The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-30


some 15-cent barbeI-shops have been estab-
| lished in Montana, but the majority still
shave Tor quarter, and that is little enough
for this part of the country"
| They have queer lot of millonaires ont
! in this country. The greatest ambition Of
| the rich man here seems to be to build
hotel. At Minneapolis j found an immense
structure. known as the West House. which
Is owned by millionaire and which was
| built by Millionaire West of Cincinnati.
! John /. West, the proprietor, is still under
| 5Q, and he Is widely travelled and cultured.
de began life as conductor on the b. and
L. railroad, and he came out to MlnneapO-
| lis. think, for his wife's health. He got into
| the saloon business here and was doing we'll
! when his uncle, the rich Charles w. West
! OF Cincinnati, offered TO take the Ncollet
House for him II he would leave the saloon.
John said all right" and he borrowed
$4,000 of his uncle. This was along in
| 1882. Al the end of the first year he paid
back the $50, 900 he had borrowed and had,
l am told, made $4,000 additional. This
| tckled his uncle SO that he butt that big
hotel for him. 1t cost more than million,
| and he left him the bulk of his fortune in
addition TO this when he died. At Helena
! l found big hotel which had been built by
| famous millionaire of this region named
| Broadwater, and there is a summer hotel
near Helena which was also put up by this
| same man.
This Broadwater Hotel has the biggest
! swimming bath in the world, and one of the
leading politicians of Helena calls it
| Broadwaters folly" 1t is said to have
| cost about 100000, and is built over some
| not springs, which are about four miles from
! Helena. Every room has hot mineral water
! in it and the bathtubs are of solid p0rce-
! lain and cost $3.50 apiece. 1t has swim
| ming pool which covers three-quarters of
| an acre and 1t takes half acre of cathedral
| glass TO roof 1t. 1t is surrounded by a con-
| servatory OF trees, and this big acre bath
tub contains from 2 10 feet OF not water
Colonel Broadwater was one of the curious
characters Of this region. He died worth
several millions not long ago and he was in
terested IN nearly everything of note in
Montana for wears. He was in New York
at about the time of the Barring Brothers
failure and he grew disguised at the lack of
attention which he received from tine cap
| itaiists there. One day he said: Il am
going home. Every one knows here that
am worth over $1,000, 900 and can't for the
life OF me borrow 500, 600. l am going
back 10 Montana, where money means
something" and he went
BTOadwater was bOw-legged, and this
makes me think of a story heard yester-
day of the feud between Major Maginnls
and Senator Sanders. Sanders and Magin-
mis- have at different times in their lives
been opposed to one another and Sanders
sometimes makes remarks about Maginnis
which are by no means complimentary.
n OF long ago he was speaking of Maginnts
as politician and he said: Major Magin-
mis- Is all things TO all men, in order that
he may deceive them. He is a Republican
to a Republican, Democrat to a Democrat,
Presbyterian to Presby terrain. and. by
Joye, he is even bow-legRed to Broad
water"
BY the way. I understand that Senator
Sanders Will settle down to his law practice
in Helena. He has a big practice and he
has made two or three fortunes at the law.
He is not great accumulation. and he
spends nearly all he makes. He is in
tereSted IN some mines which may turn out
we'll and he owns a fine brick residence in
Helena which overlooks the city.
The Hon. Thomas A. Carter, who was at
the head OF the Republican National Com
mittee last year, has left Montana for a
trip throughout Washington State with
and the two will probably investigate some
OF the new enterprises of Puget Sound
and may make some investments in that
region. Carter Is well to do. He has a
fine house in Helena, which he keeps up,
though during the past four years he has
spent the most of his time in the East. He
Is worth something over hundred thousand
dollars, and he has a father in-aw worth
over million. He is jolly good fellow,
aud does not lie awake at night thin king
about ex-President Harrison and his un-
fortunate campaign. | met Mr.. Carter
during my stay in Helena, and l asked
him II he ever made any money in mining.
Ne, lie replied. II own lots of mining
OF out OF mining, except once, when | cleared
about $500 in a few days. There was a
mine owned by some parties for whom |
was the attorney. They had spent all their
money In putting down the shaft and bad
struck nothing. At last the chief owner
came 10 me and begged me to lend him some
money on the stock. / told him |
could not do It, lie then wanted me to
buy some OF the stock and finally offered it
TO me at 90 cents or the dollar. | took il
and the next day they struck big lead
The ore aSsayed at 500 per ton, and It was
thought we had great find. l sold out my
stock for $500 profit and went off and got
married. The lead paDned out well for a
Few days, and 1t was then found as only
great bowlder of silver, and when they
went through that that was the end of IL.
The result was that when | came back from
my wedding journey you could buy the
stock for nothing, and | was the only man
who made any money out of IT,"
spent several days at Great Falls, Mont.
Have you ever heard of IL? 1t is hRlf
days ride north of here at the head of
navigation OF the Missouri River, and 1t is
the newest OF tie promising cities of Mon
tana. II is only four years old, and il con-
tains about 10000 people. II covers enough
ground for a city of $4,000, but 1t grows
like green bay tree and it promises
to be the largest city between Spokane
and st. Paul. The town has one of the
greatest water powers of the world. The
Missouri River here jumps downward in a
series OF falls more than 500 feet in a dis
tance of ten miles and goes seething and
fOaming on to the sea. 1t has great coal beds
near it, and these are, l am told, owned
almost wholly by Jim Till the railroad king,
who has made the town his pet and is
pushing it for ali he is worth. His town.
site-eompany laid 1t out, and as they have
reserved certain number of lots in al
parts of 1t they are bound to make a fortune
out of their sale. The coal fields already
net Mr.. Hill, L have been told. something
like quarter OF million dollars yearly,
and he is interested in many of the institu-
tions Of the CITY. Great Falls has a rich
agricultural region about it. 1t is near the
richest mines and ii has two railroads and
expects a third this summer. A baby
city OF four years, it has bank building
that cost $4,000, the interior of which
is lined with marble, and it has au
opera house, just completed, which cost
$500 and will seat 1900 All OF its houses
are lighted by electricity furnished by
the water falls, and 1t has electric car lines
and great smelling works In which electri-
city is being used to separate the gold,
silver and copper. Senator Washburn is,
think, interested in the big Washburn
elevators and Touring mills which have
recently been built there, and the people
of Great Falls believe that il will be
sort of Pttsburg of the West. The pop
ulation OF the town is made up of young
men from the Middle and Western States,
and met many young fellows who told me
lHoy were uahlhs money. One young New
Yorker was building houses, which he said
ne could rent at about 10 per cent on the in
vestment and which he could usually sell at
a profit
A great many sheep are owned about
Great Falls and found number of men
who had gOne"-as they say bere-"into
sheep" Sneep-raisng is in fact taking the
place OF stock-raising in the Northwest and
there are men here who own tens of
thousands OF sheep. The climate and grass
Montana aaiA m rt,al -at Bal l..
mutton. and the wool clip of the State
now runs close to 100000 pounds a
year. The country about Great Falls is
good for grazing and much of it will be I'M
proved by irrigation. Within a radius of
100 miles of Great Falls it has been prettv
well taken up, but am told there is still a
vast deal OF good land in Montana, and the
people say that in the Interior of the State