The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-08-28
THE SOURCES Of WEALTH
Exhibit Made at Chicago by the
Northern Pacific Railroad
Company.
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Montana Comes In for a Good
Share of the Splendid
Showing.
Ihe Misera, Resources Head the List but
tho Agricultural Features Are Not
Overlooked.

Montana has made more millionaifes In
proportion to the number who have ope-
rated there than any other state in tho
union. To-day II pays school teachers tho
highest salaries. IL grants labor the most
SIMPLE compensation. It yields capital the
largest returns OF any state In the west"
Tho foregoing speech attracted tho alton.
ton of the Miner correspondent rs he was
passing through the splendid exhibit cars
OF the Northern Pacific rail Dad In the
transportation building recently. II was
delivered by a fluent and entertaining
talkeE. whom the company employs to acs
20 guide AZ the exhibit. The speaker oon-
tinusd:
Colorado ia appealing to tho country for
assistance. Her industry ia paralyzsd-she
has but one. Other western states are more
or less affected by the financial s%trinRenc1.
But Montana NJ an ore producer STANDS
forth in prosperity single and alone. Her
mountains are stored abundantly with cop
per and gold. Hero is q specimen from
Butte. See! Worth 5000 TO the ton.
In gold, $3.50; in copper, $50. There
ID a bar Of copper from a Butte snelter
in tho condition II 10 sent to the re-
~aneries. To the eyes OF the miner now
adays that dull FELLOW metal has almost the
attra lotion that does the bright yellow OF
gold. For copper. you know, 10 increasing
In value. Electrical conductors are cop
per. As tho a,c light and incandesoent
globe are taking the place OF the gas jet and
the coal oil lamp, 80 also ID there an in
creased demand for copper. This - the
only article to-day whose production docs
not equal necessity and demand. You Will
b surprised when I tell you that last year
Montana took from her mines more than
half the copper that was consumed IN tho
United States. Yet that Is tho case. Stat
istics beas out tho statement"
Al this point the lecturer led his party 10
other subjects. The other six states
traversed BY the Northern Pacific railroad
line were each in turn given notice: Very
foroibly was the quality OF North Dakota
hearers, while they gazed uron the mos.
perfect samples. Oregon. Washington and
Idaho fruits were paid a high tribute, not
only by the Northern Paci1c oracle. but by
the 'Us," gasps-en'hu'ia'sio s1el.ma
Here is a Dolly Warden trout" observes
the guide, pointing to q stuffed skin. ''the
most pamy of the species. 1t 10 conceded
by ali sportsmen to be tho best variety Of
the trout family for sport and food: In
Montana II ~ lUuAN AACAO
Il in found in b. ooks SO small that you cnn
step across them anywhere. 1t pushes its
nose up against the snowbanks In the
mountainp. InhabitinQ cold water as IT
does, 1t 10 strong and always healthy.
When il Jumps to the fly and 10 caught It
pulls ont from twenty TO thirty fest Of line
from the reel. Its flesh IL delicate and
delicious. There are largo scopes OF terri
tory in Montana that may properly be
called the sportsmsn's paradise. In fact,
yet may be found SO much game az in
what ali the people call the treasure state
of the union" +.
emigration agent OF the Northern Pacific,
under whose supervision this exhibit is
nude, seems to be wound up. He proceeds
to reel off facts and figures regarding the
resources of what he terms Northern Pa
ciic territory" in a manner to apall tho Or
binary note gathcrer. He declares that in
ment lands 80, 435, 1878 acres; in Washington.
10 OY9,4 APO acres. And now with decided
emphasis and impressive measure GU. wiso
man AYERS that of Northern Pacific lands
vet open to settlers there are in Oregon
800. 600 acres; in Idaho. !. TAO, 900 acres; in
Washington. S.1UO,OOo acres; IN montana.
II. 800. 900 acres.
go west. young man, go west! Ia as
GOOD TO- day % 1t WAS when it came fresh
from the pen of that great journalist and
statesman, Horaoe Greeley. AT first you
may find life pretty tough; you NAV have
to contend with disadvantages; but in the
end Won will come out all right. You may
find money n little scarce and living a little
high. Go and stay with it, keep a stiff
u, per lip ana YOU will grow mp with tho
count Y and become we'll OIL, X NOS actually
very wealthy"
That ia the advice that falls upon the
enrs of the 1000 people who pass through
two exhibit cars of the Northern Pacific.
1t has been needed by many who have gone
direct from the Worlds fair grounds to tho
city and bought tickets to points in the
West. Every few days at this place parties
of tourists nre made up for the Yelto wstone
National park. To-day" said tho attend
ant to the correspondent. Otto krom-
schroeder. with his wife, Europeans OF rank
and station, who are whiting the fair, hap
pened to drop into the cars, and hearing
about the summer tesorts Of Montana and
the grandeur of tho scenery in the Yellow
stone, forthwith purchased tickets for
those points. We arrange for a number OF
During his discourse this guide and i'm
mig alton inducer relates stories on tho
articles rointed out among the exhibits.
"These," you know no contided to tho
quill driver. ARE to hold the attention Of
them facts and fgu1es." For oe.
hero Is . good one:
THAT round stone, ladies and gentlemen,
camo from the cannon Ball river. North
Dakota. From the shape of its stonss The
stts m derives its name. In very large
numbe these spherical 70 nations are
found along the bod of the Cannon Ball.
Geologists tell US that they are of alayish
formation. are oouldsrs, which were de-
posted during the glacial period. A very
pretty legend 10 current among the Grow
Indians concerning them.
TIE Crows relate that they frst settled
in tho valley OF the Cannon Ball. which
they found to be worry rich and productive.
Owing TO the high grass it supported their
poniss could subsist the year around with
ont other food. All the roots which made
meat and fish good were plentiful in tho
valley Of the Cannon Ball. just az tho
Crows were we'll established in this land OF
plenty, the Sioux. powerful and
warlike tribe. discovered its merits
and coveted it. They made war upon
the Crows and drove them into the Bad
Lands. There the Crows lived in poverty
and want. They lost strength and wealth
every year. Finally great hail aud thun-
derstorms smote them. The skies were all
ablaze with lightning. A great pow-wow
was held and it was decided that the Grows
would 60 back and recover from the Sioux
the valley Of the Cannon Ball. even though
mnny warriors be sacrificed in battle.
The Crows returned to their former
homo, repaired 10 fight to the death. But
q! the tspees of tho Sioux vera bsaten 10
the ground. Many Of their warriors lay
stiG in death upou She ground. lnyssti0a.