The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-03-13
NOTES OF PROGRESS.

The mossback is almost a thing of the
past. Walk up and down Main street,
Fuller avenue, Park avenue, Sixth avenue,
Broadway, or any other of the numerous
important business streets OF Helena, and
ono will see nothing but bright faces SEEM
ingly imbued with the one all-absorbing
idea-the greatness of Helena. 1t was only
a few months ago that occasionally a man
would be net with who would PROFOUND
the question, What will make Helena the
metropolis of the ~northwest?" suoh men
are now curiosities. At one time a few
holders of Helena realty delighted in des-
CRYING It's value. Men who had additions,
parts of additions and numerous lots, their
whole wealth concentrated in Helena, would
darker the heavens with their f~orebodlngs
of disaster, picturing the beauties of a vii
lage like Whatgo, its paved streets, its
trees, parks and general prosperity; limiting
at q desire to sell their property here at cost,
with interest added. such men are now SO
scarce that the dry goods fraternity will
gladly settle a pension upon them to pose
as advertisements of their large stocks of
goods, now selling, at eastern prices with
freight added. Our crop of moss is fast
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it. Bi-chloride of gold will not revive its
lost manhood.
Examine the list of subscribers to the
Castle rail, Dad fund and note the long line
of merchants who have immortalized their
names by adding to the already large sum
their thousands. They fully realize the
fact that making Helena the center of trade
will add population to its precincts; that
population will bring profits and that ap-
probation of such results should be shown
by a liberal donation to all public move
ments that will. in turn, bring prosperity
to the city. Such men should have cpl
taphs inlaid in mosaic representing the
parti-colored nature of their public spirit.
They now acknowledge the fact that the
real estate men are a direct benefit to them.
The real estate men buy their goods. The
real estate men bring to the city manufac-
tories; the manufactures employ labor:
laborers purchase ready-1nade clothes, dry
goods and groceries. Farewell, genus fos-
sill! May the soil on thy vertebra be re-
juvenated in anticipation of a better crop!
Helena is the railroad center, the politi-
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center of the northwest. Helena will soon
have delivered within her limits in the
neighborhood of 10000 electric horse
rover which, combined with the competi-
| tive rates of railroads giving the city direct
3 connection with the Gulf of Mexico, the
Atlantic and Pacific seaboards, will make
her the center of manufactures. Helena
E is a beautiful city, the social center OF
Montana. Her hotels are marvels in theil
, line, her theatrical entertainments art
first-class. constituting a standing invita-
tion to the monied classes Of this region tt
: bring their families here. Her schools arr
numerous and splendid: her churches rep
o resent many languages and forms. Thes
@ conditions insure a rapid growth in popu
f iation and should impress upon the real es
Il tate profession the necessity for concerto,
= action in handling the influx. Options an
' commissions should be regulated. Its mem
bership should be limited to men of know
g integrity, excluding fakes who will III
n aoubtedly flock here with the crowd like
10, of lcng-haired orators. Such men il
IF iure a community. jealousy should b
o m%inimized between IT, various sections {
"a the city. 1t il Il notorious fact that man
p dEenbS Will unueF!ate To Inc lOielRn cuBtt
mer of his brother agent the value of Ian
offered, with the result that no land is sol
y and the stranger goes elsewhere. convince
80 that the real estate of Helena really has r
IS. value, and that there is too much hair pull
II, ing here. Such methods are contemptib
%, and any agent guilty of 1t should be ostr,
lie cised by tho decent element in the pr,
ma ~fession.
! Notwithstanding the fact that great nur
bers of expensive houses were constructs