The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-21
MADE A TRIP TO MONARCH
Marvellous Things Seen by the Agri-
cultural Editors and Twin
City Exeursionists.
More Natural Resources and On
developed Wealth Than They
Had Dreamed OF
Astonished Likewise at tho Tremendous
Operations Which are Now in Prog
ress at Great Falls.

Especial Correspondence OF HE INDEPENDENT.
GREAT Falls, June 19.-Two of the mos
noteworthy events in the history of Great
Falls are the recent excursions of the agri
cultural editors and the business men anG
capitalists of st. Paul and Minneapolis. Al
Mr.. Langley, of the Montana Central, re-
marked to us when here Tuesday en- route
from the east, ''They were the most accom-.
plished parties of gentlemen that ever Wis
tied Montana-not one dolt or scrub amone
them"
Their enthusiasm over the sights anG
scenery in and about the Cataract City
was pronounced and of the most positive
character. Many of them invested largely
in real estate here. They talked as with
prophetic voice of the future of our city
Their personal observations of the gigantic
operations in progress at the Black Eagle
falls 81 100000 dam; the great silver and
copper smelters of the Boston d Montana
consolidated; the electric light, street
car and power company's 100000 plant
the site of the copper re6neries to be erect.
tana company, which, with their smelters
will involve the expenditure of about S.,
co., 900; the Montana silver-lead smelling
works at the Giant spring, now in full
blast; the peerless spring, casting up from
unfathomable depths through the assures
of the rocky upheavals an everlasting waste
bursting from the windows of heaven, and
in volume said to equal that of the Nissis-
sippi river at St. Anthony's falls in August
the Cotter, Horseshoe and Rainbow oatar-
acts were all truly revelations to them OF
the most awe-inspiring character,
The trip to Monarch, however, seemed tc
be the contamination of their highest an.
ticipations. From the lofty bluff over
looking Belt River valley, where the four.
mile descent to Belt commences, the bot
tom, abundantly supplied with stately cot.
tonwoods, interspersed with luxuriant
spa rkling river, like some silvery band in
terlacing them, the scene is superlatively
beautiful.
At Rice's the famous sssluice. boxes'' are
entered and here commences series of
natural wonders that have been the ad-
them. For distance of nine miles the
river PUSHES through succession of pre-
cipitous rock-cuts, sometimes 80 narrow az
almost to be leaped, while the river foams
and dashes along hundreds of feet below.
Sometimes these narrow chasms are filled
way madly from the mountains to the
mighty Missouri.
The effect of being launched upon the
broad, lovely verdure-covered foothills of
Monarch, after leaving the craggy narrows,
is perfectly ravishing. Here is the emer-
aid vale of the Little Belt mountains. The
grass is of the richest, deepest green.
Romance and sublimity seem happily
blended in the townsite. Ensconced at the
junction of the Barker and Neihart roads,
it is also enylroned by the richest farming
district of northern Montana. Wheat, oats,
barley and vegetables mature there in
highest perfection.
The visit of the agricultural editors to
this favored spot in the mountains was a
veritable revelation to them. Delightful
showers and sunshine alternated during the
day. The nights were cool and salubrious.
The streams abound in speckled trout. The
hlllsides to the submits of tho mountains
are covered with living green.
Whoever has once viewed the scenery
from Belt to Monarch will never forget it.
The impressions produced are both pleas
ing and permanent. -
The country contiguous to Monarch is
not only opulent in agricultural resources
awaiting free development, but also in the
precious metals and in iron, GOAL, timber,
and building stone. The new line to Mon
arch will be the main outlet to the choice
agricultural district of Kibby and the fa-
nous Judith basin. The beauty and at
fractions of this region are commanding
and extraordinary.
And thanks for the deep, deep canyon,
Where the wltching waters play,
Weaving sportive garland
With the mountain torrents spray.