The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1888-10-28
Doings Of the Times
Condensed into Small
Paragraphs.
Copper Smelter--A Woolen
Mill--Inquiries Re-
garding Great
Falls.

Inc 1'ltti l-ulllUtE company Is uOlnE
a splendid business.
For ladies' and misses wraps 60 to the
New York Cash Bazaar.
J. H. Mcknight attended the meeting
in Sun River Friday night.
Big line of overshoes, felt boots, etc, al
the New York Cash Bazaar.
Without doubt great many people
will locate here in the spring.
Save 25 per cent by buying your winter
goods at New York Cash Bazaar.
Mr.. Taylor, the efficient assistant post.
master, is one of the LEADERS, numerous
admirers.
Messrs. N. Singleton and Letchford
left for Helena yesterday morning.
Mrs. McClelland and two children have
returned from the East. Mr.. McClel.
lands felicity is apparent.
r.. H. Beckwith, No. 16 North Main
street, Helena, is one Of the leading pho
tographic artists in the West.
Mrs. James Lawler requests us to state
that Mr.. Lawler and their little boy are
sick with fever of the typhoid type.
Mr.. c. NJ. Webster went up to Sun
River Friday afternoon to attend the re-
publican meeting in the evening at that
place.
The roads are much improved in the
eastern part of the county and they will
be put in better shape in the vicinity of
Barker.
+. II. Becker, chief engineer of the
Montana Central, says that an immense
quantity of coal will soon be taken from
the Sand Coulce mines.
The Townsite company receive on an
average Is letters a day, in which in-
quirics are made regarding Great Falls
and country coltinguous.
i When you go to Helena call and see
Mr. Beckwith's magnificent enlarged
photographs Of the lovely scenery along
the Montana Central railroad.
Owing to the immense vuamtity Of oats
raised this year a marked diminution in
the price per cwt. has occurred. They
are selling for s. cents ut .Johnson's, near
Kibbey.
Surveyor Kern has been engaged to
survey the NJ. & W. leads on Wolf creek
He says that the people about Dry Wolf
are sanguinc regarding the future Of the
new town.
Maj. Field, was in the city yesterday.
He complimentcd enthusiastically the
appearance Of the LEADER. He said its
the liveliest and finest appearing paper
in Montana.
Mr.. John Crowley is erecting for j.
Connell brick cottage on Fourth avenue
south between Fifth and Sixth streets.
When completed the cottage Will present
a neat appearance.
County Surveyor Kern has returned
from the eastern part of the county
where he was engaged in surveying the
dividing line. It runs through a noun
tainons region aud its exact location hns
not yet been determined.
Wallace Greer and II. Gcnnish. of De
corah, Iowa, were among the recent OK
cursionists. They are very much pleased
with the place and think they will locate
here. The young gentleman are ac-
quaintances of Mr.. A. i. Dickerman.
A prominent contractor is looking over
the passes in the vicinity Of Nelhart and
Barker in order to furnish the civil en-
gincers of the Manitoba with informa-
ton. When the line is put through the
engineers will work into the Judith
co,lntf*.
The LEADER is authorized to announce
that within 10 days it will he known
whether or not the great copper smeltel
will be established in Great Falls. There
! is scarcely any doubt but that the great
enterprise will he ira,lg,lratcd in til,
spring.
The population Of Barker is materiall.
augmented and people are arriving con
stantly. Work is going on ut Il rapi.
rate. They have struck it rich in the
Pride of the West mine. \ ledge o
corlonate ore has been opened and opera
tions Will he pushed. Numerous l'"a
tionS in the vicinity Of Barker 4av" h"r'
made. Mining matters AT Nri!'"rt are
likewise picking up.
That Great Falls has already hctWmt
an important distributing pnin1 i. shnw.
bv the magnitude of the agricultural i'm
plement business M"-srs, $. T.. A=hh'
& Co. delivered in one day last summ'"
% moving machines. This firm has dis
tributed throughout this section OF thu
country one hundred moving machine"
this season: about .a MnCDrnirk bind
ers. numerous spring wagons, buggics
etc. Messr-. J. II. Mckni ght 4 Co.. have
been doing :. vrlv satisfactory business
They bnst. -:nt '''i. nahy wagons. p.oW
and harness. and during ,hr sl'Wnlef sea