Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-02-18

improvements are in the main pro-
ductive, and insure an era Of prosper
ity for the great territory which is
soon to be a state.
An authority on architectural mat
tiers lays it down as a rule that build
ing stones OF an irregular, confused,
earthly texture, which are able to alb
sorb considerable quantities of mois-
ture, and which contain silica in Il
soluble form, or the carbonate OF
lime, should never be employed in po-
sitions where rain water can lodge
upon them, beat against them, or be
taken up from external sources by
capillary or other action; in positions
that are exposed to any of these dan
gers, none but non-absorbent and de-
cidedly crystalline materials shouldbe
used, and, as those qualities are al
most exclusively possessed by dense
stones, it may be considered that the
mere specific gravity of a stone is a
prima facie indication of its construc-
tive value. But atmospheric moisture
when absorbed into building stones
acts upon them quite as much
through the changes in its own vol
ume, in passing from the liquid to
the solid state at the time Of frosts, as
it does by the chemical dissolution it
produces; and if the stone should be
placed in such a manner SO that
water should accumulate in any per-
ceptible quantities between its various
layers, and if the position of these
layers be such that the expansion OF
the water in freezing cannot take
place freely, the respective layers
containing the water will be violently
detached from one another. All stones,
even the crystalline limestone and
states, have certain planes or dlrec-
lions of cleavage OF of qualification,
along which water flows more readily
than in any other course.
The reduction works to be erected
at Great Falls this season, all ar
engagements for which are now per-
fected, is backed by unlimited CAPT
tai, having as it's principal stockhold-
ers some Of the most prominent and
wealthy men of the country.
Among these are the Gurnees, Ed
ward Cooper, Abram Hewitt and
Anton Eilers Of New York, all mil
lionaires; j. J.. Hill and others of
Saint Paul; III. ". Childs and col
| onel Broadwater of Helena. The
| plant will be the largest in the United
States, and the machinery the latest
and most approved for the purposes
Intended. The power to propel the
machinery will be furnished by the
Black Eagle falls.
+ An order has recently been issued
by the general land office, based upon
the recommendation of a special
agent who carefully investigated the
matter, instructing the local land Of
fees to receive no filings under the
desert act from a certain defined area,
which includes the greater portion OF
Cascade county, of which Great Falls
is the county seat. This is probably
the strongest evidence that could be
offered that bench lands of this sec
! ton are valuable for agricultural pur-
poses and will in the near future af-
ford homes AND farms for thousands.
The attempt to force upon the pub
lie schools of Saint Louis an obliga-
ton to give special instruction inthe
German language at an annual ex-
pense of $4,000 was recently voted
down by a majority of 1000 in a
school board election. The platform
of the majority was: mo language
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