The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1891-12-04
LOOKING BACKWA

rlnS her new year. lItr iio' annual
cycle is complete. The voyage,
started one year ago, was run with
little change of course. December
1, 1890, the sails were spread, and
the vessel launched for veal or for
o Size has in these weeks and
months carried many thousands of
glad messages to the hearts of those
in her way. But along with these
tidings who knows how many hearts
have been given the pan"s Of sorrow
by reports of sickness or death. We
can not sum up the joys and-sorrows
of this interesting year, but we can
rehearse some of its changes. Once
our good shipltas changed helmsmen,
but her return to port was made
without storms or breakers. She
starts again. Little her crew know
what storms may beat or what rocks
and shoals may come, but guided by
the same star which directed them
through the past year they will
press on in their mission of dispen-
sing matters Of interest along their
course
1t will not be amiss here to review
the past year and its changes. At
the close of 1890 our population was
probably not yet 400; it now has
reached over 1900. At the former
time our wage roll vas no item COM
,,sred with what it is today. Large
companies are now running IN full
blast and prodigious plants of ma
chinery have been placed upon the
mines. Much larger ones have been
proposed and it is conhden.l y be
lieved that by the time spring has
fairly opened Il force of 1860 men
will be working in and about this
thriving camp. Hopes which were
cherished at the beginning Of the
present year have been more than
realized, and the outlook to one who
knows what is in sight in alt the tun-
nels and shafts about our mining
properties is ilatterin- in the cX-
IRENE. The character of our mines
is such that development is necessar-
ilv slow. but it is also such that one
can safely bank on its richness and
almost perpetual endurance. a re-
view of the business one year ago
and O will be of exceeding inter-
est. We table below the persons so
engaged one year ago:
DEC. +, 1890.
VIM. Mueller, general mcrchan-
disc.
Gregg Bros, hardware.
Geo. Roehl, Frisco hotel.
Falligan & Yeager, butchers.
Chas. Crawford, blacksmith.
John S:'TCook; carpenter and
builder.
DR.. D.. B. Mccain, Pioneer drug
store.
Thos Dwvcr, Manitoba house.
NJ. Powers, butcher.
SnOTu y 70, pdtDcI.
Mrs. J. E. Sprague. confectionery.
j. e. Hunter, physician.
w. H. Banks, Neihart hotel.
H. G.. Klenze, mining broker.
Mrs. c. \. Allen, restaurant.
Ed. Pardee, retail liquors.
Mrs. J. Lawrence. city restaurant.
Mayer & Wilson. real estate.
Thomas & Crawford, real estate.
Chas. Mix, retail liquors.
H. Matthes, wholesale liquors.
Tom Gong, restaurant.
Jack Wilson, retail liquors,
Robt. McComb, blacksmith.
Richard Brennan, retail liquors.
Provost & Derry, bakers.
Pat Murphy, retail liquors.
J.. M: Gray, attorney at law.
o. L: Haberbush, contractor.
VIM. Munroe, civil engineer.
Mrs. M E. Ainsworth, restaurant.
Lee Sing, laundry.
Many of these are still in business
here, but the list of business men
and firms now located here is 50
much larger hat it would be diff
cult to make a complete statement
in these columns. More than four
times hat number are doing bus
mess here. The stimulus forbade
by the summers building and i'm
provement was much beyond cNpcc-
tatlons. Property values long CON
sidered high are still on the rise, and
no evidence points to Il decrease IN
any respect. The railroad has come.
The town has incorporated. Large
plans have been laid for a school
house and sufficient bonds have been
voted for it. An electric plant will
soon be in operation to light oul
streets and houses and to propel oul
machinery. The HERALD will in d
few days be printed nc more on a
hand press, but on modern power
machine at the rate of 1000 an hour.
We will PRINT a larger and better
paper, do better work in every re-
spect, and in some measure, if pos
sible attain to that standard which is
mete to %reciprocate the kind favor
which the citizens have eve shown.
Our wish is that the mines and ma
terial interests may 90 forward.
Not in rapid building lies our sue