The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-09
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l.. a, Walker, manager of The Helenas
Travel 10 quieter now b a III Some weeks.
though II will doubtless increase with the
| full opening OF spring. II Ia hand 70 tell
| when a hotel will be packed with guests or
when il will be comparatively empty. NIhey
come sometimes III droves when least ex-
pected, Commercial travellers are IN ei1e
majority on our register. We expect thai
the tourist travel will be very good this
summer. Montana Is yearly becoming
more popular as a manner resort.
JOSEPH X. TooLE. governor Of Montana:
II heard a good story while in Washington.
! Oonpr essman Ketchum, of New York, has
been for q long time a member Of the house
OF representatives. He dropped into the
White house some time ago to see the
president aud was unable to secure an In
terview. The following day he again visit
ed the executive mansion with like result.
After another failure he once more tried.
The servant returned with the announce
ment that the president could not be seen.
What exclaimed the congressman with
surprise, has he finally got as small
as that?' 81 heard very little political Cos
sip, as the capital city is very quiet now.
The impression ia that Cleveland il NOS 80
strong in the west and south rs he was
some months ago. 1t is believed, however.
that the tariff will be the overshadowing
issue in 1892. I found to my surprise that
the Harrison boom for a second term IS
growing. Many believe that Blaine is be-
hind it. He certainly has a great influence
with the administration. If this were not
SO he would not stay with it. for he is not
the man to occupy a seat behind any man
in the republican party"
JonN w. THOMPSON, alderman from the
Seventh ward: II once visited the big
crematory at Pittsburg where Emma Alb
bolts body was burned. The institution 10
the property of a man named Sampson,
who OWNS the biggest undertaking estab-
lishment in the country. The building is
very handsomely furnished, the stained
glass windows being the most impressive
feature. They are magnificent. The bodies
received are first wrapped In cloths satura-
ted with alum water. This ia lone for the
purpose of keeping the ashes together.
The body is then placed on a
frame work and wheeled into the
furnace. The heat is obtained from natural
gas, hut the flames do not come in contact
with the body at any time. The incinera-
ton is absolutely perfect, and after a few
hours exposure to the heat nothing remains
but a few white ashes. The ventilation is
such that no odors come through the stacks.
On the day | visited the crematory Mr.
Sampson handed me a little vase. l looked
at an inscription and learned that it con-
tanned all that remained IN earth of a
friend who was walking about the streets
with me a week before.
r. H. FLoYD-JoNEs, real estate dealer
let me tell you an incident illustrating
the value of a certain type of men i'll this
town. Some time ago a young man whom
1 knew in st. Louis came out here on a trip.
His father, who is one of the biggest hold
ers of of real estate in st. Louis, gave his
SON $500 0 to invest in the right town. /
showed our city to him and he was greatly
pleased with the many evidences of pros
perity. / left him in the evening
after making an engagement for q
drive around the suburbs on the following
afternoon. When | saw him the next noon
he said he would start for the west in an
hour. With some surprise l asked why he
had changed his mind and he answered,
well, ! have just been Town to call on q
DtOOllueuU Ink W WaOAl L iho oupSA
He talked in a discouraging way about the
city, saying that real estate is too high and
that he did not know how all the people
were making a living. If your leading men
talk like this l will go elsewhere The
Young man went to San Antonio, Texas.
and since has invested 1886, 900 in that city
end will doubtless invest much more as he
has command of plenty of money. This,
in all probability, would have come to
Helena but for the discouragemene received
from a man who has made a fortune IN
Helena and wishes to keep other people
out,
CAPT. JAMES H. MILLS, United States Col
lector of Internal Revenue-"Ihe coilec-
tions in the district last year were over
5000, 600. This year they will increase
$4,000. II is the largest district in the
United States except the one which includes
Oregon, Washington and Alaska. The col.
!, lections last year in Alaska, however
amounted to only about $1,000. Montana
contributes more than one half of the rev
enue in this district, Utah comes next ant
Idaho brings up the rear. Some chanReI
, have been made in the regulations. III
. retailers tax on manufactured tobacco viii
/; be abolished next month. 1t may also b
r interesting for sugar growers in Montana tt
know that if they intend to apply orbount,
. on sugar produced between July l, 1891, AM
July l, 1892, they should file a notice an
: make application for a license befor
b july /, Those who are intereste,
in the proposed manufacture of beet suga
in Montana during the coming year Nigh
y find it profitable to remember this. w
!, have had a good deal of trouble in chasin
y up rumors about illicit distilleries III Nor
tana, but thus far have found nothing c
the sort. Several stories have come to TIL
office of moonshine whisky in Missoul
county. In each instance deputies hav'
after thorough search, found these report
II without legitimate foundation. | presun
Id that illicit distilling would be tried i
ID some of the more remote sections of I'll
~ state if the manufactured article could NJ
GU be procured cheaper.
Mt A Lock Four Thousand Years Old.
IN The European Trade Mail SAYS that SO