Great Falls tribune., 1889-11-23
CHOTEAU'S BOOM.
IT MUST AND WILL COME BEFORE
VERY LONG.
A Rich Country Favored With Fertile
Soil, Pure Water and Good Grass
Bright Prospects for the
Town and Region.
Especial Correspondence Of the TRIBUNE.1

Especial Correspondence of the TR1BuNE.]
CuorEAu, Mont, Nov 16.-1t is so sell
dom we ever see any articles in the Great
Falls papers concerning our thriving
town, we have about come to the conclu-
sion that you still harbor Jealousy to
wards this section OF Choteau counNy.
Judging from the number of copies OF
your papers coming here daily and the
amount of goods your merchants are con-
tinually shipping into our town and vicln-
ity, we claim that you are under obliga-
tions to us, and that you should occasion
allv let tile readers Of the TRIBUNE know
something about the town Of Chotear,
our immense water power, our beautiful
valley, our vast grazing lands, our rich
agricultural lands and last, but not least,
our close proximity to millions of acres
of pine timber.
Well, Great Falls has no reason to be
Jealous of Choteau now. The future OF
the Cataract City is assured, with your
branch road to Barker and Neiaart and
other important branches to be built from
the Falls next season. Your presentgreat
smelling works and the immense copper
smelling works, soon to be built in your
vicinity, the eXhaustless coal beds OF Sand
Coulee, and now, in addition to that, you
are asking for the state university. Hugh
Kirkendalls old government mules had
some cheek, but you Great Falls people
will never be content until you have the
earth.
We are willing to concede and in fact
we predict that within five years Great
Falls will be the largest city in the state
Of Montana and the capital. These are
facts which no unprejudiced man who
has lately visited Great rails will deny.
In view of this do you candidly think
that such lively, noisy, and when both
smelters are in operation, may say, such
smoky place as Great Falls IS destined
to become, would be suitable place for
the state university? No, you surely dc
not l may not have correct idea as tc
what would constitute the most suitable
location for state university, but having
travelled in nearly every county in Mon
tana, I must candidly admit that the Tetor
valley, in the vicinity of the town of Cho
teau, is the "garden spot of Montana"
Col. Searles rightly says, ''the proper
site for public building is where its sur
roundings larmonize with the object o1
the institution" If the commission ap
pointed to select suitable site for tht
state university takes the correct view
then Choteau will have the state univer
sity. About 20 miles distant and in full
view of the town are the snow clac
ranges of the Rocky mountains.
The great drawback to the growth Of
our town has been the fact that we have
no railroad facilities, Great Falls being
the nearest railroad station, distant 81
(Sundays excepted) between here ant
Great Falls, weekly mail service be
tween here and Belleview, also weekly
mail service to Bynum, Dupuyer, Robare
and Piegan We have telephone com.
muncation with Sun River, Fort Shaw
connecting with the Rocky Mountain
telegraph line.
The building of the Manitoba exten
sion railroad west and the Lethbridge
road connecting with the Manitoba in
this vicinity next season will open W
country in close proximity to Choteau
that far surpasses the Milk river valley
for grazing or agricultural purposes
Here we have streams of clear, colo
water running down from the mountain:
and abounding with trout. Thirty miles
north of us are the Birch creek Goa
mines, where we get coal in abundance
which is equal if not superior to any Goa
in Montana.
Within circle of 25 miles from Cho
teau there are about 100000 sheep, 2,5OC
horses and home ranches OF cattle com
panies owning at least 10000 cattle run
ming upon our ranges.
Our grass is the most nutritious in tn
world as can be proven by comparing tn
stock upon our ranges with stock !
other sections Of Montana at this seaso
the year.
Our town can boast of one of the mos
thoroughly equipped school houses j
Montana. Mr.. J. G. Bear is principal.
better selection could not have been mad,
When you visit Choteau drop into tn
school house and see if am not correc
There is fine opening here for banl
Let some of your rich men look int
this. There is money in it for some el
terprising capitalist.
Now will wind up with little pol
tics. did want to see Governor Too
and Hon. Martin Maginnis elected to I'll
United States senate as our first senator
But we can't spare Joe now, so give u
Maginnis by all means with side ma
BEN.
We would rise to remark that the co
per smelter will be far enough from tt
east side of the city to preclude ar
smoke therein. Moreover, the smelt'
people are to use smoke-consume flu
naces. We have our heart set on TIL
university and as we spoke first we ougl
to have it. Meanwhile we congratula
Choteau on her bright outlook, SO alb
portrayed by our esteemed correspondent
Shake, Ben.-ED.
SPRAY OFTHE FALLS
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