The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-06
TALKS WITH PEOPLE.

SAM ScuwAu--"The st. Louia mining
market is very dull just now. IL 1t had not
been for tho activity i'll Elizabeth the
market would be very quiet indeed.
There are deals from day to day but there
is nothing like the life brokers would like
to see. think the Chicago Mining ex-
change. which opened last Tuesday, will DO
a fine success. There are more people III
Chicago and there is more speculation.
The brokers there are full of business and
are alive to the importanceof keeping up an
active market. l found business all through
the east much quieter than l expecteu.
Even in Chicago and st. Louis business IN
all lines ia dull. | found n good deal more
life in Helena than i'll either OF THESE WINS
i'll comparison to the respective popola-
tions.
Cor. SAM WoRp--"I had n delightful trip
to California. We spent Il good part OF
our time on the coast south OF san ffah-
cisco and saw Il fine country. 1t IL the
greatest three months country ever saw
The orange trees we're so loaded with fruit
that props were used to keep the limbs III
position. The fruit crop is large. oranges
in particular. 1t is IL pretty sight to lind Il
a green tree burdened with loads of yellow
oranges. The climate of the country when
l was there was about like that in Helena
Yesterday. A very careful record of the
temperature of the sea ON the coast near
Los Angeles shows a variation Of but four
degrees. The southern part of the state 10
grand, just grand, but 1 would not care to
live there the whole year.
Z. S. HoBBs, signal service oficer-"l ex-
pect that General Greeley, who is at the
head of the department.. will visit Helena
within a few days. He is now on a tour
inspecting all signal service stations IN
the country. On July l this service Will
be transferred from the war department to
the department of agriculture and the gen
eral wishes to nave the transfer made in
good order. Helena ia regarded as one of
the most important stations i'll the country
because nearly all of the big storms start
in the northwest. To illustrate. Last win
ter l made some successful predictions for
Helena in this way. When the barometer
fell on several occasions l telegraphed to
the operator at Battle Greek, N. w. t., for
the weather at that point. 1T a storm was
raging there it was natural to predict that
it would sweep through the northwest to
the east. 1t is possible that the list of sta
ions in Montana may be changed when
the service is transferred to the agricultural
department."
ED. Z1MMERMAN-'I hope the monied men
of this town will soon realize the import
ance of developing the mineral country ad-
jacent to Helena. They should place
money in a country tributary when it can
be easily shown that good returns will fol-
low. Suppose now that only 100 men were
sent to work in the Unionville district. At
So a day see how much money would be
paid in a year. This money would
be spent in Helena and would help
build up business. Instead of doing this
| some of our capitalists seem disposed to
invest their money in Idaho or Washington
mines when they could do just as we'll for
themselves and any amount of good for the
town by investing nearer home.
JOHN WORTH. fire marshal-"The newsboy
first made his appearance on railroad
trains along about 1860 on the New York
Central railroad. was one of the first
and l was the fiji newsboy on the Rome,
WATERFOWL d Ogdensburg railroad which
was a small concern but has since grown
into a big system. | sold 400 New York
papers every day between Albany u Rome,
where | lived. In addition books, etc.,
were handled. l have made SrN q day
in the business when the road carried train
| after train loaded with soldiers, The SOL
diers would buy anything and would pay
any price. Books of the Mary j. Holmes
style would sell like hot cakes at S2.5
49, A. .a~,,lor r,;no ,vo . I IN IL
was a great trade in those days when the
newsboy was a new feature to the trayel-
ing public"
LAND ATTORNEY DUDLEY, of the Northern
Pacific-"Ihe original land grant to the
Northern Pacific road included 100000
acres and is the largest grant ever given to
a railroad corporation. Out of this the
company will de very we'll to save 40, O00, 900
acres. The office of lane attorney vas Gre
ated by the legal department of the road in
1883. and since that time the Office has been
we'll burdened with work. There is a mass
of litigation in North Dakota over tax
sales. In Montana are titles TO mineral
lands and timber cases, and in the coast
states there are cases involving titles to
agricultural lands and timber cutting pros
ecutions. All of these are in the and de-
partment, and they are sufficient to keepme
busy all the time. An interesting suit in
which the railroad is plaintiff concerns
the title to over 5000 acres of valuable
farming land in the Bitter Root valley,
The land was once occupied by Charles and
his band of Indians and their right to the
land at the time of the company's
grant will be a feature in the suit,
1t may interest Montanians to know
that the c%ompauy's land sales
in Montana show a splendid increase. TIL
ratio of sales in this state last year was con
siderably greater than in Washington
This is a very good criterian by which t,
de termine the turn of immigration"
l A PAPER ANGER from the establishment
ball clubs have been organized by tn
printers. telegraph operators, painters
= BARRIERS and other trades. Tn
= paper hangers from our store hav
, ing conquered the plumbers ar
ready to play any team from the trade
| mentioned on the condition that the bat
4 terry and majority of the players must b
in the city and belong to their respectiy
4 trades. Bv the way. what is the outloo
e for base ball in Helena this summer? Al
O we to have n team or not. The splendl
success of the H lena Athletics last seaso
was a matter of pride to the whole cit
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