The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-07
A Good Chance for Every Man in
Helena to Own His Own DWELL
ing Place.
Nick Kessler Is Going to Do All
He Can to Bring This
About.
An Excellent Opportunity Offered Those
Who Desire to Establish Manufacto-
rics-The Cracker Factory.

that city That when a man or y woman go
under a roof which he or she could cal
their own there was q permanent residen
added to the population, one who had
direct interest in the welfare of the city
and who would dc all in his or her power !,
encourage friends in the east to locate in the
same city. 1t not only made the population
permanent. but each house built increased
the value of every other house and lot IN thu
city. Then construction of these houses
gave employment to hundreds, and al
some seasons to thousands of mechanics
The lumber and planning mills had work fol
many hands, the hrickmakers had use fol
MANY men, the owners of lime kilns had a
market for their product, and hundreds Of
thousands OF dollars were kept in cirou-
la.ion right in the city.
Helena capitalists have also encouraged
this spirit. and to-day there ara thousands
of homes being paid for by instalments,
which would Ios have bsen built had not
favorable terms been made. These home
Cers&rs a.e. II = majority of cases. men
A2a waresz Of moderate means, who have
tlf the, daily Wages 10 depend upon. They
have esaas5- EI5 srs denying themselves
HR1y littls llxIrask> E-a taking tie money
ihsy znaSa1 sy,.1a 81 lsss 81 e,ssanslal things
EoS ,1rTEInc lrsa 8 l:snAA Sli there Is still
re1lu I'm nD-s a Ih.ss nozsss~ and there
Ere sn sssr, rlssI1ss z,fl Il .ais-s xso are de-
tsrul1sa RI aIansI--I.cs sils s-1:9i eFsu more
1srisly Ink 1t Lar tsta1 II liz lsst. One
inlnr vtilnh ANS ,.asL,isa Its purchase OF
houses N TIM InREA.sH,sIIi yllA. - sos rAie of
ausssrais.- Ms1y VIM vssLs Re wiling 10
gHy EI- II RsHar Fe- -s.L- E~~ AZ
RUE hHvs nsd racs2 10 ray more.
AIT have untarHs.rs llHss !. 5 rented
hansA. tua-lr Il Eosf stss -t- thar p.ying
I'D III u zn, .slat ~ Sa&at1 y $1,000 Col.
E~rUScvEEG ,A-.ca1 iaes interest On time
= u lals II fos E~,osSEaisS add
I3px 10 { g1r cszh
Int ,sflli LIS been most satisfactory.
Nlek Asakls-, VINO OWLS 3 large body of
iE1c Il lie SAGE vicinity. has watched the
result OF NJ. B~-es6watsr's departure. and
is Est1kEeS ia.t Il IS the popular plan. But
t. intends TO so further. North of the
west side scEooaEopse Mr.. kesslsr owns
atoI. sixty-two acres Of land. Ii is on a
beautiful slope. with q hno view of the val
lev and the surrounding country, and is an
ideal place for a residence. He is Just com
pleting the details for having it plated,
and will place it on the market in a few
weeks. The prices will be ava down. But
the mere matter Of selling the lots is not all
that MIR. kessler contemplates. Anyone who
knows him is aware that he has two
traits we'll developsd-enterprise and gen.
erosity. In order to give every man in
Helena who amounts to anything a chance
to get a home of his own he intends to sell
the lots away down, on long time, at 6 per
cent. interest. 10 any one who wishes to
build he will sell bricks with which to do SO
at close figures, on time, at the same rate
of interest, and if this not suffioingt he will
n1N h h0ppn ntfar +~ r-{ -NRl- IT,
other material, still charging but 6 per
cent. for the accommodation. In other
words, a man with a small amount of cash,
enough to show his good faith, can step
into a house which, with the lot. will be his
very own in a few years by practicing only
ordinary economy. AS to the style of
house, each builder can select his own.
This will be the most advantageous offer
ever made TO h~ome-getters, and that it will
be appreciated is evidenced by the fact that
a number to whom the subject has been
broached have announced their intention to
take advantage of it as soon as Mr.. Kessler
has completed the details of his plans.
This enterprise will not only benefit the
man who buys a home, but it will give en-
ployment to a large number in the twenty
trades. 1t will also encourage other large
holders of real estate to be as liberal as Mar.
Kessler, and thus inaugurate a building
boom which will benefit the entire city.
"We must have manufactures in Helena
ia a statement which is iterated and re-
tterated every hour in the day. To a GER
tain extent this is true. but before they are
started here, it must first be determined
that they vii! pay. There ia q little factory
down near the Northern Pacific depot, of
the workings of which thousands of people
in Helena are entirely ignorant. 1t started
on little more than nothing, but there
was a field for it, its proprietor was a prac-
tical, energetic business man, and to-day it
has outgrown its capacity to fill the
demands made upon it. 1t is the Perry
soap factory, which is destined in the next
few years to give employment to hundreds
OF men. Several weeks ago, when the sub
iect of home manufacturer WAS before the
Board of Trade, MIR. Perry made a PROPOSE
ton to that body. He had carefully looked
INTO the subject, and had come to the eon-
cluslon that a candle factory, run in con-
nectlon with the soap factory, would be a
paying Investment. He could compete with
eastern houses because these latter were
handicapped in two thinRs-hrst, they
had to pay one cent a pound freight on the
raw material shipped from Montana to
make candles from, and secondly, the
freight back on the manufactured article
was one and three-fourths of IA cent. Thus
there was a margin of two and thres-quar-
tiers of a cent to go Oh. His proposition was
that he would put up $13, 900, this to in
clude his soap factory, and the board
$4,000, and form q stock company, Mr.,
Perry to manage the concern. The propo-
sltlon was favorably received and a COM
mlttes appointed to look into it. The com
mittes visited the soap factory, and every
member was greatly impressed with the
business done. The board Of trade com
mlttee then made another proposition to
the effect that it would raise BIO. 600 and
loan that sum to Mr.. Perry at eight per
cent. per annum for five years, to be used
IN establishing a candle factory and en-
larglng the soap plant. Having full conf
the offer and agreed as security to give the
combined plant. Thu committee started
in, and S. T.. Hauser gave 81, 900; G. A.
Broadwster, Il 1000; A. Nj. Hotter. $500.
and others smaller sums, SO that now the
total Is about $1,000. There the work has
stopped. Ons member of the committee
has virtually quit soliciting because of the
reception given him when he asked one of
the richest men IN the city to join in the
ehtefpIlse. Another member is absent
from the city, and Others are too busy to
attend to it.
with the above facts in mind, tne oues-
ton arises: DO the wealthy men of Helena
and those who have the most at stake. want
manufactured" Here is a proposition IA
sats an investment az there is in the state
~ Will pay eight per cent. per suuum. The
ooaro OF trade has endorsed it, and with all
the hundreds OF thousands of dollars in the
banks OF the city, the biz board of trad.
cannot obtain ae Z loan $4,000 TO build mn
manufacturing industry. 1t is + product
Tho - II " ms nta b.