The Helena independent., 1894-09-03
.FLOURISHING FLATHEAD.
Wonderful Crops Being Harvested
From All Kinds Of Grain
This Season.
The Largo Wheat Yleld 70 Bs
Taken by tho Local
MillorA
Big Dridks, . FiHs school House, sewer
system and Many Other Enter
pFisss IN Kaiispsil.

Special Correspondence of Tho Indepondent
KlLsPuL, Aug. 8L-ThS wonderful
crops now ripsning In the Fla,hsad valley,
and tho omount Of local building snd i'm
pfovsments under way, havs given . great
impetus 10 business In Balispsll and II ia
safe 10 say that no town In the great north
west Is az prosperous as the commercial
center Of the FlAthsAd country. While the
drouth 10 dfiyinR hundreds Of families from
tho prairie states. the residents OF the Flat.
head aIs preparing 70 harvest hard wheat
that will 20 from twenty 10 forty bushels 10
the acre. oats that will 20 from siEiy TO 100
bushsls. and other grains In proportion.
Potatoes. onions. bests. turnips and other
root crops will swell the wealth Of products
70 hnndsoms 1Rurs.
Haying 10 about over Timothy yielded
from one and half 10 three and q hall
tons per acre, and the oleanest timothy
ever sosn. Farmers In this vicinity are
slated over the results this yesr. and have
reason to anticipate . good piioe. owing %
the short crops elsewhere.
Fruits have also done remarkably we'll
this year. Local commission men have
shipped in bat little fruit 90 far.
II 10 estimated that the hard wheat crop
will turn out nearly one million bushels.
The Kalispsll roller mills have made ar
ranRemsnts for handling the entiis crop.
They have found 10 necessary TO increase
the capacity Of their maehinsry 20 the
fullest extent and are providine storage
room and track facilities.
in the city evsry iaborine man 10 en-
ployed. Tho construction OF 40 SIS 900
steel bridge across the Flsthead river will
give the farmers across the river speedy
and easy aocess TO the city. Work 10 being
pushsd on the bridg., and within sir
weeks 1t will be entirely completed. Tho
piers arc tubular steel. filled With rock and
cement. resting on bedrock. Ihs bridge
consists Of four spans. high above high
water mark Of this ear. the highest ever
known. Two years ago this siruoturc
would have cost over go, 1000.
The stone foundation for the new school
house has been completed and brickla Tinp
commenced. IL 10 10 cost go. 600. The
plane show two story structure of stone
and brick. Native stone and home made
brick are to be used In ths work. The lum
bsr IL furnished by the local mills. The
interior fnish is 10 be native tsmsrsck.
This wood. after Q thorough trial. has been
found to bettor than cherry or oak, because
ID does not check nor crack. IL will be
taken from the forest here and shaped for
use by the home l1mbsr mills. The fact
that all ths bnildine material Used In the
construction Of this school house 10 pro-
ducsd ut homo speaks volumes for the Flat.
head ooantry, and will ever stand monu-
ment 20 the wealth Of resources aboundinQ
here. There will be six school rooms. each
OF q capacity 20 accommodate sixty schoi-
nrr, and q largo assembly loom that will
hold nbout 300 persons. The main entrances
will be through q large stone erchwsy,
beautifully designed. Two side entrances
are provided. Tho whole structure will be
nins,y-sls fee, eight iu ohss long. aud
seventy four feet six inches wide. located
on grounds 300 feet by 140 feet. between
First avenue east and Second avenue east
on First street.
Work is progressing rapidly upon the
sewer system. Contractor Hubbard hes n
large force OF men throwing dirt. The
system combines sanitary and surface
drainage. The main sewer extends bey ond
the oity. smptying In Ashley creek, givinR q
. natural fall and a good how. insurins Z
perfect drainage. The lateral are extended
up the ALLEYS so they ohn be tapped from
the rear OF each lot or building. Storm
traps or catch basins will be placed al stree,
| Intersections. The construction OF this
system NOT only gives permanent benefits,
but furnishes employ ment 70 many men.
In addition to all these improvements. q
dozen dwellings are In course OF construc-
tion. some OF which are imposing brick
structures. The Catholics and Methodists
have each iust completed beautiful charoh-s
making FIVE In all in the city. Plans are
being ma.ured for q number of other
business houses, 70 be constructed before
snow flies this fall