The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-02
WILL Be A BUSY Time.
Whdt Will Be Expected Of the
Capital City During the Month
f Of August.
Two Excursion Parties, From the
East and West, and tho
Teachers Committee.

Chairman Muth Will Begin tina CAM ass
To- orrow-Time to buy Real Es-
Observation-Disclosures.
The present month will witness stirring
scenes in Helena. There will be an e1cur-
sion Of Omaha business men, tho mem
bsrs of which represent all branches Of
trade in that section. They will be the
guests of the Commercial club. Then there
will be an excursion to Wallace, Idaho, and
other towns in the Ceur d'Alenes. from
Helena and also a visit from tho people Of
that section to the Montana capital. This
is under the auspices of the Board of Trade,
md is rendered by President Cakes, o. the
Northern Pacific railroad. The most i'm
portant event, however, and the one in
which not only Helena. but the entire state
il Interested, is the visit of the executive
committee OF the National Teachers asso-
citation. The committee comes to look
over the city and state in order TO decide.
whether We can properly take care of the
member of the association next year. The
people of the city believe they can, and
more enthusiasm is shown in this
connection than in anything that has
ever come before the people. Every one is
taking an interest in the outcome, and
nothing will be neglected which can CON
vince the committee Of our ability to do all
we have alleged we are able to perform.
VIM. Muth, as chairman of the canvassing
committee, will begin q canvass Of the city
to morrow morning to find out just how
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modats. This will givs every one an OPP
p%ortunity to prove that he or she is sincere
in tho wish to have the convention meet in
Helena. The blanks are ready, and the
committee, Messrs. Bray, Coates and Sui
ton, will fill them out according to the
wishes of the people visited. The returns
will be tabulatsd daily, and if those visited
will act as periodically as they have
talked, the work should be completed in
two weeks, ready for the inspection of the
judges.
In this connection it has been suggested
that a few ladies could materially assist in
the oanvassing and at the same time earn
some pin money. Mr.. Muth has expressed
himself as pleased with the idea, and if any
ladies desire to engage in the work they
should call on him at his office in this Power
block.
Until the committee decides finally that
Helena is the place for the convention it
will not be necessary to do much toward
providing an auditorium capable Of seating
5000 people. Col. Broadwater's suggestion
that a guarantee to the committee that such
a place will be provided will undoubtedly
be sufficient. When the committee does de-
eide that Heleua is the place there will be
little difficulty in securinga site for the
structure. The school trustees have signi-
fed their Willingness to donate 200 feet of
ground south of the present high school for
the purpose. The suggestion has been made
that the council has the power to appropri-
ate 100000 for a library building, to which
the citizens will add $4,000 or $4,000; with
this sum a building suitable for the teach
ers convention could be erected, designed
also to accommodate the public library.
OF the tax collected each wear for library
purposes, $1,000 now goes for rent. by
moving the library to the proposed auditor
ium and library bull ling, this would be
saved. At the same time tho city would
have a place capable of accommodating the
largest gatherings.
Railroad officials in Helena have not been
advised when the st. Regis branch of the
Northern Pacific will be in operation, but
Pey ~ "ii Aop w 1oliS apAo1SNs Aio o"i
of Trade wants to know the date as soon as
possible, because according to the pro-
gram the Cenr d'Alene people will visit
Helena first, and the Preparations for the
entertainment must be made. Missoula is
going to do herself proud in the way of look
ing ont for these visitors and the Board of
trade does not propose to be outdone. If
Helena will do her best, there is no doubt
she will get the lions share of the trade of
that section of Idaho, as against all COM
r~etltors. Trains will be run 30 that Helena
will be in ths competition, and it oil de-
Ponds upon herself what her share is to be.
That the Omaha merchants will 60 away
from Helena with the best of feeling, and
filed with a determination to work hard to
secure closer communication with Montana
merchants, is q forgone conclusion. The
Commercial club has already planned q
most taking form of entertainment, and its
guests Will have no cause to regret their
visit. The excursionists will visit Helena,
Great Falls, Butte, some of tie surround
ing camps, aud probably go to the National
Park. Just when they will get here has not
been definitely decided, but it will be some
time before the 18th.
"Why don't the newspapers say some
thing about the way excavations for build
ings in the business portions of the CITY are
carried on?' said a Main street merchant
yesterday. 81 ailude especially to the dis
order attending the work ON a new building
on Main street. II has certainly been a
sou CO of discomfort to the public gener
ally, and probably of loss to the adjacent
tenants. Some system of regulation should
be adopted by the contractors for transpor-
tation of the dirt to the sluicewaya where
the gold dust can be quietly washed out and
avoid the scenes on the sidewalk, where a
cong %egation of idle men and boys scram-
BILE and fight for possession of the nuggets
rs each shovelful of dirt is thrown on the
wagon. If the individuals composing tho
crowd would each take a spade they could
secure equally GOOD results in many of the
eulches about Helena, but they are too lazy
to dig even for gold. If they won't work
FROM choice / suggest that the marshal
organize them for Systematic operations
under regulations which will insure forced
labor. Tn rich pockets uncovered by
the reconstruction of buildings, which
should be a sources of interest and profit,
degsnerates under improper management
into regular n%uisances.
1t is said that the sole secret of the sue
cess of Jay Gould as "A money maker lies i'll
the fact that he buys when other people are
selling and sells when others are buying.
During the tendency of u dull time in the
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