The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-10
ALL PULLING TOGETHER.
What the Agitation Of the College
Question Has Done for the
Capital City.
Helena Realty in Big Demand for
Exchange for That of
Other Sections.

Opinions of the City From Various Poo
ple-some Prominent visitors vnd
How They We're Entertained.
One excellent effect OF the competition
for the location Of the Congregational col
lego is that it has drawn the people OF Hell
ena closer together than any other question
has for years. 1t ia true the actual work Of
canvassing for subscriptions was delayed
till the last day, and in that way the aity
lost the benefit of its full bonus. but when
the matter did get under way every one in
terssted pulled together. Every one who
worked in the matter seemed to feel that ii
was his particular duty to impress upon the
committee the manifold advantages Helena
offered, and ut the same time there was q
personal realization on the part OF all of
the position Helena has attained in the
northwest, This loyalty to the city is man
i~festing itself in a number of ways. Two
or three years CO., if any one man started
an enterprise or preached the subject
ot&SsRstarting one, there was a
great deal OF opposition from those who
did not happen to be directly interested.
This feeling is rapidly passing away, and
there 10 q disposition on the part Of almost
every man in the city to jump in and help
evsry enterprise which looks to the up
building of the city. Now that the Mon
tana Club building and the college matter
are out of the way, the committee having
the Stedman foundry enterprise in charge
are ready to go to work on it. and with the
disposition evinced to hclp all Helena enter
prlses, there is no doubt of success. TIL
matter is one in which all the people of the
CITY are vitality interested, and it is not a
gift which the COMMITTEES will ask, but
simply that Helena people pnt their money
in a paving Helena enterprise. 80 that it
NAV be enlarged, and thus give EN- Employment
10 four or ivs times the number of men
now employed, every one il expected to do
his share.
That the confidence Helena people have in
the city il shared in by those on the outside,
is shown in Il number of ways. The feeling
is not confined by state lines, but is shown
all over the country. During the past two
weeks there is not a real estate dealer of
prominence in the city but has received let
tiers from those owning ranches requesting
Il trade for Helena property, on most ad-
vantageous terms. This sort of a deal is a
difficult one to make, because while ranch
property il regarded as a good Investment,
holders of city real estate have unbounded
confidence III their property, and are not
anxious to trade. From outside the state
letters have been received from st. Paul,
Kansas City, California n other points.
asking for Helena property in exchange for
real estate in those places. Up to date the
Helona man has not found who is willing
to trade. This demand for property in this
rifU IL thn vpt1rnI Inny,1t NJ ON ~ vno%irn
ton of the advantages it ofe' g as compared
with oth-r places. Take Il state with a popu-
lation of 1876, 900 people, whose output is
$500 900, 900 annually, and then remember
that Helena is the financial center, the hub
abound which the enterprises of the state
r~evolve, and the reason TO- the confidence
displayed in Helena ia easily accounted for.
That it is the financial center no one in the
no invest denies. If Il man wants to start
Il bank anywhere in the state, to Helena he
comes for his backing; if he wants to float
Il company, either for operating Il mine or
starting an industrial enterprise, il is Hell
ena men to whom he CONES for stock sub
scliptions; if he has an addition to a town
to dispose of, sooner or later he comes to
Helena to find purchasers. AMI that Hcl
ena has both the capital and enterprise TO
go outside of he limits il proven bv
the records. Her citizens are stockholders
i'll nearly every bank in the state; there il
scarcely Il canal in Montana which has not
been built by Helena money; her capitalists
built nearly every branch road now in opor-
alton in the state; they arc stockhold-
ers in nine-tenths of the mines
which add millions to the worlds wealth
each year; no mining camp within her Dor
ders is so far away but that Helena money
IL today, as 1t has for Yeas, developing it's
RESOURCES: her citizens have thousands and
thousands of dollars invested il hoCks and
ha DIS all over the state, and have spent
other thousands in improving ranches: from
her big mercantile establishments branches
have spread over the state, and in every
way the power of Helena capital is exerted
for the upbuilding of the state. This being
the case, the city'a commanding position
cannot help but be realized, and the conf
dence displayed in her future by home peo-
pie and eastern capitalists, is not a matter
of surprise.
Judge Joseph Nichols, of Hartford, Conn.,,
was among the visitors in Helena during
the week. Mr.. Nichols ia the president of
the National Fire Insurance company, of
Hartford, and one of the most prominent
men in his state. He visited Helena two
years ago, and while here the other day was
greatly surprised at the IrogreSs made in
the past two years. He has about S15. 900
invested in the city personally, and a num-
Der OF his friends are also Interested.
Helena" he remarked just BE- for leaving,
rs the best city in thiR entire section, while
her future is of the brightest. | look Tor
Montana to b como the richest aud great
est state III the northwest, and | do not sre
how it can be helped. 1t has q dozen differ
ent resources, any one of which developed
would make n great state. Her conl:iands
ara more extensive than those OF Pennsyl-
vania, and really nothing has boei. lone to
develop them; despite the fact that she
ontstrips all competitors now III her
mineral output, this great industry
is but in it's infancy her
ranges are so vast an to be almost bevond
the comprehension of Il citizan of tho little
srnte of Connecticut, while her agricultural
resources wonld be enough in themselves to
make nm ordinary commonwealth immense
ly wealthy. These being facts. Helena, the
financial c%enter, and having a direct inter
est in every portion OF the state, can no
mooe help being IL great city than water
can he prevented from running down Mount
Helena"
d.. Willis James. of New York, is expected
in Helena next + iday, and while his visit
is purely one of pleasure. what he will gee
of the growth of the state since n former
visit will be to the advantage of the city.
Mr.. james is among the very wealthy men
of New York city, and yet IL perhaps as lit
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