The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-10-14
Reasons Why Great Falls Should
|, Made the Permanent Seat
of Government.
ocatiOn the Most Favored i'm Mon.
tana-A City Destined to
Greatness.
|Ening. Milling. Manufacturing, Ag.
Isultural. Stock Finan-
| ,iaI and Commercial Center.

nld siphboring cities are putting forth
claims for the location of the CAPT
d II is not necessary to detract from
by presenting any argument
'Gad Eost any other candidate for the seat
IA armament government of this state.
a candidate for the capital Great
aa stands infinitely higher than any
,r place which has been named.
b city in the west possesses such a
uanl ill Of resources, and none in the
lion 90 can boast Of possessing any in
h harmonious proportions. All are
: ~, ~ lin ponderous moulds. From the
ye1 hOunding plateaLs extending as far as
{ ID eye can reach, broken only by silver
2 ~ he'd mountains piercing the heavens,
The vast volume of Embarrassed
d te; bearing unreasonable power,
Or tup planned all after its most gor-
eat nus patterns. Its vast coal measures; it's
% y d mines; its stone and lime quarries
Of ! dts rich agricultural and grazing
4 re IDS we're fashioned upon lines Of mag
Ial9 Jude SO broadly marked upon their
. s;a, face that the idea of smallness can
teal find Judgment in the mind of the be-
lder.
OF II is questionable whether there is any
,un' y in the world-large or small-which
'un' ssesses to such a marked degree the
elN sources and native wealth named
en- bOye. Certainly there is not one is this
cas- sat west which approaches Great Falls
Us " depending upon a single industry.
wv o~pOrtion and the wealth of its re-
~! burces, which makes it the most prom
it Ing in the entire west and impart con-
lence to and infuse the spirit of enter
% Use in the minds of its citizens. Its
m a measures, which, by no means, are
w greatest among it's means of wealth,
u virtually as inexhaustible as the
y shs which flow by its doors. Under
N ig a known area of forty miles in
III rgth by sevaral in width, their product
limited only by the force employed in
lining. For steam heating and for domes-
/ purposes the coal is all that can be
/. Esired. 1t burns freely and produces a
eady and intense heat. AS distance
td depth from the groupings are at
kined the coal improves in quality and
blue. 1t is largely used in the city for
purposes and burned exclusively by
be Great Northern system of railways in
%Ontana. The vast coal measures of
treat Falls are a powerful factor in the
Eosperity of the place.
Great Falls may also justly boast of
9 magnificent stone quarries. Business
ben everywhere appreciate the value Of
good stone quarry in close proximity
a city. Stone enters, more or less, IN
u the large, substantial structures of
be day, its cheapness determining the
ztent of its employment. In the mat
~ Of quantity, quality, and cheapness
building stone no city in the state, or
esto that matter. none in the west, is SO
ayOed as Great Falls. Sandstone of
pes'y all hues and shades may be OBJ
aled, but the red, brown, gray. and
White predominant. The red is beauti-
uI and is being largely used in buildings
now in course OF construction. The
pnncipal quarries lie directly on the line
the Sand Coulee railroad, a short dis
Fance from the city. Coal and building
ftone are thus abundantly provided for
zoe use of the city.
An abundance of brick making ma
'erlal is also found near at hand. 1t is
Practically ~inexhaustible and makes a
most excellent article, its crushing power
ranking at the top figure. No place in
lhe west can produce better brick than
treat Falls. Quarries of superior lime
s:one are found in a couple hours ride
from the city, and on the line of a rail-
ROAD. Several kilns are kept constantly
burning during the building season.
thus it will be seen that fuel and build
as material, two very essential factors
10 The prosperity of a place, are at hand
and IN quantities which will never be
Exhausted,
Told, silver, copper, lead and iron are
among the products of the mines when
he In the near distance. Great noun
Jams ribbed with the precious metals
se being pierced by tunnels or opened
icy shafts and explored by levels, expos
ing to view immense veins OF free-mill-
ing Or smelling ores. These will event
u.sally all come to Great Falls for reduc-
lon. A few hours run will bring the
Nes to the city where works already
Instructed and others in contempla-
-, "h' Suiu tlOth INV oui''
snd silver lead mines are in course Oh
,pl development, thus insuring more
,aan an abundance for fiuxing purposes
indeed the quantity and quality OF tue
non ore justify the erection of iron ana
seel works at this city. Such plants
are among the assured enterprises OF the
.ulure. Recurring to the gold ana sill
YER mines of Neihart and Barker it may
ye added that present workings prove
Me mines to be among the most valu-
able In the west. There is n 10 question
10 regard to this. Higher assays from
samples has been obtained than from
sny other mining district in the state
saa In sufficient numbers to warrant the
oeiief that those camps will eventually
.ank first among the rich productive
Ue,bearing localities in Montana.
The immense water power OF Great
aus is known far and near. At Black
Iagle falls, one of the many falls in the
selnity Of the city, Il dam has been o n
rEucted at a cost OF a quarter OF a mil
L.