The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-09

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National Association of Teachers has bee
about completed. Some supplemental
work has yet to be done. but the returns a
sufficiently full to Justify the stateme,
that Helena has answered nobly the ca
made upon her. The following totals wi
indicate just what has been lone sine
the work commenced last Monday morn
ing:
Total number placed up to Friday evening SIS
Estlrnate for saturdays canvass ........... 81
Estimate for hotels not yet canvassed 80" 100
Estimate for householders out of town.. 70
Estimate For available rooms to Ls fur
IotaI........... 9,25
The canvass shows that OF the private
residences $50 have taken two people, will
the understanding that if necessary the,
will double this number. This will RAISE
the number by 772. Many others express
an entire willingness to increase the mum.
Der they have contracted FOX in accordance
with the necessities of the case, when the
time comes, leaving no possibility of doubt
that many more than 10000 can be accom-
modated in such manner as to ~exemplify to
the full the noted hospitality of Mon
t~aniaus. .
Mr. Muth desires to express, on behaifo of
himself, the committee, and the canvassers,
hearty thanks to the people of Helena for
the cordial support accorded in this work,
and ventures the prediction that the same
spirit, carried to the end, would result in
an entertainment Of the teachers that will
live in their memories for many years, mi
set . pace" that other cities will find hard
TO follow. Anybody who has not been can
~ouun1 sill c~~fa. e~--~ L. a.-:z- Al..-
name at the Office of VIVA. Muth.
The building improvements in Helena are
grouping in such a manner that one can
foretell with almost absolute certainty their
future character in each locality. The des-
tiny of the valley is to be the garden dis
trict. When the land is cut up in small
tracts of five or ten acres the owners will be
enabled to abandon the use of ditch irriga~
ton and secure the more reliable and easily
controlled supply from wells, by the use Of
windmills or steam. Gradually these tracts
will be again divided until each acre or half
acre will contain a cosy home embowered in
trees and shrubbery. Electric cars running
through shady streets will penetrate every
part, giving cheap and rapid transportation
to business centers. The homes of the
poorer classes will seek the vicinity of the
railroad tracks, where also will be the fac
tories, lumber yards and warehouses. The
proprietors of Lenox have by their enter
prise given that section the stamp of
ar,stooracy which is shared by the west end,
and along and among the foothills, both
east and west, will be the elegant resi-
dences Of the wealthy. Internationally on
the bench land will be housed the greater
middle class of mechanics, clerks and small
trsdesnen. While both sides will have
their business streets for local patronage.
she main business district must be in the
gulch, where the population of all parts OF
tne city can meet with convenience and
grade.
Ihe designation. as fby common consent
OF each district for a particular use, is an
economy, by enabling property owners to
know just what class of improvements to
put up. They can avoid expensive mistakes,
often made in other cities, where a level
conformation of site instigates a strife be-
tween realty owners in all sections to pull
the high class improvements their way. In
such instances come are doomed to disap-
pointment, and are left with expensive
buildings stranded amidst the blighting in
But few realize what a great work is be-
Ing carried on in Montana in the matter OF
the reclamation of land, useful only for
grazing purposes without water. Frank L.
Slzer, the engineer in charge of the work
now being done by the Cascade Land COM
Pany IN the matter of constructing bitches,
talking yesterday, said that while the build
ing OF canals for irrigatina purposes costs
thousands OF dollars, the results accom-
pllshed are incalculable. Every large irriest-
ing enterprise in Montana has more or less
Helena money invested in it. and in a
majority of cases the control is held here.
The Dearborn canal about forty miles from
Heiena, Will, when fully completed, be ll9
miles In length with 475 miles of laterals.
-Four and one-half miles of the canal are
twenty feet wide at the bottom, thirty-eight
at Inc top. and will convey six feet of wa
Ter. An immense body of excellent land is
reached by the canal. Already numerous
inquiries have been received by the officers
OF the company from eastern farmers, and
In the next three or four years there will
undoubtedly be hundreds of families added
to the population of the state through the
agency of the Dearborn Canal Company.
The Cascade Land company is another
irrlgatlon enterprise owned almost entirely
by Helena men. Its operations cover
portions of Cascade and Choteau counties.
and II Is calculated its waters will reach
100000 acres of land. Twenty-four miles
of main ditch have been completed, ten
miles additional are now under construc-
zion, and there are thirty miles of laterals.
And the work is but commenced. Seven
Thousand acres of land owned by the com
DIOhe next year. and a large
portion of it seeded with timothy. This it
is designed to make a big hay ranch. The
Dement'S to be derived from the use of it's
waters are shown at the Green Bros, ranch.
near Freeze Out, where a paradise has been
made out of q desert. and this wear there
Will be cut two tons of the finest hay to the
acre. An immense quantity of Vegetables
will also be raised.
The Crown Butta canal, in Cascade
is another Helena enterprise.
and there is still another one.
in Choteau county. in which y. n
Burton is largely interested. Then there ia
the Gallatin Coal company, tho Chestnut
valley and the Tongue river canals. All of
these enterprises are in their infancy, so
far as attracting settlers is concerned, but
that they will add thousands to the popuIa-
tlon OF Montana in the next few years there
is no doubt. In addition they make il
possible now to raise all the hay, grain and
vegetable consumed in the state, and leave
a large surplus for export. The irrigation
question:, and the extent to which it ia be-
ing carried in Montana. Is one of which the
average man knows but little, and at the
time it is one of the greatest factors
In our prosperity.
Ihe variety and relative cheapness of
building stone leaves very little excuse for
the erection of frame buildings in Helena.
and 1t would be very much better. not onlv
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