The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-05
FROM THE GARDEN CITY.
III
Advantageous Location Of the Vest
ern Metropolis, and the [
Country Tributary.
II I
Renewed Activity Is NOTICEABLE in
Both Placer and Quartz Il
Mining Camps.
Unprecedented Rush OF Settlers Into the
Flathead Country-Mountatns Of
Freight-K. r. Grand Lrdge.

r. GrAnO lfU&es
M1ssou1A, April 4.-lSpecial. Am that
Missoula is to-day it owes to it's location, to
natural resources and the fact that it is a
natural commercial distributing point. 1t
is a most ady~antageousiy situated CONNER
cial point, having as its tributary the Flat
head region, the Ceur d'Alene mines, the
Bitter Root valley, and beyond this into
Shoup and other Idaho points, besides
furnishing all the necessary supplies and
merchandise to the Bonner mills, the log
cling camps ON the Blackfoot and other
numbering and lumber manufacturing
points east, south and north of the city.
Until the past two years Missoula never en-
ioyed the distinction of being an enterpris-
ing city. Prosperity found a natural and
luxuriant growth among comparatively un-
ambitious citizens. To-day it Is the only
distributing point for the vast and pro-
ductive territory of western Montana and
eastern Idaho. ~.
Real estate men in this city are most san
guine over the prospect of a rise IN values
and the contamination of several import
ant deals in the near future.
lie NOIGu6I1 dSAliCs NAOAuoA ~ A0AA~
Placer company, who own some 800 acres
of placer ground in the Clearwater district
in eastern Idaho and tributary to Missoula,
sent out twelve men from here on Thurs
day to do development work on this p rop-
erty. The property is a valuable one n
work on the same will be pushed with vigor.
1t is located thirty-two miles from the Iron
Mountain mine. Among the Missoula and
Helena parties who are the owners. are:
John M. Keith. W. Klingberg, Herb Nc
Cloud, l.. r. Lothrop, Hugh hirkendall,
The Company has ordered 5000 feet of six
inch steel pipes to be put in at once and
other important improvements are contem-
plated.
The owners of the Little Pittsburg mine,
located on Spring gulch, we're offered So,
600 for this property this week, but refused
it. They believe they have q good mine
with splendid prospects, aDd will hold on to
it until they receive better offers.
B. S. Hale, of Helena, together with some
St. Louis expert mining men. has been Wis
itinp the Iron Mountain district the past
week. their reports of the lion Mountain
and other Missoula mines in which they
are interested were of a fatterinR nature.
They. as we'll as others, agree That the
mines and prospects of Missoula county are
as yet in their infancy and have SO tar on
ly begun to be developed.
j. L. D%oumheller, of Spokane, has been
in the past week figuring and making an
estimate TO: the construction of the cleo
trio street railway. The same gentleman
also estimated on building the contem-
plated dam and canal.
Woods, Larson & Co. will in a few days
ship some 2,O00,OO0 feet of rough lumber to
Helena.
L. r. Lothrop, the engineer who has The
construction of the Occur d'Alene branch OF
the Northern Pacific railroad in charge, has
resigned his position with the company.
TIL organization of a press club IN this
city is talked of. There are now some ten
or twelve Faber pushers located here and
they are a wide-awake, go-ahead set OF
boys, who believe that it will never do to be
behind the fraternity of Butte and Helena.
Dan Heyfron, who has just returned from
the Flathead country, says that while re-
turning he met over 200 people enroute
from Ravalli to the foot of the lake bound
for Demersville and other points; that at
Ravalli, on the day he came down, there
were some Twenty-Five passengers at
Sloane's eighteen, and at the foot of the
lake forty-ive, which the stages could not
carry. At Ravalli station the platform of
the station was lined with baggage Six feet
high, and two large warehouses at the sta
ton are filled with freight billed for the
lake country. On Wednesday the con-
ductor On the west-bound train took up
sixty-six tickets from eastern points with
Ravalli as their destination.
Houston & Cheney's line of steamboats,
are now running both day and night in or
der to accommodate the heavy freight and
passenger traffic.
Civil Engineer W. Klingberg has in
charge the undertaking of building the
dam across the Missoula and the canal to
Grass valley. 1t is intended to commence
operations i'll a month and to complete the
construction inside of three months.
Mr. T w Knjnht r~acppflV from MaQphnr
county, has purchased from Mayor Ken
nedy the we'll known Rodgers hotel. Mr..
knight is an old hotel man and intends
keeping up the reputation that this popular
hostelfy has heretofore enjoyed.
Mclaughlin & Co.'s lumber manufactur-
ing plant on the south side started oper
ations last Monday. This concern employs
ONE twenty-six men at the factory in addi-
ton to a large force at their mills in the
Bitter Root valley. A new addition to the
soula of a branch of the Continental Oil
company, which some two months ago built
large store houses near M~cLaughlln's mills
and factories. The concern is already en-
joying a monthly trade of $4,000.
The Garden City Bottling works, the
largest establishment Of the kind in the
state, now employs twenty men and is en-
joying a we'll merited increasing trade.
On Friday the contract for furnishing the
cut stone for the new Union block was
awarded to VIM. HARRISON, or Helena. MIR.
Harrison says that when completed it will
be the richest looking building in the state.
The Victor and Helena Mining company
has paid its first dividend of five cents per
share on Curlew mining stock. The mine
ia located at Victor, in the Bitter Root
valley. The ore, which is shipped to
Tacoma, when concentrated, goes about
: $1,000 to the car.
The Masonic fraternity, of Misso.la, is
5 agitating the building of a Masonic temple
this year. The Higgins Brothers, bankers,
and our heaviest realty owners, will furnish
a suitable site, providing a building to cost
from $4,000 to $4,000 is erected by the
Masons.
Preliminary steps for the holding of the
seventh session of the Grand lodge, knights
Of PythiaS, of Montana, at this city. are al
ready being taken. The contemplated pro-
gramme for the entertainment of the
knights has about been decided upon, and
, May l9 and 20 nre the days for the conven-
!, ing of the grand lodge. The programme
i~ncluees:
, An entertainment to cost in the neiehbor-
hood of 81, 800.
a The reception of guests in oarriaoes and