The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-24
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Items OF General Interest Picked Up by u
"Tribune' Reporter.

items OF General Interest Picked Up by "A
"Tribune' Reporter.
As a rule there is not much satisfac-
ton in asking business men what they
think Of the outlook of business for the
coming season, but when a TRIBUNE re
porter put that question to Hon. II. S.
Ford Monday he had something to say
that was worth listening to.
"What Great Falls wants, and what all
this western country wants" said he sis
more cheap eastern capital to develop our
resources. Times will be better here
pretty soon. That is, more business will
be done; but our people have one impor-
tant thing to learn, which is, to sell a
thing when they are offered a good price
for it. ] have known of cases here re-
Gently where mining properties might
have been sold for large sums in cash,
but they were held back by owners who
have no money to work them, and so
lots of money is kept out Of the country
and the development of producing mines
is retarded. In anOth' r case there was
an offer Of over 10000 made a man for
A ranch of 100 acres that cost him Si.21
DIl h'iF' ibt IttuEtt ~ StIl anu Is DDI
rowing money TO pay taxes and current
living expenses. This sort OF thing is
all wrong, and it has a bad effect on the
country.
Most people who are familiar with The
facts will agree with Mr. Ford.
"
Conrad hohrs the great cattle king of
Deer Lodge, who has some Of the largest
herds Of cattle in the state in Choteau
and Dawson counties, passed through
here on Sunday after a careful inspection
of his herds. lie said regarding the sit
uatiun: Most of the regular Montana
range cattle will pull through all right.
but the cattle | brought in from Texas
and New Mexico last season have Jared
pretty badly. My first shipment got on
to the Montana grass in June and were
fat when the cold weather set in. The
other shipment was caught by the
washout on the Montana Central ana
had to be driven a long distance overland.
The first lot will suffer little loss, while
the last will suffer pretty heavily. had
up 500 tons of hay, but it soon went dur
ing the cold spell, and from now until
spring we must hope for moderate
weather. There is now very little snow
between Great Falls and Benton, and
large herds of cattlc are doing well all
through that region. But east Of Ben
tOn the snow increases and there is no
grass in sight. These severe seasons
come very rarely in Montana-just about
as they do in the rest of the country"
4"
Rumors Of a very ugly character have
been ailoat for some time regarding the
construction Of the Great Falls sewers.
\ thorough investigation is now in or
der. The city authorities owe it to
themselves to sift the matter to the bot
tom. y prominent lawyer Uf this city
commenting on the matter says; There
is more in this than merely the dishonest
work of the contractors. Somebody is
directly to blame for the whole business.
and has MADE money out of it too. as il
would be impossible for any contractor
TO do his work fraudulently unless it was
wInked at 10y some official. The whole
community should Tee aroused and every
man who is guilty should be prosecuted
to the tuli extent of the law