Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-08-01
SAND CoULEE.
A New Town that will Come Rapidly to
the Front.

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blocks and lots by Mr.. 9. B. Egan, tht
pleasant and efficient civil engineer O
the coal company. The lots are 5Ox1Ot
feet in size and the streets and alleys ar,
Of the usual dimensions. The principa
street will front the railroad and whenev
er lots are put upon the market there il
certain to be good demand for them
There is no certainty, however, as to wher
this will be done. The company viii
need good portion Of the townslte fol
their own buildings and they are not in 6
hurry to 60 into the real estate business.
-Four or five houses comprise the nres
on+ +nun of s.,d ro,1oa ~ t,ons
~ eo"n - e,ano @ou1oe' ~ 'ieie Is
lulnpef anu orlck on tne GROUND sufhcl
''ooAs y ooos' seoi %
warehouses, ETC., and the carpenters anc
masons to do this work are daily expect
ed. Within the past two weeks 40 ca,
1oads IL h,7;,dino ! ,na+er;al hovo ,,oo, ~.
.o''a' = Detio iii"ooi 1"' nase peoii ~,
loaded at Sand Coulee and there is as
much more to follow Immediately
Mat Foley eniovs the distinction of ha.
~. - ls,sa:-ss. - - :,
lhg lne nfs1 seIelef anu business man o1
Sand Coulee and he is now looking for
ward to the time when he will be elected
+ho +;rs+ =, ,ov,r ~ +ha o;+v ~ ,tor+od
80 - = N'.'J = ~ W. - ''''l w.
Win RESTAURANT anu now mas neal
and attractive resort where liquid re,
freshments Of all kinds are served. He
,,un. ~, ha,,ao .na ~ ond i !, go,
""ns n'e noueo ali.s ~ s'hu - ~ -
way 10 make plenty OF money when the
mines are opened upon the extensive
scale proposed.
:, o,noo,, H., a,aa
y noanI sa.; n@'o an e.so guy
satopn a. ana az lJy - a,, sne1e :, ~ -
ll tno oueIness " uuo cainp' ~nlon VII ~ -
~ omons 10y 0lAAe' o"'oA oAo' ''4a.ty "e0As @
elaRse. g:s, ,ra,,, .,..,,..,
~ +ha = nm1,, 1 hnto1 ~ Sand Gn,,laa Whicb
tl,o,,~h snail at nrasant will grow with
the town. The boarding house for the
snnl, su'lR,to9 99ond,otad w IL Nv M and Mrs I'd
Lowry. :,
Anthony y Roberts have general store
whlch Is n cnarge o. r m9per., wn0 -
slIo 81 ond np ,9;nstalinr one al that Whi1e
Sand Conlee has q postoffice. no service
has vet been provided, and in conse-
qrence the people OF that section have a
Su,gHeu sam nai1v service 1sanh from Great Fa1ls %
should be granted at once.
The company store, which is in charge
q VT. u. Y; Y aa,rltY, Is vemporarlly ape esIao-
,ta ,,,a,I.- prof Nan5;ar,o nf,oa an% 'I had
Quarters. Mr., Garrity has but a small
stock at present, but when his new store
-ooxiop ~ tee1.s nnl3nea, ne WI M ! nave "a /.
o If Northern " the nm Montana ] He 1i will have Az as s
his assistants. his brother and sister, and
the three are certain to be yery popular
with the people Of Sand Coulee and sur
rounding section.
In another article we will make ref
erence to the mines and operations now
in progress there.
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sEcoNp VISIT
A Tribune representative made a visit
1,,s+ardo, " sona fyo,,1oo - no+o ~ ,,ro.
yos'''J n '0a o - =.
gress o. eVehts AZ 1le mines anu y ene
valley. As the trip was necessarily a
hurried one there was not time to stop
and interview the many 1ranchmen Of the
oo,1aa - 70 insnact anv If the mines ex-
oouie1 = = ~ n,,,as - ~ CO. l.s' -
cept those OF the oand cou1ee ooal com
pany. Everywhere along the road, how
ever. fine fields of hay. grain and yegeta-
,,as oan 10 soon ond a. avorv ranch
ples o"n - seen auu ~ oel' l"nn'
almost, STACKS OF new nay are III We"
and the music of the mower is heard on
ell sides. We observed some splendid
~ rdans ~ +ba hanch land ranches ha.
sa'uene - W. o G.. ~ :.
tween the city and sano Coulee' anu N
the valley whatever was sown or planted
now shows IN finely. Better crops can moi
he ,e seen anywhere. Hay is the principal
cron m MOI Of The Coulee ranchmen and this
vt uaar thew will nut up an abundance Of
that article. for which there is always
good market at Great Falls.
As indicative OF the great progress ina
gGln ~ trin ~ o mis- sama va1le,
four years ago, when there were scarcely
more than half a d9zen ranehmen IT IRON IN