The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-06-18
WELCOME TO GREAT FALLS.
The Editorial Party Greatly Gratifled
With All They
Saw.
POEM BY AESEKIAH BUTTERWoRTA.
Montana Inspires Noble Thoughts Ex-
pressed in Charming
Verse.
The Party viii Go Today to See the
Grandeur of the Belt
Mountains.

The editorial party returned Saturday
from Helena by the regular train and
were Immediately taken in carriages by
some of our citizens and driven to the
falls. The first visit was to the dam and
the site of the Boston & Montana smelter,
on the ntrth side of the river, where the
visitors were much impressed with the
extensive work going on that place, both
on the dam and smelter. Although they
had heard much of the industrial enter
prises under way at the falls, the extent
and importance of the work was not fully
realized until it was seen. The dam,
closely inspected, when the party return
ed to this side of the river and proceeded
to the Giant spring and Rainbow falls. A
number of the visitors had never seen
these natural wonders before and they
were fairly delighted with the scenes pre-
sented. This was especially true of DIR,
Nixon and Mr.. Butterworth, who went
down the 200 steps at Rainbow falls to
get the best possible view of the great
cataract, of which they spoke in the most
enthusiastic terms. The entire party
seemed to enjoy the drive very much and
it served to give them broader concep-
tions of Great Falls and tirmer faith in
its future industrial greatness.
NOTES,
Of the editorial party, Messrs. Wood,
Conner, Lawrence and Colman have
been here twice before, but say they can
not come too often, as their visits to Mon
tana are always of the pleasantest. These
gentlemen are interested in the Chinook
townsite and find, to their satisfaction,
that the new town is growing rapidly.
One of the notabIes of the party Is DR..
Nixon Of the Chicago Inter Ocean, a vet
eran and successful journalist. He is
president of the Inter Ocean company
and to his efforts largely is due the re-,
markable success of that journal, which
occupies a foremost place among the re-
publican papers of the country. The In
ter Ocean is specially noted for its CON
slstency as a party paper. One always
knows just where to find it on every
question that involves politics. 1t is in
the fullest sense a stalwart sheet and its
contempt for the average mugwump is
profound. While we do not like its poll
tics, We cannot but admire the spirit of
the paper.
Hezekiah Butterworth is another dis
tinguished guest. He is prominently
identified with the Youths Companion
of Boston, which has more readers than
any other publication in the world. Its
circulation is said to be 325,OOO copies.
Mr.. BIS articles in that journal are al
ways entertaining and few mel in this
country have accomplished more good
than he. He always seeks to accomplish
good, to make the world better than
is, and the vast number of readers he
has, gives him an influence that is COM
manding. Interesting sketches of the
northwest IN the Youths Companion will
result from this trip. We publish today
a poem on Montana which Mr.. Butter
worth has just written. 1t is a gem.
General Ticket and Passenger Agent
Whitney of the Great Northern is with |
the party and also Emigration Agent
McGinnis, so it is certain the pleasure
and comforts of the editorial guests will
be neglected.
The editorial party will go in the
special car today to Monarch with the
train.