The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-08-08
NEWSPAPER COMMENT,

Orange Judd Farmer: In his latest
etter from Great Falls, Mr.. Judd writes
hat the great nourishing and fattening
'ower of the grasses on the plains, noted
asst week, are incomprehensible to east
rn farmers when first seeing them. As
tated by Prof. Buckley, they are "good :
ood for live stock even when dry, wealth
.r-beaten and seemingly dead. One ex-
olanation may be found in the fact al
'eady developed in these notes, viz, that
he soils being situated where they have
rot been annually washed d leached
Division G and D, page rs, July IS, they
abound in the elements whioH contribute
to make the grasses co valuable to the
animals. they contain far less
water or sap than the greSn heritage
growing in localities having u large rain
fall and, pound for pound. supply very
much larger proportion Of solid nutri-
ment. Theory or no theory, explain it
how we will, the incontestableifact stands
out that these grasses do have extraor-
dinary power to make the animals feed
ing upon them grow and fatten rapidly
and to enable them to Withstand the win
ter's cold far better than those feeding
on the succulent cultivated grAgses of the
eastern, southern, central and midwest
er4 states. We have here, right before
oxr eyes, abundant evidence Of the fact.
Tens Of thousands Of cattle, horses and
sheep are in as fine, plump and perfect
flesh as can be found anywhere,-more
so than in most parts Of our country out
side Of the northwestern plains.
Inter Mountain: Col. Daniel Searles,
who edits the ghost Of the Benton Rec
ord, remarks gnitlcently that he'd like
to know what need there is for an extra
session of congress being called. The
need is very apparent, venerable sir-to
undo some of the hlunders Of the recent
administration as quickly as possible.
Johnstown Paper: The verdict of the
coroner's jury in the case of Ellen Hite,
one of the unfortunate victims of the
Johnstown deluge, was:
We, the undersigned, the jury of in
quest impaneled in the case Of the death
of Ellen Hite on the 31st day 4'of May
after hearing the testimony do find that
Ellen Hite came to her death from
drowning, and that the drowning was
caused by the breaking of the Soutl
Fork dam. We further find from the
testimony and what we saw on the
ground, that there was not snfflcien
waste way, nor was the dam constructed
sufficiently strong, nor was the materia
strong enough to withstand the overflow
and the founders Of the dam were culpa
BIZ in not making it as secure as shoul'
have been done, especially In view Of tn
fact that population Of many thousand
were in the valley below. We hold the.
} are responsible for the fearful loss o
life and property resulting from til
breaking of the dam,
Inter Mountain: The Boston & Nor
, tana has come to the front with anothe
, dividend of one dollar per share, and tn
: stockholders are correspondingly happ.
D This makes $s00,O00 which has been pal
q over to the stockholders in five dividends
: In addition to this 100000 has been hel
: out of dividend No. 4 and the sam
y amount out of dividend No. to apply t
: the construction of the new smelte
{ This does not represent the entire profit
e as there is a handsome surplus on han
In view of this fact it is evident that I
flies can rest for minute on the manag
ment of the Boston and Montana.
l. Railway Age: 1t is no secret that thr'
l. more of the great systems contempla
g. reaching out for share Of the immen
II traffic generated in territory which h
N more acres of good farming land th
E. Illinois, more timber,than Michigan, mo
r. iron and coal than Pennsylvania, al
precious metals sufficient to pay the Il
IS tional debts of the world. Coupled wi
t. this is a climate so healthful, that ex
tence is q continual physical delight.
r- Butte Miner: The Milk River count
er seems to be booming. Its soil is rich a
with any show of moisture it yields pl
digious crops. This season a rain belt
-. considerable extent has kept much
VI that fertile region luxuriating in fine IL
vests and the greenest of vegetati
Evidently it is good section to enco
ng age immigrants to settle down upon.
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N. Y. Herald: Three gentlemen, e;
tho son of president, met at the Uni
v States Legation few days ago. Two
~ them called upon Minister Lincoln,
son of the late President Lincoln. I
". visitors were Jessie, the son of the Il
en- President Grant, and Russell. the son
the President Harrison. Such meet
Lrk seldom occurred anywhere, and nc
rst before In London: Minister and \
ent Lincoln and Mr.. Russell Harrison di
hat with the Queen at Windsor Castle.
Y is -
August Forums OF New Epelan'
T. century ago, Prof. A. L. Bartlett
about one In hundred could say that
ern family came from Scotland or the III
of Ireland: one in five hundred may
IN been the child of Huguenot. Extr'