Great Falls tribune., 1889-04-10
All ABOUT GREAT FALLS,
Information regarding Great Falls is

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information regarding Great Falls is
being distributed far and wide in order
to meet the eager demand for details OF
the new country which the Manitoba
railroad has opened up to settlers. Ap-
nended are extracts from an excellent
article by "Ranchero' in the Orange
Judd Farmer of Chicago. People here
might send this with advantage to in
ouiring friends and thus save themselves
the trouble of writing long letters
@. What time do they begin to SOW
the crops in this part Of Montana?
A. More or less of the seeding is done
every wear beginning in February, and en-
throueh March and April into May.
There is a long spring time on account OF
the chinook winds bringing warm wealth
er early, of course interspersed with cool
er spells which may shut down farm work
for a day or two at time.
@. Would you advise person to BRING
his stock with him, or purchase in Mon
tana? ., ,., -.
cumstances. There are plenty OF horses
| for sale in Montana, but they are gener-
ally wild and not we'll broken to harness
as they Craze at large all the time, and a
new settler would need a well broken
team to start right into work upon ARRIVAL
so 1t would probably be best to bring
along stock. horses, cows, ETC.; but it is
not absolutely necessary, as plenty OF
tham can he secured at reasonable prices
on the spot
@, What are horses worth in Montana?
A, All the way from $40 to $500, ac-
cording to the quality of the animal
Good draft horses are fully as high as IN
the other states, if not higher. Broncho
Montana bred horses, weighing from
1000 to LOO, when broke will make
splendid team; they are tough and Wlry,
and will keep fat where states horse
would starve.
| O, Are the markets for farm produce
good in Montana? .. ..--
A. Yes; probably better than any
where else, unless, perhaps, on the lmme-
diate Atlantic coast. Montana has 14O,OO
people, and 10000 are non-producers OF
food, but engaged in mining enterprises
in the mountains, thus making good
home market for farm products at good
!. prices.
rsiisq Il Are 'h'Fs any mines near ''sa "
A, Yes; of almost all kinds-gold
. silver, lead, copper, iron, and other metals
In Little Belt range, at Neihart and Bar
ker, there are lodes of very rich ores
only waiting for the Belt mountain
C branch of the St. Paul, Minneapolis 4
i Manitoba railway to be built, to make
p market for their rich ores. The mine
are so rich that great many owners ar
teaming the ore into the immense smell
= ter at Great Falls, 60 miles away; twent
# miles of it through rough mountain roads
= and yet at good profit
@. How about this smelter? Whs
, kind of an institution is that?
d A. The smelter at Great Falls is pu
W up to reduce silver-lead ores to bullion
= It was built last year, and is vast collet
ton of blast furnaces, reducers and assa
1t offices, built at a cost of 81 ,000,0 ,0OO an
Is situated at the falls, four miles belo
b. Great Falls.
@. You say the smelter is four mile
e. put it in the city?
ic A. Because the water power was be
ic ter available at its present location, al
~ besides, enormous establishments Ill
- that pour out gasses which would not
n healthy, if it was situated IN the midst
o. a large city, as Great Falls is almost ce
be tain to be in the future We saw tn
II, immense establishment going up Is
~ June. There is tremendous water po
re er in the Missouri Falls at this point, al
* at several points above and below. The
or are, close by the smelter works, half
acre or so Of the largest springs that '
ever saw. Great volumes of water b.
=, up and flow over the rocks into the river
10 enough water to make quite a river alo
IS? Ed
of @. How about fuel? Is there pier
,rs of it at Great Falls?
II, A. Yes; inexaustlble quantities. I
~ mines at Sand Coulee, ten miles southe
W. of Great Falls, have working thicknt
for of ten feet, and are turning out about
tu- tons per day, with the output constan
.t- increasing.
"' @. Can person secure building n
US terial in Great Falls?
In A. Yes, plenty of it-lumber, ste
ew and brick. They are all produced on t
-; spot. The Hotter lumber Co., has nu
sl'- Der of saw mills in the Belt mountai
are and after cutting the logs into luml
md they raft it to Great Falls, to their va
pis- at that point. The Ira Myers saw n
Ioo- rafts its logs to town, and saws them
'ee the spot.