The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-10-14
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Email the Resources of
Great Falls.
h.. fine Greatest and Grandest
|r0u,bination of Surroundings
on the Globe.

kQrnl lot
Al. Its founders have taken great
"a have broad and beautiful streets
avenues. The park system itself
aims about two hundred acres and
rnropriation of $4,000 has recently
made for the purchase of additional
4 for park purposes. There IS not
thpr city in the northwest that can
Ii the record of Great Falls in sub
HAL growth; where sanitation has
mace with broadening suburbs;
.rs all the forces of civilization have
sod the moral and intellectual de-
oooent to walk abreast with her
M Material progress. The capacity
Is hotels is adequate to any demand
I may be made upon them and are
M to any in the country.
treat Falls is a strategic point for
I%ustries. She holds the key of pros
Fty within her grasp. One cannot com
Ihe0d what one million horse power
He can only repeat the numbers and
ure up the many things he does know
comprehend. Almost as well ask
to comprehend the candle-powcr of
sun or to think of the universe be-
l. creation. Yet that ~stupendous num-
represents the power Of the Missouri
Ter which for ages has been going to
ste and only the merest trifle of
heb. even now, is being utilized. Some
said: Nonsense: you can't utilize
hi power But we hare utilized it in
/ construction Of a mammoth dam,
d even with it only a modicum Of the
kst power is controlled. The river
kg in its might still thunders on.
few drops Of the mighty
@pouring over have as yet been taken
What potent drops they are. MIN
sUlis with all her greatness has only
100 horsepower and Holyoke has only
(sN to turn all its spindles. Both
|ese put together do not amount to the
bver that Great Falls has in the first
km, and not a fortieth of the power of
|e Missouri river. The Missouri river
kyer runs dry, its body of water is never
bpreciably diminished, and the plants
Lit here will never have to shut down
cold weather or dry seasons or put in
JEAN boilers for reserve use. When the
resent dam can not furnish all the
bwer required all that is needed is to
hplicate it. AS many a be built as
per can be required.
These waters will send you light and
bat packed in copper wires. OF DID,
be was brought from the heavens con
taled in a hollow reed. Prometheus is
pw outdone. The miner and the cleo
have stolen the thunderbo!ts of
Owe, and Olympians themselves turn the
lyer into fire. The Missouri is conquered.
Here Is the new wonder of the world. At
bis point is to be an electric city 10y vlr-
hed the cheapest power for turning its
fhets Great Falls will inevitably be-
0methe manufacturing city of the north
pest.
Comparisons are frequently made that
leTe will be another Denver. Ave, ana
fuch more. The manufacturing inter-
Of the country must inevitably cen,
o. where electric power al befurnished
heaper than either steam or water pow
with all the raw materials. oucn
acls may well cause usto pause u con
der; to observe and prepare for the
ltgre.' -,
The thought of what electricity VIII
0 for Great Falls suggests the pictures
dreamers who write stories OF some
and more perfect c~lvlllHai'oh
here the lights are soft and giowihe'
be heat like that of a June morning,
nd all the affairs of state and houseiioiu
IN without friction. AS we progress III
be development of this mysterious
it will be unnecessary 10 list coal
7 wood in our homes or business houses
,r heating purposes. Electricity NOISE
ss and dustless. will run all the taclo-
les, cook the dinner. cool the r~eiriscla
OF, pump the water, light and heat me
louses, carry passengers IN an W. ~
ar to the top Of the buildings an" ~
he iarthest outskirts of the city; whele
\ the comforts that go to make NE en-
,yable are ready on every hand' WileIe
heap and abundant power Is a'a,i" Wv,
} do all the work. The picture Is noa
dream. Electricians know AL 'i'cSe
evlces, and they say the! nave on,.
egun to know the wonderi"i ''ins'
hey have in store for us ~.
manufacturing interests OF the ro"n,ai
inevitably gravitate to where SuL .,
magnificent power can be obtained iiN'
nat present at Great Falls. Here on'
lay look confidently forward I" S''lni
D electric city without the smoke an,
lrt of most manufacturing towns W',,'
ill become a Chicago or a Manchrs''
their detracting features -.
lace of health, with dustless house,
nd at once beautiful and prosperous,
Real estate is cheap in Treat rails 1t
ay in comparison with any other ci'!
size in the country, and no city IN u
'orld has more natural advantages Il
rowth and a prosperous future, -,
Great Falls is ready for its future; u
ais OF the Missouri are ready tor me
FORK. The electrician is ready To DO n
Great Falls is destined TO wear
rown Of light and become the eiectr
ity Of the world. an,
How important, then, that the que
lon Of locating the capital should DC u
ided in a manner to assure to the sta
he enjoyment Of these magnltlccnt gu
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