The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-28
Men Bent Solely Upon Business to
Visit Helena in the Near
Future.
Made to Receive a
Big Crowd from the Ogden
Carnival.
Heavy Purchases Of Helena Real Estate by
the Interior Land and Immigra-
tion Company.

pany, who has been visiting Helena for the
past week, left Yesterday afternoon for
Denver, to return July Z. Mr.. Holmes is
one OF the most successful and best posted
real estate men in the west, and his visit to
Helena was for the purpose of looking the
city over. with view to making invest
ments for his company. He showed his
faith in the city's future by securing for his
company about 5000 acres of the choicest
land in the vicinity of Helena.
In an interview Yesterday in regard to
the plans of his company, Mr.. Holmes said
II have been in the real estate business for
many years in the west, my first experience
being as land grant agent of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad. 1 after
wards operated in Denver, Cheyenne and
Ogden, and also in Baker City, Oregon.
With the experience gained from these
operations, when I first came to Helena /
realized that your city had the same
opportunities for growth which were
offered and taken advantage of by Denver in
1867. For several years previous to that
time Southern California had had boom.
and thousands of dollars of eastern money
had been sent there for investment. Sud
denly collapse came, and the men who
Adu 1uOA0y w 1uS0SU COuluG1CCu W lCoA
about them for live section. Denver saw
her opportunity, advertised her resources,
brought men bent upon business to the city
and the best part of the capital intended
for investment in Southern California came
to Denver. This is the principal cause of
Denver's prosperity to-day.
Now, the Sumo opportunities are offered
to the people of your city to-day. You know
that thousands Of people and large amounts
of capital have been going to the Sound
country for several years past. That sec
ton is filled with people, the chances for
capital are not SO good as, they have been,
and now the rebound has set i'll, and it is
coming this way. AS Denver took advan-
tage Of the Southern California collapse, so
should Helena take advantage of the stu
alton in the sound country. Ii she will do
this and let people know OF her manifold adj
vantages. there is no estimating the good
which will accrue both in the increase of
population and in the establishment of in
dustries which will give employment to
hundreds of mechanics and workmen of
every class who are ready to come here
when they know they will find employ
ment."
In reply to question as to the DISPOSE
ton he intended to make of the lands he
had secured here, and the methods en-
ployed by his company, Mr.. Holmes said:
"Of course, in purchasing this land our idea
has not been to let it lie idle
and have some one else do those
things which will cause it in the
course of q number of years to double
in value. We are one of you now ana are
willing to do our share i'll letting the coun-
try know your advantages and the chances
offered for Investments. Our operations
have been confined almost exclusively to
cities along the line Of the Union Pacific
railroad, and has had the effect of increas-
ing to remarkable extent the business of
that road at the points where We have in
vested. In consequence, the road has made
excursion rates for parties under our guild
ance, which have enabled us to bring many
people into the country who otherwise
would not have come. Our first operations
III Utah were commenced in March, 1889,
and since then we have run seven excursions
from Denver and other points to that terri
tory, the excursiOnists numbering from 800
to 700 on each trip.
1--WE also became interested at Baker
City, Oregon, and in sixty days the popu-
lation increased 1900; reduction works
have been started which will employ 400
men; while 200 men are at work running a
railroad into the city,
s'The carnival at Ogden closes Saturday,
July +, and on the following morning q
party of excursionists, at least 500 in num-
Der, will start for Helena, arriving here on
Monday. All the excursions under our au-
spices are purely business affairs-they do
not come here for scenery or to fish, but to
look at your city and if impressed as am
they will invest. We have fifty men in our
employ who are thoroughly acquainted
with the manifold advantages of Helena,
and when these excursionists arrive here,
they will know all about the city they can
learn without personal inspection. We
have secured the lowest rate ever given for
an excursion, $2l the round trip from Dem
yer to Helena, and $12 round trip from
Ogden to Helena. We also succeeded in
having the time extended on the carnival
tickets ten days, SO the visitors there could
come to Helena.
''This excursion July will not be the only
one. July % another will come, starting
from Denver. We have spent $4,000 in adj
vertisinR Helena both in the east and west,
and plats and maps of the city and addi-
tions have been placed in the hands of cap
italists in New York. Chicago, San Francis
co and Portland, and the many advantages
of Helena are now known, or soon will be,
in quarters heretofore ignorant and where
knowledge will do world of good. thor
oughly believe in Helena. and if the people
of this city are alive to their present oppor-
tunities, there is no telling what progress
the city will make within the next two
years. This is to-day the best field for in
vestment in this section"
Mr.. JAS. p. Porter has been appointed
manager of the affairs of the company in
Helena, and is now busily engaged prepar-
ing Tor the first excursion.
To Change July LIST.
We have sold our entire stock of groceries
ana other goods to Bach, Cory a. Co., and