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The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06
THE CROWN BUTTE CANAL,
One Of the Most Important Irrigating
Enterprises in Northern
Montana.
THOUSANDS OF ACRES TO Be RECLAIMED.
An Enterprise of Much Importance to
Great Falls and Tributary
Country.

Little has been said concerning the ok
tensive work done by the Crown Butte
Canal company, upon n of the most
beneficial irrigation enterprises in North
ern Montana. The, preliminary surveys
were run in May, 1890, and the canal was
completed finally November list. This
vast waterway tw%enty-four miles long,
ten feet across the bottom and three and
one halt feet deep, taps Sun river at the
mouth of Dry creek, and conducts 10000
inches constant flow of the waters of
that majestic river upon the bench lands
southwest of Great Falls. At the head
the canal is twenty feet wide on the bot
tom, forty-five feet wide on the top, and
tapers down to a t%en-foot ditch at the
point of discharge. Taking its waters as
stated, from Sun river, it flows thence on
a contour Of graceful curves through the
prolific Sun river valley for a distance Of
eighteen miles, fairly skirtlng the foot
hills and covering that immense body of
agricultural lands lying below, which is
now waste and worthless,to Simm's creek,
where a flume sixteen hundred feet long
and fifty five feet high is built. Then
with serpent-like smoothness it winds
around bench lands and over plateaus
until it makes its discharge on the ridge
at the head of the Muddy near Crown
Butte. Here it rests upon an eminence
that overlooks that. broad area of I'M
equaled farming lands lying between
Sun river, Grown Butte, Cascade and
Great Falls, embracing over 100000 acres
Of land. The Muddy flat is about all
taken up by industrious farmers who
have looked forward to this event, and
are now taking advantage of its benefits
by securing water for the coming season.
In the quiet recesses of Muddy valley,
beneath the frowning shade of Crown
Butte, is a vale or natural basin
wherein the is now build
ing a large dam across a narrow
passage way which will serve az a
reservoir for the storage of water. The
reserve facilities thus afforded multiplies
the actual capacity of the canal during
the irregating season ten fold.
The canal itself is finished in a most
perfect manner, the slopes all being two
to one and the bank four feet above the
bottom of the ditch. The fumes are all
of the yery best grade of fir timber and
are finished I'D in a thorough workman
like manner, This is the first irrigation
enterprise ever undertaken in Montana
Of any note that has been completed in
one year and to its contamination and
successful operation too much praise
cannot be given tGiharles Mcintyre, the
we'll known irrigation engineer, to whose
enterprise and perseverance is due the
carrying out and completion of the pres
ent work, he having conceived the plar
and interested the gentlemen who com
prise the company n the work as it nov
stands cost $oo,ooo.
The last TWO dry seasons demonstrate
the utility OF FARMING without water to-
irrigation, and all farmers who car
do it. Those who own stock in a sue
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06

TIE cold snap will settle the Indian
troubles in the Dakotas, but the irrepres-
sible correspondents will undoubtedly
continue to fight it to the bitter end.
Cold as it is IN Dakota, it must be much
colder in Chicago or Washington when
Gen. Miles refuses to be interviewed.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06

The East Helena Smelter,

Five stacks are being used at the East
Helena smeiter. The company is daily
receiving all the lead ore and concen-
trates it can handle, but they are short of
carbonate ores. This has necessitated
firing IN the roasters at the Wickes
smelter, where ore from the Alta nine is
roasted and shipped to East Helena. 1t
is not likely, however, that the Wickes
smelter will be started up, for the pres
ent, at least.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06

WHILE the national congress is making
appropriations to furnish beef, turkey
and c%ranberries for the Sioux, they are
helping themselves to horses and cattle
wherever found in Dakota.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06

TIE differences to be drawn from our
London dispatches last night is that Mr..
Pnrnell must retire. In either event the
cause of home rule for Ireland will not
be furthered,
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06

To reduce our enormous stock of
Cloaks we will offer them at II reduction
of Is per cent for this week only. Take
advantage Of this rare opportunity. W.
3. Raleigh " Co.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06

WE fear that Gen. Miles has lost his
value as an Indian fighter. He talks too
much. IF he allows the enterprising re-
porter to continue to draw him out, his
reputation will soon be gone.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06

The mines Of the Anaconda company
at Butte have been closed down temper
nrily. The cause of the shut down no
one seems to know.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06
Another Fine Building.

The public spirit Of the citizens of a
town is best shown by their acts. Any
man who by expanding his money in
erecting buildings or other enterprises
for the public good deserves praise.
The building which j. d. Gore is just
finishing on First avenue south is a credit
to Great Falls and will be u lasting
monument to his business sagacity. Com
menced IN June much time was spent Il
excavating. Nearly the entire basement
was solid rock and from 1T was taken
much of the stone which afterward made
the walls. Viewed from the street the
structure gives the beholder the idea of
immense solidity combined with sim
plicity in style. The front is built Of
rough-edged cut gray sand stone and is
very handsome. The walls are two ana
one half feet thick in the basement and at
the top are twenty inches, the idea beng
to build so that two other stories might
be added in the future. .
On the ground floor there are two fine
business rooms each 25x100 feet. The
front of this floor was designed by Mr..
Gore. 1t will consist of panes of plate
glass 1872 inches long, this giving all the
light possible.
On the second floor are II rooms ex-
cellent for lodging purposes, these are
all we'll lighted from a skylight 7x60 feet.
On the third floor there are tventy-four
rooms for dodgers, all we'll lighted and
conveniently arranged. The building is
furnished throughout with electric light
and water. The interior arrangement
tor light and convenience is the best in
any building In the city.
The second and third floors have been
leased by Mrs. G. Wilson of the Palace
lunch counter, who is having the rooms
handsomely furnished and will be ready
to receive dodgers about December 10.
The Anaconda Shut Down.
The sudden and unexpected shut
down, Tuesday evening, of the Chambers
Syndicate mines, at Butte, the Anaconda
Company's principal producers, is the
most startling recent event in connection
with the mining industry in this state
The group comprises the Mountain Con.
solidated, Green Mountain, High Ore and
Wake-Up-Jim mines, which have sup
piled the company's great works witt
ore since last years fire in the Anaconda
and St. Lawrence, and which have giver
employment to 800 men. The lattel
mines have but recently been put in pro
ducing shape, and even yet their com
bined output is limited to 500 tons pei
day, while the output of the former grouI
appropriated 1000 tons. AS the capac
ity of the Anaconda works is $500 ton
per day, it is obvious that a supply of ore
must come from some other source O.
they, too, will suspend. The company
action has created considerable c~cnstern
alton al Butte, and any number of rulnor'
are afloat concerning its cause. TIL
company in this, as IN everything else
makes no explanation as to the cause
nor gives any assurance as to the dura
ton of the shutdown. The Butte public
is only certain that 800 men have beef
thrown out OF employment and that bust
ness, as well as the men themselve
and their families, must suffer unless tn
suspension be of short duration.-1nae
pendent.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06

WILL YOU SUFFER with Dyspepsia
and Liver Complaint? Shiloh's Vitalizer
is guaranteed to cure you. For sale by J.
B. Driver, Druggist.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06

The finest, largest and best stock of
Jewlery, Silverware, Clocks, etc, for
Christmas presents at bargains at Ring
wald's. 1874 Central venue
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06

The zero weather now prevailing lin
South Dakota will do more to settle the
alleged Indian troubles than could all the
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06

Keep your eye on Ringwald's Jewelry
store for bargains in Holiday goods,
1874 Central avenue.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06

Everything for ladies' gents and chile
ren's wear cheap at Strain Bros.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06

CATARRH CURED, health and sweet
breath secured, by Shiloh's Catarrh Rem
edy. Price, so cents. Nasal Injector
free For sale by j, B. Driver, Druggist.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06

The incest and nobbiest styles imagin-
BILE of Ruchings to be found only at Con
rn1's
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06

Good Slab Wood and Kindllng for sale
cheap ut Ira Myers Il Co.'S saw Mill.
TelenhOne 50.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06
Woodbridge Hotel
@ s
EUROPEAN PLAN.
Block, First avenue south. between Second and Third streets,
Great Falls, Mont.
EUROPEAN PLAN.

Mrs. G. Woodbridge respectfully announces to the public that she ia pre-
pared to accommodate all who favor her with their custom, and that she will
spare no pains Or expense in supplying the tables with the best the market
affords. .M@. j. u -4 S.
Meals will be served as follows: Breakfast from 6 to a.. M; dinner
from II to 2p m supper from ito 8 pm. Short order meals will be served
from 81 m. to II m, Ito 5 p m, and 8 to II pm. #s~%
Ladies' private di1ngroom upstairs N second floor.
Rates-Per week, Sc; per day. 81; single meals, SOC. Rooms with
steam heat 5Oc. Private bath. .H~I .& rtTgg
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06

FIRST NATIONAL BANK
or GREAT FALLS.
Authorized CAPITAL, 100000.
Paid-Up Capital, $250,000.
OFElCERs:
I Z. COLLINS, . President
T.. G. PHELPS Vice-President
A E DIoKERMAN, . Cashier
d L, TRACY, Asst Cashier
DIRECTORS:
@. A. BRoADwATER, JOHN LEPLEY.
PARIS IBsON IRA MYERS.
RoBER VAUGHN, H. o. CHoWEN,
T. ARLINGTON,
A general banking business transacted.
Exchange drawn on the principal points in the
es and Europe.
Prompt attention given to collections.
Interest allowed on time deposits.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06

Don't fail to see the large display of
Silverware at Ringwald's.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06

For a nice lot lunch go tothe Hoffman.
Served from II a. III. until ~ midnight.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-06
C., H. CAMPBELL,
Thoroughbred Stock
Real Estate and Loans.

l am prepared to take your orders
for any kind of THOROUGHBRED
STOCK or any of the goods of the
VERMONT MAPLE SUGAR EX-
CHANGE or BATTLEBORRO JELLY
co. Can give you GOOD BARGAINS
in City or Ranch Property; loan you spot
cash or negotiate loans in the east on
good security.
Good pasture for REM and 25 tons of
hay for sale on it.
Office opposite Park Hotel.
G. n. Campbell.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-25
THE FARMERS KNOW THEIR
BUSINESS.

Some of the Georgia editors are adj
vising their constituents to "give
politics a rest" and go to work on
their farms. We are disposed to think
that this advice is meant to be humor-
Gus only, and that the farmers, who
do not stand in need of it, appreciate
it as such.
The fact is, they are not taking any
undue interest in State politics just
now. While, as a matter of course,
they are alive to the issues of the
hour, and naturally take a keen inter
est in the political gossip that is going
the rounds of the press, they are not
losing any corn and cotton by it, not
leaving any ground unbroken, or any
seed nsown This we infer from the
accounts that come to US from all Sec
tions of the State of work mapped out
by the farmers for the year; and if all
signs do not fail-which they are only
said to do in dry weather-the farm
ers will do the hardest years work of
their lives in 1890, and will add to the
prestige and plenty of 1889, a year
whose bright abundance topped high
their barns and storehouses and made
their purses fat.
No, they are not wasting any I'M
necessary time in political discussion
in the field or farm just yet; they are
blowing and sowing; they are adding
to their acres; they are strengthening
the sinews of the great alliance; they
are building cotton factories, and they
are interested in every worthy enter
prise which marks the industrial
growth of Georgia and the South.
Let them take as active an interest
in politics as they will; it is their
right to do so, as it is the right of
other men; they are not likely to neg
lect n duty for another, but as they
have proven in the past, they will do
their whole duty, now and in the
future. And in the meantime, the
grand old State of Georgia, with their
aid, in politics and at home, is moving
on to the music which means millions!
Atlanta Constitution.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-25
THE WESTERN WAY.

The Leavenworth County Alliance,
Kansas, at a recent meeting, among
others, passed the following resolu-
tons;
WHEREAS, Many movements for
the advancement of the wealth pro-
ducers, the agriculturists and the
laborers of this country have been
thwarted or wrecked by the subsidized
press, and
Whereas, To know the truth about
who and what is expressing the people
and who is getting the profit and the
true remedies for the evils we endure,
some paper should be taken whose
speciality is the telling of these facts
therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the Leavenworth
County Farmers Alliance, do fully
endorse The National Economist, OF
Washington, D. G, and highly com.
mend The Advoc tie, of Topeka; The
Western Rural of Chicago, Ill; The
american Non C1ntormist, of Winfield,
KS; The ToiIer, of Nashville, Tenn. !;
The Progressive FARMER, of Raleigh,
n. c.; The Alliance Tribune, of Topeka,
KS.
ResotOed, That we recommend that
each Sub Alliance subscribe for one
or more good Alliance papers for the
use of its Lecturer and that each
member subscribe for such papers for
his own use.
Resolved, That we urge all members
OF the Farmers Alliance to watch
their political papers closely, and il
any treat us unfairly in any way see
that it enters your house no more
warming an adder in your bosom is
bad policy"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-25

OOO, or $3.50, OOO, 900 more than
they paid in flesh and blood for putting
down the rebellion, and there has not
been a battle fought in that time.
Now did you ever see q bond with a
leg or an arm Off daughter and
cheers. Did you ever see one lie
buried in a Southern grave d? Did you
eve see any widow or orphan of a
bond 2 Now, what l want to know is
this: If this bond has ever been shot,
killed or wounded, what the devil is
he pensioned for? Loud laughter.
Now l am not a pensioner, but if that
money is to be pensioned for thirty
years more, [ want mine. I fought
just as hard as Mr.. Money. Laugh.
ter and applause. Again we have
paid 81, $50, 900, 900 of the interest
bearing debt, since we were dis.
charged, and still have now in the SER
vice of the government $3.50, 600, 900
whose term of enlistment will not ex-
pire until 1907, and we must continue
to pay this pension until that time.
Again do you know, after having
paid over one-half of the principal of
this debt, that it will take more bush
els of wheat, more bushels of corn,
more days labor to pay the $1,000
600, 900 still due than would have
paid the whole debt at the close of
the war"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-25

above suspicion and the people ought
to hold them above suspicion.
How can this be done? By giving
these officials pay sufficient to live
upon, and then make it penal ofense
to give or re 3eive a free pass over a
railroad.
Then the railroads would be under
obligations to no one, and no n
would be under obligation to the rail
roads. This would enable the rail,
roads to transport every passenger for
a little less money. A railroad COM
mission with the proper power would
look into all these evils and many
others not alluded to in this paper, and
would advise against their continu-
ance.
Some motive always promps the
acts of a sane a And so some
underlying motive prompts the tender
of these free passes. [ leave that mo-
tive to the honest judgment of the
reader. [ have been told by good
authority that sometimes the railroads
fail to send these free passes, and that
they r very soon reminded of the
matter.
There are other things that railroads
ought not to be allowed to do. |
have heard that several years ago the
town of Enfield, Halifax county, be-
came greatly agitated because the
railroad authorities threatened to move
the depot outside the corporate limits
of the town. Everybody had bought
property, built and started business
with reference to the location Of the
depot. But from some cause the
authorities desired to change the loca-
ton; and I have been informed that a
money consideration from the people
of the town prevented the removal of
the depot.
When | was a young man there
was a depot on the Wilmington &
Weldon Railroad called Toisnot.
There we're several stores and dwell
ings there. People had invested, built,
started business because there was a
depot at that point. From some cause
the depot was moved a mile or a mile
and a half down the road to a place
less suitable for a depot than the first.
The town died a natural death, and
property became almost worthless.
[ remember that some years ago the
depot in or near Asheville was located
about sever or eight hundred yards,
or perhaps farther, from it's present
location. l was informed that some
trouble arose between a citizen and
the railroad authorities; and, regard
less of the rights of others who had
bought lots and built there because it
was near the depot, the railroad au,
thorities moved the depot.
Without very good reasons these
removals and attempts at removals
ought not to have been allowed. Rail,
roads ought not to be allowed to
establish depots and induce people to
invest their money there and then
pull up stakes and locate elsewhere
without good cause. A railroad com,
mission could prevent these corpora,
tions from p~racticing such unbridled
injustice upon the free citizens of the
State.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-25

Marion County Farmers Alliance
(Buena Vista, GAY The object and
aim of the Farmers Alliance and In
dustrial Union, according to our I'm
derstanding, is higher and grander
than is generally considered by the
majority. Our guns are not loaded
for small game. We see no justice in
the action of our government lending
its aid to national banks and wealthy
corporations, when the Kansas farmer
is burning corn for fuel, while men,
women and children are starving in
the coal mines of Illinois and Penn
s~ylvania. There is something radically
wrong in this state Of affairs, and we
propose to ferret it out, even if it
takes two winters and the best part of
a summer. When a debating society
meets and the question is up, "Does
Farming Pay ?" and the spread eagle
orator on the affirmative side has
brought all his eloquence and logic to
bear to prove his premises, we do not
intend that it shall be answered and
annihilated by his opponent rising and
taking a shovel full Of corn and throw
ing it INTO the stove without uttering
a word. Neither do we intend that
the same grade of cotton, which sells
on the streets of Buena Vista for I8B
cents per pound, in January, shall sell
in the same market for 81, 81, and 81
cents per pound in September, October
and November. This applies with
equal force to the Americas, Columbus
and Savannah markets.
The Climax (Mo.) Advocate. If the
farmers and laborers are to be skinned,
it makes but little difference
which of the political parties skin
them. They are both running "cheek
by jowl" with national banking asso-
Citations. Hence, there is but one way
out of their present dilemma, and that
is to stand squarely upon their decla-
ration of principles and abolish this
internal system of legalized robbery.
This hydra-headed monster is the head
and front of all the accursed combines
that are to-day sapping the wealth of
this nation. Kill the head, and the
tail will surely die.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-25
OF IMPORTANCE TO FARMERS.

1t is to be noted that while the
boards of trade and the exchanges are
doing their best to suppress the bucket
shops, they are not making any effort
to put a stop to the gambling that is
the basis of the bucket-shops. On the
contrary, the boards of trade and the
exchanges are s~uppressing the bucket
shops in their own, and not the public's
interest.
The vast amount of gambling that
is done in these small concerns they
hope to transfer to their own establish
ments. They are not trying to put a
stop to gambling and speculation; they
are trying to destroy competition. They
know the volume of gambling and
speculation will be as large when all
the bucket-shops are closed as when
they were running.
The important fact to farmers in
connection with his speculative gamb-
ling, is contained in a statement re.
Gently made by Mr.. Pillsbury, the
largest miller in the country. Mr..
PiIlsbury says hat the indirect effect
of this speculation in wheat, corr and
| other agricultural products is indi-
rectly running farmers, and he must
be regarded as an authority on the
subject, since his large interests in
grain give him knowledge on the
subject.
Mr.. PiIlsbury says that the selling
of a million bushels of fictitious wheat
depresses the market just as much as
if the actual production were increased
that much, and what is true of wheat
must also be true of corn and oats,
and also of cotton. A fact of more
significance to the country and of
more Importance to the farmers could
not be conceived.
This is a matter for the Alliance to
take up and deal with.-AUomta CON-
stGtWtaon.