The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-28
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The Butte Miner has not exactly
''switched It's system" but it has become
decidedly illogical. In its advocacy OF
Helena for the capital it laid down
dogmatically as the single, and the all
powerful reason why the seat OF govern
ment should not be located at Anaconda,
that the latter place was absolutely a
corporation town dominated by the will
and whims of Marcus DAILY, the imper-
ious GEAR That in the event of the
capital going there the Anaconda com
pany would secure about all the business
no one would be allowed to live there, en-
gage in any enterprise there, sell a box
Of matches or buy a drink there except
by permission of Mr.. DAILY. To an ex-
tent it still holds to this doctrine and in
rhetorical flourishes rings the changes on
the one man and corporate influence. 1t
has. however, as~certained that such stuff
would not he swallowed by the people of
Butte. They were not fools as the bust
ness men demonstrated when they held
their first meetings and organized the
Anaconda for the capital club. These
men by their acts showed that they took
no stock in such rot. This caused the
Miner to build a switch or a side track.
1t Gtill continues to write articles de-
nouucing Anaconda as a one man town,
but these are only 10 be copied into the
Independent and circulated gratuitously
throughout the state. For home con-
sumption it has struck another lead, and
therein is its inconsistency. 1t now de-
clares that if the capital be located at
Anaconda the city will at once grow
and prosper, and will become a mighty
business rival Of Butte, and therefore
Butte should vote against IT. Absurd
as is the proposition the Miner puts il
forth in all seriouness. This is a new
revelation to business men, competition
is injurious, not only to localities, but to
states. Thus Minneapolis is a detriment
to st. Paul. This is very thin.
Ina EudCobbu VIII elO" II PioopOi
is beyond question and that it's prosper
ity will aid..Butte is.equally certain. Why
should it not grow! Its location is one
of the most beautiful in the state, itt
climate is unexcelled, its streets are
broad, and grass, trees and flowers flour
ish there as well as in any other valley city
1t has all the advantages of a great city
complete sewerage and drainage, unsur
passed if equalled water supply, electric
light and car service, churches OF all de
nominations, schools that have no super
iors, fine residences and business blocks
accommodations and a welcome for visi
tors at all times. 1t is the home of thu
greatest smelling works in the countr.
and other industries. 1t il within al
hours drive and nearer by rail to tn,
two most noted warm springs in thu
state, Gregson springs and Mitchell 4
M~ussigbrod's warm springs. 1t is within
easy reach OF the best fishing and hunt
ing grounds in the west.
OF Course it will grow, why shouldn'
it. 1t, to begin with, has a large pa
roll of its own, it is the near neighbor t
the great mining center, Butte, and tn
mines OF Deer Lodge county, Cam
creek and the great Flint creek distric
including Granite and Philipsburg, al
tributary to it. The agricultural pre-
ducts of the Bitter Root, Deer Lodg
and Gallatin valleys, as also those
Beaverhead and Madison counties, fin
in it and Butte a market, and the grei
Flathead country must Of necessity SOC
have direct communication with it /
rail.
There is every reason why Anacont
should grow, and no one denies but tn
the location Of the capital there vi
hasten that growth. In the question
a natural site for a capital city there CT
be no comparison, 80 i~mmeasurably
that Of Anaconda the superior OF Helen
1T now has a population Of 1000 and
in a most prosperous condition. 1t h
s neve had or needed q boom. No CT
where there 10 90 much and such VI