The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-09-24
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There is a clothing store in Great Falls
which has adopted a very ingenious
method of advertising. Along the side
walk there are the foot-marks of a gi-
gantic human foot in black paint. The
moment the passer-by sees these tracks
repeated on the board walk, he begins to
speculate on their purpose and to OBJ
serve their course, and when he reaches
the corner. he notes that they come to a
full stop, then indicate a turn. and a bee
line towards the door of the clothing
store. To a passer-by with a little i'm
agination, the tracks are suggestive Of
some huge giant. who has come down
from the mountains, and started to town
On a shopping tour. The whole concep-
ton is ingenious and amusing. In con-
nection with an attractive advertisement
in the TRIBUNE, 1t adds in bringing a
large trade to the store in question.
People often inquire why the Great
Northern did not build it's road directly
into Great Falls instead of making the
long roundabout entrance with the "I'
which it TO- uses. A railroad man ex-
plains it in this way: In running the
lines of survey the engineer found that
it would be difficult to bring the road to
the city in "A direct line without very
heavy grades, and two bridges across the
Missouri would have been necessary. By
the present arrangement a great deal of
exnense was avoided. The station was
located at a convenient point, and the
delay of getting into the city or out of it
is not at all serious. Sometime there
may be a change made, but that will not
probably come for many years, and isnot
really essential to the comfort or conven-
fence of the travelling public. The sta
ton of the Great Northern at Great
Falls is one of the handsomest in the
state. while its surroundings are more
pleasant and attractive than those of any
yet built in Montana. The electric ears
meet all trains, and free omnibuses are
run to the various hotels. The present
of the railroad affords AN excel
lent view Of the Sun River valley and the
superb scenery on the Missouri adjoining
Great Falls.
The attention of the entire nation now
turns to Corbett. 1t is not unlikely that
the candidates of all parties, the chol-
era, the tariff, and the condition of bust
ness will be entirely overlooked and for
gotten until the question of Mr.. Cor
belts neXt meeting is settled. George
Goddard, the Australian, seems to think
that it would be a picnic for him to
knock Mr.. Corbett out and he backs his
confidence with $1,000 in cash, offering
to stake from 5000 to $4,000 on the re-
suit. OF course Mr.. Goddard has no
money. but he is backed by sporting
men who have. A great many of the
sporting fraternity are still doubtful as
to the conditions under which Corbett
whipped Sullivan. 4 gentleman in
Great Falls has received a letter from a
gentleman WnO SAW the TSnt at
New Orleans. This gentleman says:
Sullivan did literally nothing. He
like a man daZed or drugged.
Corbett was wonderfully active,
and ii very good sparrer, but his blows
lacked steam. At the end he landed a
blow on Sullivan's head. just as he was
forward, then Sullivan's hand
dropped by his side, and he landed six
right and left handed blows before Sulli-
van. went down. Up to that time moth
ing had hurt Sullivan, but on the other
hand he had not done much himself ex-
cept in the eighteenth round, when he
nearly had Corbett." If there were any
such chances as are here indicated OF
Corbett's being beaten by Sullivan. there
are certainly quite serious chances of
Corbett's being beaten by jackson or
Goddard. There has probably never
been a time in the United States when
so much excitement could be raised by
a prize fight, as at the present moment.
The presidential campaign seems to have
put everybody in "A fighting mood. but
most of them would rather have some
booty else do the fighting.
YESTERDAY the Great Falls Leader
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