New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-28

tariff, Canadian reciprocity or annexation, the
land and timber questions, all these are matters
of the highest importance TO the Western people
They need the sympathy and help OF the East ln
settling all these matters. They know Just wh"V
they want, Just what they need They are nel'hc'
over-greedy nor over-Gggressive. lh'S """e
nothing that hurts single Eastern interest
have often feared lest the next Mason ana DIXON
line should be drawn down the MisSohri i'Noi'
This will not be il Eastern people Will Only u'Ne
the pains TO study and understand western quo'
tons. Ii is highly to their interest 10 w ~
Practically all the money that mas pi'iu "P
this country has come from New-iorN wy
Boston and Philadelphia. The iinanclai hoiu'"sS
of these three towns in Western SECURITIES "'nouio
TO countless millions. No large enterprise succceS
without an appeal TO New-iorK' iherc 10 ''0iS
serious reason why the East should keep informed
about all that concerns these new commoh"e"I'''
and now that they are to be Representa- III wi"
oross nv mon who can enforce their opinions and
views with votes, perhaps there VIII pe moro
general disposition TO know whao INC "eS' "a
to-day really is.
face of the country changes. Nature mas cre"''u
low, snots more obviously designed for the site of
"a
tbot a great river means The water power Is
- o,oi,oble easily and TO on extent altogether
,vitbout precedent The agricultural country is
.,,uuo millions of acres. much Of which is being
on1t;yated without irrigation. The mineral lands
-. ,boro fru of gold. silver, lead and copper.
The timber and the coal arc there, and what else
corId be required to make city great and
wealthy The two upper falls are, of course,
Con zoo preat for any practical use Their scenic
ot+ract1veness will be their chief service to the
toun Bnt the lower falls and the rapids will
Furnish at least a million horsepower and it can
no utilized for twenty miles along both sides of
tho river. Plans have already matured, and will
coon he mt into effect for the construction of a
sories of locks and dams intended TO restrain the
,votcr and turn it TO commercial account.
wonderful natural curiosity which may hereafter
rrovc Of the highest material advantage is
oiant spring of the cearest purest water rising
among the rocks on the bank of the river Just
bo1o,v the BLACK Ia Gle Falls. The spring is higher
than the river and well surrounded by natural
wall of rock over which at various points It's
waters tumble into the Missouri. 1t is believed
IN he the mouth Of vast subtcrranean river, ana
engineers estimate the flow to be equal to that OF a
stream a foot deep and 200 feet wide. The time
will come when this crystal spring. which Is less
,1an two miles from the city, will furnish the
municipal water supply.
The farming region surrounding Great rams
extends for many miles toward every point OF
the compass West of the Missouri IS the gun
River Valley, well-watered prairie country,
where the soil is unbrOllen by rocks ana the ldhu
unconfned by hills until the Rocky range, siNty
miles distant is reached. Within the basin iormeu
nv the Sun River on the south and Teton RlVer
an .bo north lie 275O 900 acres of excellent farming
lands 4 canal is now being dug which Will
hr;rg water upon every part of the basn and
viii furnish an interesting experiment OF the
rronosed system Of canals and reservoirs by winch
{. is boped to redeem the entire ard region OF
Montana Lakes have been secured Tor storage
,,,rrosee and bitches are being run up ana
down. around and across the whole VaiPy'
10 tbo cast of the city lies the famous judith
hosn q semi-circular valley extending IN long.
s,rootl slopes from the Big Snowy Mountains,
which afford il a score of little creeks that leeu
tic mail, river The soil of this valley IS already
for its prOductiveneSs, ana IL mas
hocorc = orain-raising section of much Importance
in rho agricultural assets of Montana. North oil
Great Fails is the immense prairie country unul
recently held as an Indian reservation TWO years
ago il was thrown open for settlement ana I'LL
,nodiatnlv the Manitoba Rallr0au searching lVI "
ronc TO the western coast pushed its line through
tbe heart of the country, from the Devils Lake
reoion of Dakota to Great Falls. considerable
norton Of the land was promptly taken up by
settlers but millions of acres, largely unsurveyed'
arc still awaiting entry. This country is in all
RESPECTS similar TO that lying north OF IT III the
British possessions, where the No. l hard wheat,
the wheat Of the Red River Valley is being surely
and steadily grown The rainfall comes along
in that portion of the spring and summer when
il is needed to mature the crops, and undoubtedly
this vast country will soon be converted INTO IL
granheld. III, $50
Already the coalields around Great Falls are
being developed They extend along the base oil
the Belt Mountains for sixty miles or more, ana
reach westward for thirty miles, through WHAT
is curiously misnamed the Sand Coulee, almost
into the city limits of Great Falls. lhe coal is
an excellent bituminOus product, and II runs IN
a vertical vein of from six 10 nine feet IN thicK-
ness between two shale bands About 300 tons
a dav are being taken from one mine owned by
the Manitoba Railroad people and their locomotives
usn if entirely Some Of it is said to possess the
coxing quality and if this be true the smelters
at Great Falls will find their chief difficulty
surmounted The smelling plant IS complete
and extensive Institution capable OF taking the
orcs directly from the mines and reducing them
10 matte 1t is supplied with all the work IT
can do. running albeit, day and night, by the
rich mines of Neihart and the Occur AleneS
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