Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-05-05


mo Practical inflammation Regarding
wages. Rent and Cost of Living at
Great Falls Glaring NLisstate-
ments Corrected.
IA recent number of the Anoka (Minn.)
, Dlion contained an interview with j. P.
4 arks Of that town, who returned after a
W.. Of stay In Montana, after giving the
.~>ritory at largea black eye by stating
1t it is a "good place for those fortunate
ough to possess wealth; but l advise
or Or laboring men to keep away
+. Sparks is represented as saying:
It Great Falls day wages are but ~,
N lille board with room costs from $40 to
4 10 per week. Many who went out there
- sis spring will return just as soon as
ey get sufficient money to pay their
re back, Trains are crowded each way
usiness is overdone in most lines. At
y Tie "smelter" works the wages paid for
III le most skillful men are 80 per day, and
ie company secures all the help desired.
IN roceries are high. Granulated sugar
rings 1Oc Dun pound; butter, 35c; eggs
SC per dozen; -four, $3 per sack. The
sason is high freights, as there is but one
lilroad running into the place. A small
ouse, Of four rooms, half mile from the
ousiness center, rents for $50 to $35 per
month. Stores rent from $75 to 1926.
NH orafar lnnka. I should advise M
W. W. - ~ osf 4hsra as disonnointm ont
,,ro, ~ a,,a;t thsrn D - w. ''''
Mayssrs3 Har,k;,,s ST. and Jnnior Coco
,h ~ III frn,., ,,oLo b.na sant ,+nn
a n. - Il 49, Harald in ra,, Iy,o -
tIo ah " s+a+ssSon+ in whiob fl W
~ No. a NJ T1stSr +ha ahova ststa n"y
h II, n s,nr citv aro n hana,7
IL +r',+h s y fr|,s;S o3 WOOL and a,+ln,,i,
fron, 49, fs;erdsh;5s T,o;rt of Tin,u "iv a,o -
,a;ah+ : ,,,afas A..s,aio as ,,1ao "' ~
q anva = XII .,,1,o+ 10 iip,at; - ;i-
! Nv, a,,a ,,ar,,;t s.,ch o,nss tnu ~,
If ~ anu 49, 4u. sISn sosa liae''telliel.s
leia.lye u asals yo IL "es.efil slane 70
X unansW a,-; ;nei1 ate Vne lacts:
90 dsh ii LEU taoor are IRON
Ply - .,s ~ lsass ~. w. "ouiu hol
g. S.a.s - H. ~
~. .no sappaS ~ ~ qo.oe equat W
s 20 IL u - e41sn - .. - e'eN1 run
po.ou = 49, Sa.oo r.. u ~ niieA anu 90 stons
y ~ ~ niiu
a Mansn,,n s,,,a IT, n popo'o,un' ne
MON Mon.a M ea ~ sn company are paying
aro ~ ~ e - ps.Gu ~ uay lof , unshi'ieo
g. ~ - 81. lolesolns nsures ~ shllie.i ~
~ ~ ~ =; upn &C. ~ ni g. 70 ooalu w.
tho n - -, a,;d ~, Po,Uo pId d Mien'
Pns; ~ + III p Invardnna in INV Inc All |
u III i,,'ssos ~ - s;y 80 a.
,,a,,;,,,- 800 Ill., ,',a11 ,,nn,,.
ti1s A. ~ SsorH & ~ af HnIona
az 'aract;rg hayaT ~ ilree stow hr;1ni,n,
Sny, Sn faat that sy;i1 cost III j.; "a nui oimh
horhood II Sal (l0O(1 and # is
not al III likely that this sbrewd bns;noss
firm would put that amount of money in in
a hnildinp hara IL thav thourh+ fo,. !. ~ -
ment that hns;nass ~ his i;na 1 W., " Wv
done, Good brick store rooms c ",,
the rentals that Mr., Sparks ouotes nnd
considering xiie fact IA AT there t. not q W.
cant store room Ia the citv. and the fnr-
Their fact that all those now in course Of
erection are rented in advance If tbai,
completion, it don't look as though busi-
ness in most lines was yerv badly over
done. Dwelling houses are scarce. and
! of course rents run high. but good tene-
ments Of four and five rooms, from three
to four blocks from the center of business.
can be procured for from S15 to $40 ner
month. Groceries and other necessaries
Of life are very little, if any. higher here
than in Anoka.
We have two trunk lines of railroad
the Montana Central which connects
with the Northern Pacific at Helena, and
the st. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba,
besides branch tapping the coal
mines at Sand Coulee. Freights are not
unreasonably high, and we do not antici.
pate they will be with two competing
lines Of railroad and the prospect Of
another within year.
Great Fails has as yet experienced no
term but is stout, healthy youngster of
three summers, that has had steady
growth. She lays tribute for radius Of
fifty miles splendid agricultural and