The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-07
TRIBUTARY TO HELENA.
By July 1 the Capital Will Have Direct
Communication With the
Cnur d'Alenes.
A Rich Section Which Did More
for Spokane Than Any Other
One Factor.
rha uarvest Of Millions Which Will Re
Reaped by Montanians This Year-Ihe
Artesian Well Prcject-Notes.

Within thirty days one Of the richest
mining sections in tho northwest VIII be
made directly tributary to Helena. 1t Is a
country whose mineral wealth was first de-
velopsd BY Helena capital, and in which
Helena men have put thousands or dollars.
II ia the great Coeur d'Alene country.
Spokane has heretofore had the largest
part of its trade. and this has done more
toward the prosperity OF that city than any
other factor, The miners have always
given Montana and Helena the preference
when they could, but the conditions have
heretofore been such that Spokane natur-
ally got the lions share. James Wardner,
after whom the town of Wardner is named,
and who made the first sale of a Cceur
d'Alene mine to a Helena syndicate, called
attention to the matter yesterday. No man
is better posted on the resources of the
Coeur d'Alenes than Wardner, and no one
knows better what the trade of that section
is worth to any city. July l the st.
Regis branch of the Northern Pa
cifc," he said. twill be in operation.
This line runs from De Smot,
seven miles west of Missoula, on the main
line of the Northern Pacific. to Mullan,
Wallace, Wardner junction and the lake. A
daily train will run from Helena to the
Cuur d'Alenes then, on almost an air line.
Heretofore it has been the custom to 60 in
to the Coeur d'Alenes from Spokane. but
with the completion of this St. Regis line
all the trade of that country can be brought
INTO Helena. Those people up there bank
on Helena men, and by a little effort your
merchants can control the trade of that
rich and growing section. Your smelter
here now gets a great deal of ore from that
country, but with the new line il should all
come here. Other things being equal. there
should be a reduction in rates on ore
shipped from the Coaur d'Alenes over the
new lire of about $3.50 q ton. and you see
that is quite an item in itself. The mines
in that country produced last year one
quarter of all the lead taken out in the
United States, and the quartz mining bust
ness Ia but just in its infancy. There
are six or seven thousand people at work
up there now, and during the next two
wears that number will be greatly increased.
I tell you the completion OF this st. Regis
branch is one OF tho best things for Helena
that could happen, because if your mer-
chants and enterprising business men gen.
orally will make half an effort you can con-
troll nine-tenths of the trade. So far as the
Cpur d'Alenes are concerned, Spokane will
not be in it, when this line gets to %runnin1,
and the people of that town recognize the
fact"
Messrs. Broadwater, Hard and Harlow, the
committee having the artesian we'll project
in hand. have held several meetings since
thsir appointment, and tomorrow morn
ing at 10 O'Clock will be rsady to receive
&c ,-a~.1, No..
sienifed their intention of going into the
enterprise whom the committee do
not know. All of these, and every
one, in fact, who believes an ar
tesian we'll near Helena would be n good
thing. are requested to call at the Montana
National bank tomorrow and put their
names on the subscription paper. By do
ingthis the committee, each member of
which is in active business life, will have
more time, in case the voluntary subscrlH-
tions do not come up to the figure desired,
to devote to the task of soliciting. This
a~rtesian we'll project is one in which every
property holder, both in Helena and in the
valley, is vitality concerned, and it has
now reached the point where by united &C
ton it's pI~acticability can be tested for all
time to come. OF its success those who
know the natural conditions have no doubt,
and the flowing of one well means the Dor
ing of dozens of others, at far less expense
than the first. It means also that Helena
will have at her doors one of the most pro-
ductice valleys, in the dryest of seasons, III
the northwest.
"From four industries Montanians will
gather in S42, 100000 during 1891, and / Dc
not think there is another state in thu
union with the same number of people that
can do nearly so we'll" The speaker wa
a Seattle mau who has been i'll Montana
about = month. "Aud of this forty-tw,
million Helena will receive the lion
SHARE he continued. II have talked witt
stocklnen from all over the state, and aver
aging what they estimate the stock ship
meDts will he, have secured my figures o.
that point. Sheep and wool men aud Aors
~raisers have given me their figures, an,
these | have averaged up also. The place
output has been a little hard to get at. bu
think | have averaged 1t about right. A
to quartz mining | believe | have put that
little low, but we will let it go. Now Sc
the result:
100000 head cattle, three and four-year-
oils. net $40 per head ............. 5 8000.l(
Sheer, wool and 10 ases. .....-.......... 100000
Ilacers, e. go. e, ....,..... ,.,....,.. 1,0JU,U
Three-loonihs Of the quartz output Of
@ip,OW.UU ......... ....,........... 8O,UOO,V
Total 81, 000,0
you notice that | estimate that or
quarter of the quartz mining product wi
NOT return 10 the RthGe, ana JllS L COlSlut
a fair figure. | do not believe there n
more than 10000 people in Montana, ar
that is a bonus Of $40 for each man, w
man and child in the state from our il
dustries alone. If we Washington peop
were AK well h1sd as the Montanians f
the coming year we would feel better ov
the outlook than we do. II the best of
about these figures Is that the only thing,
m mind, thai can prevent your reapir
this harvest of millions Is the world con
ing to an end. Your cattle and sheep ha'
PASSED through the winter and spring, yt
have the water for your placers, and the o
from the quartz mines in sight. There W
be more ready money in Helena and Mo
tana generally after the first of Septemb
than IN any other section of the Unit
States"
Wallace d ThornbRrgh are now in fit
possession of their elegant quarters in Il
Denver block. and while all the fittings a
not yet in sufficient has been lone to she
what they vii! be when completed. T
INN occupies tic entire front OF the scCol
tioor, giving 1t the most commodiou3 ofic
in this section. Ali the departments. su
as the real ~eatate, loan, insurance, bulidi
and lumber, are conveniently ARRANGED I
the rapid and convenient dispatch Of bu
ness. The building itself is one to viii
the citizens of Helena can point with prld
and that 1T IS appreciated is evidenced
the fact that all the stores are now occupi
and a number of the offices have been take
The front, OF brick und granite, makes
is strengthened after an inspection of {
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