The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-02
II. B. Palmer Gives Some Observa-
tons Of His Recent Trip
Out Of Montana
Tho Military Post Will Probably
Be Located Some Time
This Month.
Not Very Favorab,y Impressed with the
Montana Building at Chicago
The Statue.

ways than one. / visited Salt LAKE, Dem
yer. Kansas City, Chicago. I~ndianapolis.
New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Wash
ington. I had several purposes In visv,
particularly that Of visiting nay clients.
gaining new ideas and Investigating the
matter Of street Improvement and munisil
pal engineering. This 10 the age OF pro.
arsss, and II Helena wants good city sngi-
nserin9 and economy and good construo-
Zion In her public works. the best invent
ment she can make 10 to send her city en-
Rinsers east and let thsm SEQ what is going
ON. Denver, at this time. 10 making the
best showing IN street paving Of any of the
western cities. Salt Lake 10 doing fairly
we'll. but trying to do too much and at too
great an expense. Kensas City is In the
worst condition OF any, for the reason that
xspaiAs and cleaning have been neglected
for several years. or the plea of poverty. 30
she may be called q ''virtuous mud hole"
Al this time. Chicago stands at the head of
all the cities In matters of public work.
The quantity Of paving done is Immense
cedar block and park maoadam" being
the most extensive kinds used. Very little
granite is used. md only on those streets
whore the traffic makes IL absolutely in-
psrative. indianapolis 10 making the best
progress Of the cities Of her GLASS over 100,.
600 and under 100000 population. Then
the roadways Of the residence streets arc
narrowed to thirty and thirty-fvs feet be-
tween this eurbs, the balance Of the streets
being parked between the sidewalks and
curb line. Brick pavement Is used. but not
to any alarming extent, ~ some would
mako believe. Asphaltum and cedar block
are the popular pavemsnts. 1t il interest
ing TO see what unanimity of opinion ex-
lists between the city engineers of the
various progressive cities to give 6rst at
tsntion to the foundations on which the
various pavements arc laid, rather than
wasting time and money in sand papsrinR
top finishing and polishing curbstones." as
the expression goes. The top of pavensnts
will wear out in spite OF all that can be
dation ON which ii rests IL strong
used in keeping the streets clean
and in repairing them whom needed.
Helena today has better and cheaper ma
terial with which to Improve her streets
than any city ! have visited, provided the
work ia properly and i~rtelliRently carried
on. Helena also has to-day better water,
better sewerage, better electric llRhts,.bet-
ter gas than any city l visited, and also has
better street car seIvice for its population
than any place l have ever seen.
"Through the courtesy of the sculptor,
Mr.. Park" continued Mr.. Palmer. II had
the pleasure OF seeing the statue in clay,
now completed and ready for casting in
silver. The fact that few persons hays been
permitted to see the CLAY model has lead to y
good deal of unfair badinags and sonseleas
criticism about it. However. it has done
more to advertise Montana in connection
will the Worlds fair than all other sources
combined. Az for my personal opinion of
the statue. ! can only say that by
comparison with other statues, pictures
and paintings of Justice it is the finest
ideal that l have ever seen in fact, it is the
only conception of justice that has ever in
terestod me to any great degree. The i'm
preston at frat glance expresses the idea
that NOT ''only will Justice be done, but JUS
every part. and life and intensity can be
seen from any point of view tho observer
may take. The figure cannot be clasasd
among the nude. for there is nothing about
ii that will even give 1t a place in that class
of art: A brief description would hardly
from a posing by Miss Rehan, and those
who have seen her in her magnificent CON
ception as Julia" in the H%unchback will
readily recognize the fine Likeness that the
sculptor has given the clay model. / de
not think l am premature in ths statement
Guou IL WIZ CoobAAk al 0llNcE IL eu6-
cessful as it now promises to be.
art critics will accord IL, without dissention,
to be the finest and best Of M. Parks ore
atoms. I am reliably informed that the
statue will be placed in the csnter of the
Montana mineral exhibit in the building of
building. Messrs. Harvey g. Higbee, the
promoters of the ente prise. certainly are
entitled to a great deal of credit and conf
dence In undertaking such an enterprise,
and il now seems certain Of suocess, and
promises a profitable return for tho speeu-
lstion WHICH they have inaugurated. Ger
tainly no one in Montana has any reason
for adverse or caustio criticism, but should
show full appreciation for the honor
thrust upon them"
"As TO the Montana building I am not in
. position to express myself on this ore
was not my idea, at any time. The build
ing is there. however, and should be taken
care Of. az already one of the large plates
OF glass in the front IL broken. / have
heard il stated that the largo hall in the
rear is to be used as q sort of nursery or
be checked in and out and taken care OF,
while their parents are looking at the big
show.
In the eastern money market there 10
plenty of available funds for all legitimate
PURPOSES that are backed up by integrity
1855 1SO3 IN
always sell at the highest market 1ates and
bad securities also sell-sometimes-but
not often. The tendency Of interest is
downwards and with it must follow safety.
do not anticipate any panic; In fact there
is nothing to panic on. Stocks are as low.
If not lower. than AT any time in the history
Of the country, banks are in better oondi-
tion than for years, failures ara fewer. both
III volume and amount of liabilities, and
the people generally better OF, as u whole.
than they were ever before. Even poor
"bleedinR Kansas" is paying her indebted
ness faster than ever before sine a state.
The only thing our eastern friends say that
hangs over n great prosperity and aetivitr
in business ia the ''silves cloud" which
is driving gold farther and farther away
from it so they ask for a ''let up'-for a
while. at least. SO as to equalize things n
little more. They claim that the e.. GOO, GOO
should not DO un easonab!y emba sssed to
benefit the 1000. 600. 1t is not so much the
antaRonism to silver hut the methods en-.
ployed to maintain q fictitious value.
From what / was able to learn | think
the location for the military post will be
settled early in January. and If the titles
to the land required are perfected promptly
the foundations will soon appear above the
grass roots. l have il from sxeellent au-
thority that the recon- endations will lie
FOR a full sixteen company post Of the first