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Great Falls tribune., 1890-01-11
SAM HILL SAYS
BUlLT-ONE At DULUTH, ONE AT GREAT
FALLS AND ONE ON THE PACIFIC COAST.

MlNNEAlUL1s, Minn., Dec. IA, 1889.
EDITOR TRBUNE: l am sometimes
asked by ambitious young men from the
east whose capital is not sufficient to war
rant them in locating IN Minneapolis or
St. Paul, where they should go to locate.
answer them that there will be three
great cities built-one at Duluth, one
ut Great Falls. one on the Pacific
coast at point where the ocean
currents bring ships quickly to Washing
ton from China and Japan. To find un-
limited water power, coal fields and un-
equaled mineral wealth in close prox-
unity is a problem in city building
which has resisted human efforts thus
far, tut have seen the wonderful water
power and the coal deposits at Great Falls
and experts have told me that the "shin-
ing stuff saw ut Barker and Nelhart
was mineral wealth untold. Grant this
and who can measure the future city!
Great Falls tribune., 1890-01-11
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND rEorLE.
THIS WILL he THE POPULATION OF GREAT
FALLS IN FOUR YEARS, IN THE OPINION
OF HON. JOHN G. CAMPBELL OF Hill
NOIS.

STREAToR, ILL.,, Dec. IL, 1889.
EDITOR TRIBUNE: Yours of the 2lst
asking me for an expression of my opin-
ion of Great Falls, at hand. In reply
would say, that during a mouths sojourn
last summer at Great Falls and vicinity,
l was very favorabiy impressed with the
natural and artificial advantages of Great
Falls. Taking into consideration its.
beautiful location, magnificent water
power, unlimited mineral resources Of
gold, silver, lead. iron, and coal, Within
easy reach in the Belt mountain; it's
matchless surrounding stock-range al
ready we'll filled with bands of horses,
cattle, sheep; its yet undeveloped but un-
doubtedly great agricultural resources;
its natural location rs railroad centre,
and its great good fortune in having for
its promoters the men who build, equip
and operate the railroads whose material
interests are to great extent linked with
the growth and prosperity of Great Falls
all these, 1t seems to me, render it abso-
lutely certain that at no distant day Great
Falls will be large and prosperous city.
shall he greatly surprised If within four
years Great Falls has not y population Of
25,00O or more inhabitants. Very re-
spectfully, john G. CAMPBELL.
Great Falls tribune., 1890-01-11
THE GENERAL VERDICT.
Strong Letters From Pronoin- Mt People About
the Cataract City.

Early in December the TRIBUNE sent
invitations to various prominent gentle
men who had visited our city during the
past year, to note briefly for publication
in this edition, their opinion Of Great
Falls and surrounding region. Follow
ing are Il number of the responses receiv-
ed and they make very interesting read
ing: .-..
Great Falls tribune., 1890-01-11

only two or three buildings in the place.
When was ut Great Falls for day last
year l was struck by the solid growth
that had been achieved. ltseemed to me
that the new city had already got beyond
the period when most of the inhabitants
were trying to make money out Of the
sale of lots-an epoch which all pronlis
ing new towns have to go through-and
was steadily building itself up to those
four main elements in all substantial
town development, agriculture, trade,
transportation and manufactures. The
future looks very bright for Great Falls.
l understand that YOU have secured IL
second big smelling and reduction plant.
Your Neihart road will bring you IL great
deal of new business and will open mines
and settle much fine farming country to
| the south Of you. | look for another
road to come in from the south during
the coming year. This will he II branch
| Of til. Northern Pacific system, which
viii iun to Great Falls and Benton,
through the handsome and fertile Judith
|
ly start line westward from Great Falls
next spring on its way to the Pacific
coast. know nothing definite rs to the
route this line will take, but my knowl-
edge Of the country leads me to the be-
lief that 1t will seek new and more
promising country now without railway
facilities, namely the region of Flathead
lake and kootenal valley, where there
are large areas Of agricultural lands and
many big ledges of low grade silver ore.
i l don't think it will make for Mlssoula
and hence parallel the Northern Pacific
all the way down the narrow gorge Of the
Pen d'Oreille river to lake Pen
d'Oreille. II it takes the northern route
Great Falls will be the nearest large town
to I'll the regions it penetrates US far
west as the Kootenai and will therefore
will be the supply point forthose regions.
In any case your merchants will profit
largely by the extension of the road.
You have peculiarly attractive site
for city. II fine climate and lots OF nat
ural resources in the country around you.
You have besides unlimited water-puwer,
good railway facilities and All energetic
population. Success in your efforts to
build up an important business centre
appears to be already assured.
+. v. SMALlEY.
Great Falls tribune., 1890-01-11

Copper and Silver Mining company
Of Butte are being erected at Great
Falls.
Thousands of workmen will be em-
ployed directly and indirectly by the
great copper smelter at Great Falls.
Many large capitalists and manu-
facturers are interested in the growth
Of Great Fails.
Great Falls is the natural trade con.
ter Of . vast region, which IL increas-
ing rapidly in prosperity.
Great Falls j. extending her trade
rapid With IL North Montana. {
Great Falls i wsll adaptsd Tor the
lsa1ing iullnstxiss
f 1iii - hioh yxilj
Great Falls tribune., 1890-01-11
FACTS ABOUT GREAT FALLS.

Great Falls has a healthy, agreea-
able climate. ...m.. ..5
Great Falls is in the full enjoyment
of city government.
Great Falls is the seat of Cascade
county, which is one Of the most
prosperous in Montana.
Great Falls is the railroad center
Of Northern Montana.
Great Falls is the metropolis of an
immense region, which is rich in fer
tile land and minerals.
Great Falls is connected with the
railroad system of the United States
by the Great Northern, which will
soon be a transcontinental trunk line.
The copper smelter and refinery of
the Boston h Montana Consolidated
Great Falls tribune., 1890-01-11

1889 were 2,O0O,OOO pounds.
The completion early in 1890 of
the Belt mountain railway will give
great impulse to smelling at Great
Falls.
Tie ores of the Belt mountain re-
gion will be sent to Great Falls for
reduction. 49,. :.-.@ -m .-...~
Nature has plainly designated
Great Falls as the place where Mon
tana ores can be reduced with most
advantage.
The iron ores of north Montana
will be turned to account at Great
Falls before long.
The Montana Smelling company
has the model smelter of Montana, in
operation near Great Falls. It can
reduce 500 tons Of ore per day.
The available water power at Great
Falls is the greatest in the United
States.
Great Falls has flourishing
churches, good schools and circula-
ting library.
Great Falls tribune., 1890-01-11
REAL. ESTATE.


We advise people to buy real estate
in Great Falls because we consider
that it is good investment.
Those who invested at the start
have all made money or are in IL po-
sition to make it if they cared to sell.
The market valne Of real estate has
steadily increased from the begin
ming. Their. has been no set back:
no pancs. such us have occurred in
the most prosperous towns.
In 1857 the two railroads the Mon
tanu Central and Manitoba came and
impaired increased value and firm
ness to the real estate In the same
year Ca a,cade county was formed with
Great Falls as tile county seat.
In 1SSS, several fine blocks were
built. completed or enlarged. The Mi
not. the Dunn, the Mcknight, he
kingsbury. the Vaughn. and the
Murphy Maclay blocks date from
that building period in which
some VI the best business men in
Montana showed their confidence III
Great Falls by erecting massive
blocks of brick Or sandstone
In the same year the iron wagon
bridge over the Missouri was opened.
The railroad bridge, which spans the
same noble river was completed. The
works Of the Montana Smelling com
pany We're also put il operation.
Iu 1889 this progressive movement
continued The neighborlng coal
fields ut Sand Coulee underwent rap
id development The wool trade in
creased considerably The railroad
to the Belt mountain mining regions
was nearly completed and the nego-
tiations for the establishment here of
the Boston and Montana copper
smelter were closed satisfactorily.
Considerable trading in real estate
followed. Higher prices than ever
were paid. The sales Of the Town
site company for the last quarter
amounted to about 100000. Some
Of these sales we're made to early
settlers who had marked the progress
Of the city and who had firm faith in
its bright future. Great Falls will
continue to grow rapidly, and in con-
sequence the value of real estate will
enhance Every house in the city
pays liberal return on the cost.
Judged by the rental which may be
expected from buildings, real estate
in Great Falls is not dear. It is q
good investment for those who buy to
build, or for those who buy to sell
when prices are higher. The growth
of the city is based on good tributary
farming and stock country, on pro-
ductive mining regions, on prosper
Gus railroads, on extensive smelters, on
large coal fields and almost unlimited
water-power and growing trade.
All these combined with the CO.
operation If capitalists and of her
own enterprising population render
the prospects of Great Falls bright
indeed. =z
Great Falls tribune., 1890-01-11
ABUNDANCE OF PURE WATER.

Abundance of pure water is one of
the first requisites to health and COM
fort. Great Falls is we'll provided in
that respect. During the year 1889,
the Great Falls water company was
organized by T. E. Collins, E &.
Maclay and Ira Myefs, all prominent
citizens and old residents of the town.
They received due authority from the
city council to supply the city with wa
ter, under provisions which ensure low
rates for dwellings and factories as
we'll as an ample number OF hydrants
throughout the city for use in case of
fire.
Ample capital was readily secured
for the new enterprise which was car
ried out with energy and success. In
less than four months from the start
spacious building was erected on
the east side of the Missouri above,
the confluence of that river with the
Sun. Water mains were laid through
out the city to the extent of
eight miles. Machinery of the best
kind wa procured IRON Ohio and
placed in the building referred to.
Since August the water works have
been in operation and give general
satisfaction. The water flows to the
we'll from the center Of the river
through = large pipe which is pro.
vided with gratinga The we'll is
connected by pipes with the pump
house, where powerful machinery
forces the water through the mains,
whence il is distributed in turn b.
smaller pipes 70 81 part of t.
oskv, fssS.ssass.s =
Great Falls tribune., 1890-01-11
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u. v. 8lGALLEY'o VIEWS.

THE FUTURE OF GREAT FALLS Is VERY
BRIGHT-AN n. r. BRANCH IN 1870
THE GREAT NORTHERN WILL GO WEST
FROM GREAT FALLS AND WILL NOT 60
TO NI9eOULA.
Great Falls tribune., 1890-01-11

is increased by the waters of the Sun
river, which comes down from the
main range of the Rockies and forms
at it's confluence with the Missouri q
natural reservoir that is 20 feet deep
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-01-17

tions. If all the advances to railway COM
panies, together with the outright gifts by
towns, cities, counties, states and nation be
added together, the money value
would not fall short OF a thousand
millions of dollars. No efforts seems
too great for our people when the interior
OF the country is connected with the sea-
board. But when the suggestion is made
to connect our seaboard with commercial
cities OF other countries by lines of steam
SHIPS, the public mind is at once disturbed
by the cry of Subsidy" We really feel as
much afraid of protection at sea as Mr..
Gladstone is of protection on land. The
positions of the American congress and
tne English parliament on this subject are
precisely. reversed. England has never
been aifrighted by the word subsidy. and,
while we have stood still in impotent fear,
she has taken possession of the seas by
the Judicious, and even the lavish, inter-
position of pecuniary aid. l have already
said that the interest on the amount
which England has paid for this object
since she began it with great energy. fifty
years ago, would give all the stimulus
needed for the rapid expansion Of our
commerce. let it be added if the govern
ment of the United States will for twenty
years to come give merely the interest
upon the interest, at the rate of s per cent,
on the amount which has been a free gift
to railroads, every steam line needed on
the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the gulf will
spring into existence within two years
from the passage of the act.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-01-17
SPECIAL NOTICE.

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ing week will be published so that those
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p~ortunity of subscribing and receiving
the back numbers and the full text of all
the laws.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-01-17

The articles Of Mr.. Gladstone, the
free trader, and Mr. Blaine, the protec-
ZIONIST, in the January number of the
North American Review, will be read
with a great deal of interest by the
American people. In speaking of the
commerce of the two nations-England
and America-Mr. Blaine says:
In will not escape Mr.. Gladstone's
keen observation that the British invest
valry and have increased in greater pro-
portion than any other Of the great inter
ests of the United Kingdom. 1 ask his
candid admission that it Is the one interest
which England has protected steadily and
determinedly, regardless of consistency
and regardless of expense. Nor will Mr..
Gladstone fail to note that navigation is
the weakest of the great interests in the
United States, because it is the one which
the national government has constantly re-
fused to protect. Ii, since the civil war,
the United States had spent in protecting
her shipping merely the annual interest on
the great sum which England has expend-
Cd to protect her ocean traffic, American
fleets would nov be rivalling the fleets of
England, as they rivalled them before the
war, on every sea where the prospect of
commercial gain invites the American flag.
The failure Of the United States to encOur-
age and establish commercial lines Of
American ships is In strange contrast with
the Jealous efforts to extend lines OF rail-
way inside the country. even to the point
OF anticipating the real needs Of many sec
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-01-17

Hon. FRANK WAsHABAUGH was made
president pro tenn of the South Dakota
senate. Many familiar names are no
ticed in the list of members of the South
Dakota legislature. There is Ericsson,
n of the most careful members of for
NOR legislatures; Bixler, the woman suff-
rage champion Of the last territorial leg
islature; John Cain, of Huron; De
Woody, who created such a sensation at
the time of the attempted removal of the
capital in 1885; Lasse Bathun, of Mime
haha, who was a member of the legisla-
ture away back in 1862; Maris Taylor,
surveyor-general of Dakota territory; D.
M. Inman, the old democratic war horse
of Vermillion; John L. Jolly, another
old-timer; Coe Z. Crawford, member of
the last legislature from Pierre; Harry
Hunter, Of the last legislature; A. S.
Stewart, of Fall River, Hot Springs, Sol
diers' home fame, and others.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-01-17

HE other day in the senate the reso-
luton attaching wheels to the capitol
building was indefinitely postponed and
the one introduced in the house about
the same time, but which did not come
up until yesterday, will doubtless also
fail to pass-would not have passed yes-
terday if allowed to be brought to a vote
but some felt like "razzle-dazzling"-
thinking to worry the coal baron, or
something of that kind. Seriously, how
ever, the state is in no condition to have
it's affairs unsettled at this time by pro-
posals to throw away a half a million of
the states property. Our credit is good
enough now-let's sustain it. The time
spent in the discussion of matters like
the n yesterday had better be spent in
perfecting the revenue bill, in agreeing
upon a railroad and warehouse a
and other measures calculated to bring
relief to the people, Tighten instead of
increase the burdens of the taxpayer
and add to the assessable property of
the state such property as is now escap-
ing it's fair proportion. It is the econo-
mic questions the people cry out for &C.
ton upon.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-01-17
If the Chinaman must 20, why should

If the Chinaman must go, why should
not the cigarette, his companion-piece,
20 with him? Frankfort, KY, has re-
Gently passed an ordinance prohibiting
the sale of cigarettes, which leads the
Chicago News to remark, "if it becomes a
law decent society owes the common
council of that city a vote of thanks. The
chief function of the cigarette is to I'M
dermine health and render it's smokers
obtuse to their own offensiveness. Per-
haps the aggregation of foul smells pro-
duced by the combustion of tissue paper,
glycerine and medicated tobacco is more
perceptible and obnoxious in a southern
climate than in northern latitudes. Like
the Farmers Almanac it's obnoxious
pecularities are calculated for all me-
ridians.'" But so Hudibrastic is the NOR
atty of the age, that to
compound for sins you are inclined to,
BY damning those you have no mind to-"
is easier than virtue in the abstract, and
with some Of it, goes quite as far.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-01-17

COLONEL WILSON, the Minneapolis at
torney who has been in the city during
the past few days as the representative
of the elevator companies to see what
can be done in regard to furnishing Sc
curity for seed wheat that the elevator
companies may furnish to needy farmers,
after looking the ground all over sees
but little that can be done, except, prob
ably, to make our present seed wheat
bond Jaw a little palmer and surer. The
state is prohibited by it's constitution
from guaranteeing payment for anything
of this kind, and the state would have
no right to make the claim for seed
wheat a first lien upon property already
mortgaged-which is the condition of
every farmer who is in need of seed
wheat. This would impair the obliga-
ton of contracts, which is expressly pro-
hibited by the constitution. The seed
wheat question is a serious problem.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-01-17

WHEN the matter comes to be looked
into more thoroughly it may be found
that the financial outlook for North Da-
kota's exchequer is not so bad as the
governor in his message has pictured
it. In his message vetoing the Fargo
agricultural college bill the governor
presents figures from the treasury de-
partment in which it is shown that the
expenditures Of North Dakota from
March 9Th last to November 4, 1889, were
$~24S,826.06. At the same rate it is
figured that at the present rate for the
present fiscal year the current expenses
Of North Dakota, including only the
maintenance of the public institutions
and one-half of the general expenses of
the territory would be 1878 ,239.13. Ad-
ding to this 100000, the estimated cost
of 12O days Legislative session and the
annual increase of state expenses over
territorial-say $4,000 per
$l6,666.66 for the period between Novem-
Der 4, 1889, and March 8, 1890
would make the probable expendi-
ture for the present fiscal year
ending March 8, 1890, $4S9, 9O5.69.
The estimated available Jul are
placed at $241,895.55, leaving %adefciency
of $24S,007.24. Now the governor figures
that the bebt limit being but 100000 it
will oon be over-reached, The constit11-
ton provides for an indebtedness of
100000 "ExcLUs1vE of what may be the
debt Of North Dakota at the time of the
adoption Of the Observation-Disclosures
LIST. This being true, then any debt or
unpaid claim on October LIST last, should
not be taken into consideration. We
will therefore have the right, under the
constitution, to issue warrants to the
extent of 100000, plus whatever the
debt may have been on October l, 1889.
North Dakota's part of the
$l5O,OOO refunding warrants would
be at least $4,000; add to
this the $11,8N0 constitutional con
vention deficiency bill, and several thou
sand dollars of unaudlted and unpaid
warrants IN Oct. 1 last, and we have up
wards of $4,000 which must be added to
the debt limit. The TRIBUNE has not in
vestigated this question very thoroughly,
but it believes it will be able to show
that in effect We will have nearer $780,
600 than 100000 to go on. This is a
question for inanciers to figure on. Let
us see If the picture is not brighter than
it has been pictured-but let us econo-
mize just the same.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-01-17

the council the other day raised the rates
about forty per cent-to a fair figure
and elected the city printer without
bids. In st. Paul last Tuesday night
the council, by a unanimous vote, desig-
mated the Pioneer Press, as the official
organ without bids-for reasonable and
just compensation" Whenever a news
paper undertakes to do work at extreme
ly low figures, it must in turn-to get
even-pay extremely low wages and
turn out shoddy work. If the newspaper
publisher is running a legitimate bust
ness he ought to treat all alike, and he
who does work for a city or county at a
less rate than for the merchant, who pays
him the cash, does an injustice which
no business man should excuse.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-01-17

SENATOR ALLIN's bill to allow organ
lied townships to raise a tax for irriga-
ton purposes, provides that when two
thirds of the legal voters of any organ
lied town, at their annual town meeting,
agree that it is advisable and for the pub
lie good that certain specific creeks and
coolies should be improved to increase
the water supply and for the purpose of
irrigation, it shall be lawful to levy a tax
not exceeding two mills therefor. In
some parts of the state this plan of irri-
CATION, if adopted by several adjoining
townships, would prove very feasible and
profitable to the farmers.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-01-17

REPRESENTATIVE MlLsrED's bill, No.
l33, amends the law of 1887 regulating
salaries Of registers of deeds and county
treasurers. The law of 1887 limited the
salaries of these county officers to $4,000
per annum from a special salary fund
made up of fees received for services
rendered, except that neither officer was
required to account for fees received for
making and certifying to abstracts and
the county treasurer should not be re-
quired to account for the fees collected
for sending tax receipts to non-residents.
This latter provision is, by Mr.. Milsted's
bill, cut of-leaving it impossible for a
treasurer Or register of deeds to receive
over $4,000 per annum, except in coun-
ties of over 10000 population when the
county commissioners may increase it to
$4,000. Treasurers and registers of
deeds will not take kindly to this bill.