The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-05-07
GREAT FALLS AND HER VISITORS.
Great Falls extends a hearty welcome

HnEAA rALLS AMI len SASlAonSs
Great Falls extends a hearty welcome
to her visitors. Many Of them are
among the oldest residents of the state
and all are prominent in social, political
or financial circles. Nearly all or quite
all OF them were in Montana when the
site upon which this city now stands
was the grazing grounds Of bands Of
deer, antelope and elks, and the sur
rounding country known only to pros
pectors, hunters and cowboys. Even
the names of the several falls along the
Missouri below the city were as unfa-
miliar to the people of Montana as to
those Of the outside world.
Today our visitors see in Great Falls
the third city in population and wealth
in the state, and the first in the west in
all those natural that go to
make up a great metropolis. This is not
said in a boastful spirit nor with the de-
sire to belittle the natural advantages
possessed by it's sister cities in Montana.
For it must be conceded that each pos
sesses II which invite capital and
labor and enterprise or it could not
maintain itself. But nature has been
very generous IN it's gifts to Great Falls.
II anything has been omitted which
would add to it's promise of becoming a
very large and a very prosperous and
wealthy city it cannot be seen from the
standpoint of the present.
Our visitors can see that Great Falls
has ample room for growth without en-
croaching upon unfavorable grounds and
at the same time afford rOomy thorough
fares IN every direction. They can also
see that it's citizens, like "A %provident
mother who cuts the garments of her
large. have already outlined a city for
10000 or 1900 inhabitants by Il Gordon
of outlying residences. They are reason.
ably confident the city will fill out the
clothes they have cut for it in the not
distant future. and these are the grounds
upon which they base their expectations:
The natural resources of Great Falls
we're cast in generous molds. 1t may
truthfully be said there is not one which
bears the imprint Of early decay. The
entire surrounding country is underlaid
with coal. The fuel for an empire may
be supplied from Great Falls coal
measures. The largest river in the state
flows by the gates of the city. Here are
two prime essentials fuel and water
right at it's doors. Mammoth quarries of
red, and grey and notified sandstone OF
the finest quality are near at hand,
while superior brick is being made with
in a half hours walk from the heart of
the city. Fuel. water and building ma
terial are practically i~nexhaustible.
These alone, however, cannot build
and supply "A city of large proportions,
But they are essential factors in found.
ing one. a city, to live and prosper,
must have the elements of wealth some
thing it can turn into money. Great
Falls has them all. 1t has great mount
ans ribbed with gold and silver and cop
per drawn to its feet by bands Of steel.
1t has the largest marble quarry in the
world within hailing distance. 1t has
the largest known area of magnetic
iron ore in the universe within it's reach.
1t has in the surrounding country the
broadcast ranges and most fertile agri-
cultural lands in the west. And it has
a water power that can, il utilized, move
the machinery of the world. What more
could a generous Providence give it?
What more could it ask!
With an abundance OF fuel; with Il
never ceasing flow OF pure mountain
water: with an unlimited quantity OF
superior building material; with mines
of precious and base metals: with broad
ranges and productive valleys and with
an Embarrassed power in it's series Of
water falls, the importance of Great
Falls AS Il future mineral reduction,
railroad, financial and industrial center
cannot well be ovorestimated. Capital,
labor n enterprise find remunerative
fields here and when they are fully
worked Great Falls will become the
most p%opnlous, the most prosperous and
the wcalthicst city in the west.