The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-31
BUSINESS
Many Representative Firms Already Doing
Large Trade.

Many representative Firms Already Doing
Large Trade.
The business interests of Castle are daily
growing in extent. Two or three new mer-
camille houses find their way into the camp
from week to week, to accommodate the
fast growing trade. The leading citizens,
fully alive to the Importance of bringing
new enterprises to the city. are sparing no
Efforts to increase trade facilities in every
have among it's leading citizens broad
minded mon who are keen enough to see
that the growth of the Gown and the thor
ough development of the district mean
moro for the future than the single-handed
grinding away for purely personal ends.
any other town. They do not thrive
there for the reason that they
are not allowed to interfere with the pro-
%cession. Mr.. E. p. Suydam. who Is one of
tho large mine owners and real estate
dealers. is one of the representative men
who make progress a watchword for the
future. In discussing the outlook, he said:
THE future is full of promise. We have
the mines and know they will be developed.
Now, then. we propose in addition to build
a fine city, and we are going to do it.
Castle will not be a temporary mining
not have it that way. The best class of
%workingmen and investors are coming to
our town and we propose to make it more
than a mere habitation for people en-
ployed. We have all the surroundings for
making n beautiful and attractive city, and
that is what Castle will be-"
Mr.. ID. A. Larson, who is another repre-
sentative citizen of this class, endorsed Mr..
Suydam's statement and added that while
the mines were the great resource Castle
was certain to become the trade center for
a section of country within a radius of fifty
or more miles.
The town is now we'll supplied with stores
and business houses. In a short while a
bank with a capital of S65,000 will be added
to the business interests. MIR. Len Lewis,
the enterprising manager of the Cumber-
land, who is interested in the prosperity of
the town as we'll rs the famous mine, will
have \ financial interest in the bank. The
Stebbin's, of Livingston, are also interested
and the bank which will form part of their
present line of financial institutions. Castle
Is already supplied with a hotel far bet
ter than is found in most mining towns.
1t is we'll managed by Williams and Milot.
The Castle Mining Reporter is an excel
lent weekly newspaper, which. though
young, is healthy and vigorous and we'll re-
fleets the prosperity of the camp. It is
owned and edited by j. G. Lewis. An adj
dition to the plant has been been ordered
and the Reporter will shortly come out as a
daily, furnished with Associated press dis
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A newspaper venture already an
assured success will be the Castle Tribune.
This journal will soon appear as a weekly
and will be under the able editorial man
agement Of Mr.. G. Birnis, who is Il thor
ouRhlv equipped journalist of wide exper-
fence in the newspaper world. A portion
OF the new plant has already arrived and
the Tribune will soon appear from n new
building which ia given exclusively to its
use.
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Castle 10 furnished with the usual variety
of mercantile, grocery, drug and jewelry
stores, while all of the professions are we'll
represented. Among the leading houses ia
that of W. II. Dickinson d Co. The two
members OF this firm are Mr.. w. III. Dickin-
son, who was favorably known during his
Wiokes, and MIR. j. w. Cory, the son of
Hon. d. A. Cory and the former accountant
in the firms home establishment Mt Helena.
The young firm started in business in
Castle carrying a large line of general mer-
chaRdise. Trade has increased to such an
that they will soon move in larger
and more commodious quarters. There ia
no more popular retail firm in Montana.
The largest exclusive dry goods and
house il that of N. Il. Dinsmore
who carries n large stock of goods. The
Mercantile company il another large
business concern. There are also several
hardware houses in the town. All
of the establishments carry large and care
fully selected stocks.
The leading real estate dealers are Walter
also is tho leading mining broker. Tho
are made almost exclusively through these
offioes.