waol growers will tfnd i wagon
bridge ever tie Missouri, Which viii save
H5ia fhe expense. risk aud DELAY Of ferri-
age. Ile viii ind here likewise 4 pres
y5aTous aitr With good hotels ana banks,
rs we'll as stores where he can buy on as
favorable terms as IN any city Of Mon
tana zie WIFI ind goodwill and fair
dealing on every hand. Public sentl-
rnant will exact for him the best terms
u Aich the buyers, Narehousemen ana
railroads can ensure unitediy. Whether
the w0ol grower sells his wool here OF
1oa.i4Gs it, la will profit by the freight
rates !. mich viii be Is low here is from
any point on the Saint Paul, Minneapolis
u Manitoba railroad west OF the Big
Sandy. In DO instance can the charge
for warehouslng or commission be
higher than has been customary III any
Montana wool market.
Buyers from the great wool markets
Will receive hearty encouragement from
the merchants and general public Of this
city. They Will be II teiegraphic com
muricafion with the principal cities, and
be able To learn he latest fluctuations IN
the leading markets. The freights as
already observed Will be as low rs from
asy town i'll Montana Wool can be for
walded from here without change Of
c@F# ta CAiedgo or the eastern markets,
thereby enabling merchants to receive
prompt returns, and be in a position t.
turn to account amy fluctuations IN their
favor.
As regards the sheap industry itself the
time was never more opportune for e'n
barking successfully 10 that business III
northern Montana. Not many years
have elapsed since Paris Gibson, Henry
MAJ onaI1 and others established the
wool indHstry in this region. Despite
tho ups aAd Towns which ase lno'G rta!
to all nev undertakings, tie lnut..lIy il
now on 4 firm basi. last season the
northern Montana wool-groweG mar
beted about 100000 pounds 81 wool,
receiving therefore a remuneIative price.
This large clip was accomplished after
winter 0f exceptional severity, which
caused serious losses in most fiocks
The field is still wide for wool growers.
Northern Montona offers them extensive
free ranges which produce grass in
abundance. These ranges are for the
a0-t part near large rivers or are inter
seated by lnountain streams and creeks.
Sheep thrive on them throughout the
year, and repay the owners by their nat
ural increase. their wool and mutton.
The profits from these sources are large,
anG the risks are liz I. Large fortunes
@ave been made in tAls pursuit under cir
eunstances less favorable than at pres
ent. Persons may begin with either
small or large capital. If til y are una
bic to take an active part IN the business,
they may help to organize sheep compa
nIes or invest Ii those already formed.