The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-09-19
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
sATuRDAy sEpI, 70 1901.
WELL-SPOKEN WORDS.

At the recent meeting of the Montar
Press association at Butte the membe
in attendance were invited by the gel
erous-hearted members of the Butt
Press club to take a run down to Ogde
and Salt Lake City. They accepted an
had a royal good time, for which the
were not only indebted to their kin
hosts, but to the courtesy of the Unto
Pacific Railroad company and the open
handed citizens of Salt Lake. Anon
those who cordially welcomed them t.
the SANITY city,was the big-brained, big
hearted Judge G. G. Goodwin of tn,
Salt Lake Tribune. This true and firm
friend and admirer of Montana and Mon
t~anians thus notices them and their stat
in the following well-spoken words:
"We think our Montana friends ar
pleased with their visit; we hope so, be
cause they are a bright set of people, al
bright as any state could send out, and
more than that. they are loyal to their
own magnificent state in the north,
They hold that their production of gold
and silver will exceed that of any other
this year; they believe they have about
as good an agricultural state as Mime
sofa is: they know that their mines will
always give a home market for their sup
plies; they claim that they have the
broadcast pastures in the union, and a
climate which is just exactly calculated
to develop brave men and fair women.
They are perfectly certain that the world
does not understand the advantages
which attach to their state; that when it
shall their population will double; that
there will be room for all. and then, they
do not care whether they are appreci-
ated outside or not; they feel perfectly
competent to handle their own matters;
they are satisfied with their position,
and they are entirely certain that they
are about the most Independent people
in the world, because of their diversified
resources and industries.
'They reason very fairly that Min.
nesota, for instance, is just now making
a fair reputation for wheat crops; but
they insist that their land can raise as
good wheat and more of it to the acre:
and while Minnesota has to look to the
starving mouths of people four thousand
or five thousand miles away for their
market; their market is at their own
doors. One class in Montana is engaged
exclusively in creating wealth; they go
the mountains and from them
wrench treasures which have lain there
waiting for their touch through all the
years of the past. Those treasures
brought forth. and converted into money
make those who find them rich. are in
turn distributed for food and among the
of the state all are made to do
we'll; hence there is hope in every heart:
here is confidence in every soul;
md it is not strange that there never
vas a more Independent or self-sustained
on earth. Then they realize, too, ;
their state covers an area which {
would make a very respectable empire in s
and there is an idea of vastness s
.dded to the fact of full prosperity. Such I
nen are fair critics of any other coun- !
ry; they can afford to admit what is ,
God in any sister state or territory. be- q
ause they are uninfiuenced by jealousy:
hey are undisturbed by the petty envy c
nat attaches to less favored localities.
hence their opinion Of us will be
expressed. Whatever they
lay praise will be worth praise.
if they c~riticise anything the t
hances are their criticisms will be fair. $
80 far w have heard them make but a
ne complaint, that is. it is pretty warm a
! this region. 1t really is not very
arm, but as men are all creatures of
.iucation, our Montana friends are no
lceptiOn: they can only judge of heat
nd cold by their own state; and that
are not very fair judges of Utah C
innate will be understood by any man a
ON Salt Lake who may go to Montana N
winter. and who through his furs cl
be complaining of the cold. when he al
es the Montana men going about with pl
It overcoats. and referring to their it
innate as just a little bracing, not cold Iii
: any means. We believe they are m
aying a pleasant visit; we hope they OF
i'll repeat it often. because there is no tc
terest in Montana that conflicts with ii
ason in the world why the two divisions it
the republic should not be the very eff
of friends fl
e,
Is the retirement Of Judge Cooley RI