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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

A novel feat of construction has been
carried through in the building Of the
Manchester ship canal in England. The
route Of the ship canal crossed the old
Bridgewater canal from Lancashire.
The little canal was made to cross above
the big one, as railway tracks occasion
ally do. But the novelty is that the
small canal is turned on and off by means
Of a drawbridge. Tight water gates are
at each side Of the ship canal. When a
huge steamer comes along, the gates are
shut down tight, leaving only an empty
sluiceway across above the ship canal.
This sluiceway is swung round by means
of a circular track and engine, just as
the drawbridges in the Chicago river are.
As soon as the ship passes, the long,
empty tank is swung around again and
the water let on.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23
Who Is the Physician?

The Christian science and mind cure
practitioners have created an excitement
in medical ranks not exceeded since the
regular profession attempted to sit down
upon the water curists and homeopathic.
The water cure fad adapted itself, SO far
as it was good to all schools of practice,
while homeopathy fought till it secured
an equal foothold legally with the regu-
lar school,. Now all the schools seem to
becombined against the last i%nterloper-
the Christian scieGGe or mind cure healer.
The established schools of medicine
wish in some of the states to take away
by law from the mind cure people and
the c. SIS. the right to practice. These
fight back, and a periodical called civ
ing Issues has been established to COM
bat the attempts of the doctors to break
down the scientists.
What the outcome will be it is hard to
say. One writer puts forth a brilliant
way of settling the controversy. 1t is to
let that doctor practice who cures the
most patients. 1t is exceedingly hard to
draw the line where the people should
be protected from quacks. Perhaps they
will be protected most effectually by let
ting them go ahead and get their own
eyes open so that they al protect them
selves.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23
THE CATTLE RANGES.
An Unusually Fine Winter
Montana for Stock on
the Ranges.
Beef Cattle Taken Right Of
Ranges and Butchered
Fair Prices.

Not in many years have the cattlen
OF Montana had such good reason to \
satisfied with the winter as they have
1884, says the Independent. Last y.
the growers Of this state cleaned J
their herds very thoroughly, send
everything to market that WAS not.
irst-class shape. They looked for a h
winter, but the reverse has been I
case. There have only been three y
snaps and none continued longer ID
three days. On none Of the ranges
the Thermometer get lower than 20
low, while the average has been 20 abb
for the winter. There has been an en-,
absence Of billiards, and while I'M
has been considerable snowfall at
time has there been a crust on the spd
and thus range stock have had no !
hculty in getting plenty to eat. Ano]
favorable condition has been that tb]
was no overcrowding of the ranges al
previous years. The running stree
have not been frozen, and cattle M
therefore escaped the greatest destrcI
OF range stock in the winter-lackl
water. Re ports received during !
past week a.e all to the same effect, Il
cattle on the ranges are in better d
dition than they were in the fall; /
they are fat and sleek, and that they 7
be in splendid condition for the mar
early in the season. Montana butct
are selling now, and have been all Vi
ter, cattle right from off the range, 4
it is better meat than they have ham
in a long while. The abundant slt|
make sure early grass and plenty
with full water courses during the 81
and summer. Cattlemen regard
danger point, so far as hard weathe
concerned, as passed, and while IL
may be a few cold days, there will
be any long continued or very sew
cold snaps. Montana has not had 4
year any of the severe and blizzar
weather reported both east and south
this state.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

To the array of picturesque foreign
ships and eamen that are to be seen in
New York harbor will o be added a
new line of steamers and the most pic
turesque of all. During the Worlds fair
last summer a great transatlantic steam.
ship company was organized with the OBJ
ject Of developing the direct trade be.
tween the United States and Russia. The
company will establish a line of steamers
between New York and Odessa. A CAPT.
tai of S15, O00, 900 is claimed to be already
subscribed. The Russian end of the trade
will be supplied from the region of the
Black sea. Next thing our American
tourists who go around the Mediterra-
mean in winter will do will be to extend
their journey to Black sea ports and visit
Russia. 1t will be a most interesting
trip. Then there will scarcely be left on
the globe a spot uninvaded by American
tourist parties.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23
Training to BE an Athlete.

Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson, the
eminent London practitioner, says that
the athletic life runs from 10 to 80 years
of age. According to that, John L. Sui
Ivan was not yet past his prime when
Corbett whipped him, for John was only
"a.
DR.. Richardson gives some rules for
athletic training and diet which will in
terest the boys and girls, for DR.. Rich
ardson contends that women as we'll as
men may become athletes. The would
be athlete must abstain from alcohol
and tobacco strictly, according to the
London doctor, while gambling is fatal
to body and mind" A famous trainer,
whom he knew, told him there were
four essentials to athletic success, and
the strange part of it is that these four
essentials are every n mental quail
ties. They are precision, decision, pres
enc of mind, endurance. These quail
ties would make their possessor success
full in any field he entered.
Fear is most fatal of all to the athletes
success. 1t paralyzes all operations, from
tight rope walking to smuggling. Most
the doctor dwells, however, on what he
names ''mental endurance" 1t seems to
be a determination that you will go
through a thing and last till it is gone
through. DR.. Richardson puts ''mental
endurance before physical endurance.
The athlete must sleep at least seven
hours a day. In training he must OBJ
serve four more observation-disclosures
from hurtful things, regular and good
habits, calmness of temper, laudable AM
bition. For diet the following is recon-
mended:
Oatmeal p~orridgc and eggs with toast make
a good breakfast; q mutton chop or a beat
steak, with "a light quantity of vegetables and
some fruit, makes an efficient dinner, and,
avoiding tea or exchanging that for a cup of
milk, a dish of whole wheatmeal porridge for
supper suffices. These, in my experience, form
as good a diet role as can be devised for men in
active athletic work.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE
Diversified Farming.

It is an actual fact that the majorit!
of farmers Of Cascade county do not ap
preciate the transition state which
northern Montana at present is undergo
ing.
The change from stock and agricult
ural with their scattered
houses and hamlets to mining and manu-
featuring industries with their busy
seuters, means concentration of popula'
ton into towns and cities, as also a con.
tinued influx of immigration.
Not only this, but the transition means
the creation of new and immense mar
kets demanding supplies of farm prod
ucts on such a scale that farmers have
no idea Of the vastness OF the subject
till it is entered into. New wants re-
suire new ideas, and until the %agricult-
wrists of Cascade county adapt their
plans to the new order of things an enor-
nous amount of money will be sent out
monthly from this section which ought
to be kept at home.
Look at the enormous pay roll for en-
ployes in Great Falls and vicinity.
Where does it all go to? 1t does not
all stay IN the Falls, neither is it all in
the farmers pockets. Let us study a
moment and find where the leak is.
1t is a proven fact that in the city of
Great Falls alone each month 21.OCO
pounds Of butter are imported from
other states. OF poultry used 30 per
cent and of eggs 80 per cent are imported.
The consumption of potatoes is similar
and in addition the transportation rates
ON the railroad have to be paid.
Obviously thousands of dollars are
monthly going out for supplies which
should be in the pockets of u farmers.
If diversified farming was practiced it
would in a large measure stop this leak
for the present. But the transition
period is on, Great Falls is going to null
tiply her industries; Belt creek is going
to develop her vast coal deposits; Sand
Coulee is now doubling her output.
This e an increased demand Of sup
plies required by an increasing popula-
ton, and a discerning eye viewing the
can confidently state that if the
old settlers do not apply their energies
as required by the new status of things,
they will find themselves supplanted by
a new class of immigrated farmers who
will readily adapt themselves and their
work, and that in the very near future.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

The house committee on public lands
has voted to favorably report the bill OF
Hartman Of Montana for determining
the title to mineral lands in Montana
and Idaho within the limits of the land
grants Of the Northern Pacific railroad,
Under the bill commissioners are to be
appointed ny the president, who are to
examine and classify as soon as possible
all lands within these grants with regard
to their mineral character, and are to re-
ject all claims on behalf Of the Northern
Pacific on mineral lands, exclusive OF
coal aod iron properties. The action oil
the commissioners is to be final.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

immigration at the port Of New York
fell off no more than 6 per cent in 1898
in spite of the financial depression. 1t
looks as if, hard as the times are here,
they are still harder in Europe. The
swarthy children of southern Italy still
swarm to u shores through the port of
New York, while the Russian Hebrews
came in larger numbers than ever. There
were 81, 900 of these in 1893. Probably
half the foreigners who migrate to Amer
lea land at New York.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23
Sound Advice.

Butte Inter Mountain: Now is a good
time for the people of Montana to stop
the using of eastern -four. The Montana
brands are just as good as any others and
there is no sense nor patriotism in send
ing out of the state a million Of dollars a
year for an article raised in abundance
by our own people. 1t is time for the
west to be self-supporting and SELF
reliant. For years the west has sent to
the east a continuous stream of gold and
silver and got nothing in return. Here
after let I'd try and keep at home as
much money as possible, and let us begin
by consuming Montana -four.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

1t looks as if various kinds of govern
ment bonds would be considered soon.
O. P. H%untington's plan for reorganizing
the Central Pacific railroad embraces an
issue of government bonds to the amount
Of $184, 900 900. To secur this he says
the United States should take amortgage
covering all the property Of the railroad.
The bonds will bear interest at q per
cent for 1876 years. Mr.. Huntington ap-
pears to think bonds Of this kind could
be floated.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

Returns received at the treasury de.
partment indicate that the gold output
for 1893 in the United States will reach
the almost unprecedented amount Of
S37!O0O,OOO. The Colorado output has
increased from 100000 in 1892 to
100000 in 1893, while gains in other
gold producing regions are unusually
large. The Australian production will
carry the output of the world, 1t is
thought to s15O,O00,OO0, which is sl2,'
100000 for the year. With one or two
exceptions this is the largest output ever
known.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

There are no social classes. There are
only industrial classes, and Of these one
intelligent individual, who behaves him
self and knows what belongs to good
manners, likewise practicing his knowl-
edge, is just Is high toned and swell as
another.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23
The wisconsin Central Lines

Run two fast trains daily between St
Paul, Minneapolis, and Chicago, Mil.
waukee and all points in Wisconsin,
making connection in Chicago with all
lines running east and south.
Tickets sold and baggage checked
through to all points In the United
States and Canadian provinces.
For full information regarding routes,
maps, folders. ETC., address your nearest
ticket agent, or Jas. @. Pond, Gen1 Pass,
Agt., Milwaukee, Wis.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

A regular organized prospecting OF
northern Montana would without doubt
bring to light veins Of similar excellent
iron ore.
Only n deposit of this excellent ore
has so far been found. This is in Sand
Coulee, four miles south of Great Falls,
but the Brea is limited. Test assay
showed 55 per cent of metallic iron and
no phosphorus.
From the above, it will be seen there
is an unlimited amount of iron ore
around Great Falls. Limestone for hux
is unlimited, fuel is cheaper than else
where. power is plentiful, so that it
would be hard to find in the western
country another site so advantageous
for the erection of iron furnaces, and
rolling mills. The erection of these is
only a matter of time, Great Falls is
now a railroad centre, industries are
multiplying, and this cannot afford
much longer to pay freight on iron for
her W use, when she has boundless
deposits of that metal in the raw state,
only needing the touch OF capital to
transmute it into a m~erchantable ar
ticle Of general use.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

Some benevolent ladies of Chicago have
provided q home for working girls out of
employment. The girls intended to be
helped are mostly typewriters, book
keepers and clerks. Hundreds Of these
classes are absolutely homeless and desti-
tute in Chicago, as in the other large
cities. They perhaps suffer more than
any others because they are refined and
sensitive.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

Susan B. Anthony says in reference
to the economic arrangement of modern
society: 1.-THE fact that it is a condition
in which 90 per cent Of the population
depend for their bread on whether the
other 10 per cent make money shows
that it is wrong. But don't believe the
men can better it any-not without the
Uounopv
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

A Milwaukee inventor is said to have
solved the problem Of underground cleo
trio wires for street railways. He has
devised a conduit for the trolley that en-
tirely insulates it. Thus all danger from
leakage, either to gas mains or to tracks
in the street, is claimed to be obviated.
The inventor employs a return wire in
one compartment of the conduit.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

This, from a eulogy Of George W. Childs
by m of his boyhood friends, Hon. j.
J. Stewart of Maryland, is very impress
i've: ''There is but one thing he always
despised, and that is meanness. There is
but one character he hated, and that is
a liar"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

In the British war department me
chsnics employed in the srsenals will
hereafter have an eight hours working
day, with no lowering Of wages.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

In conformity to the wish Of the pub
lie, Of doctors and college faculties, col
lego football men will next season dis
card to . great extent the wedge and
mass style Of playing, thus making the
fsvorits game less rough and dangerous.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23


This ore has been little worked or
utilized. Some was used for fuxing in
the old Barker smelter in times gone by,
but outside of this'nothing except small
representation work has been done.
Specular.
This ore is found in its greatest ex-
tent in Running Wolf and Willow creeks
in the Judith Basin; it is also found in
the Bear Paw mountains, Sun river,
Craig, and other places. On Running
Wolf creek, the vein is q contsct of lime
and porpbyry and averages ten to %
feet 10 width.
Samples from the west end of the
property were submitted to the Union
Steel company at Chicago for examina.
ton and analysis, with the following re-
suit:
Metallic iron ........ 1851
PHOSPHORUS 00oS
Silica 1S0
"This sample is Al in every respect"
A sample from the east end Of the
property, 1000 feet distant, and fourteen
feet deep, was submitted to the same
company, with the following result:
Metallic iron .63.l8
fnOspnOTub.. OsVOo
Silica. o.VD
These assays show the magnificent
quality of the ore at this point. The
amount OF ore Is practically inexhaust-
ible and this point will be heard from
in the future. The mining claims here
are all patented and when cheap trans.
portation is given that section they will
without doubt be heard from.
Magnetic,
Five deposits Of this class Of ore OK
list in northern Montana, viz: South Of
Chinook, Choteau, Cascade, Craig, and
Dry Wolf creek. In all these deposits
the ore occurs / blanket form, and thu
assay value very similar, being from Al
to 54 metallic iron. and 2 to 3 per cent o.
phosphorus. For fiuxing purposes fol
some characters Of pres they would b
valuable, and treated on the open hearth
process would yield Bessemer steel. TIT
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

Moor of Venice cigars at the Cats'
City Club rooms. Smoke one.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

The largest stock of Fancy Grocei
Bottled Goods, Cheese, and Vegets
in the city. Eaton.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

The iron at this locality, similar to
that at Running Wolf. is a contact be.
tween lime and porphyry. In character
OF ore it is very similar, in size Of vein
the same, and the assays show it to be
AL in every particular. On account Of
the contiguity to the railroad, it's acces
sibility. and pure character, it is most
probable these iron ores will be worked
before others. Veins of a similar char
acter have been found in the Bear Paw,
Sweet Grass hills, and the main range Of
the Rockies; also in the Great Belt
mountains rear the Missouri river.
An assay of hard hemitite found in
another section, and made by the West
ern Steel company of Chicago, gave:
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

Call and see the new line of doll .
riages at Calkins' book store.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23
OUR IRON DEPOSITS.
Immense Beds and Veins Of IrOr
Ore in Sections Tributary to
Great Falls.
SteelMaking Will Be the Next In
dustry to Be Added to Our
Diversified List.
Assays of the Various Ores Given
Furnaces and Rolling Mills
Will Come Next.

Many articles have been written the
past few years on the iron ores of this
section, and which ut the present time
are nominally untouched and enti' ely
uputilized. Much more might have
been said then and also now, and then
this future unlimited resource would
hardly be appreciated.
Specimens and samples from the var.
ious sections tributary to Great Falls
ha 70 from time to time been submitted
to the examination and test of the lead
ing experts of the country, and the YER
dict has always been that the ores are OF
the best quality, suitable for the manu-
facture of Bessemer steel, remarkably
free from phosphorus and titanic acid,
those two things so dreaded in the iron
furnaces of the ordinary pattern, and
only available in the open hearth system.
where these ingredients can be expelled
with the Stag, thus making the latter
article available for sale as a fertilizer.
The iron ore like the coal. form an al
most complete circle around Great Falls,
and to give a minute account of each
locality would be too long for a news
paper article. The writer will therefore
touch upon the more prominent sections.
leaving the others for a more extended
description at some future date.
The various kinds of iron found in
these sections tributary to Great Falls
consist of carbonate, limonite, specular,
magnetic, hemitite, and bog. Other
kinds Of iron are also found in connec-
ton with other minerals but adapted
for other uses, such as pyrite, etc, but
which would be of a nature foreign to
THE article.
Carbonate.
The main deposits of carbonate iron
ores arc found in Sand Coulee, Belt and
Otter creeks and their tributaries. These
deposits consist of blanket veins lying
underneath the coal from so to 70 feet.
They occur in the form known as ''grey
band' or ''clay iron ~stone," in beds from
two to SIX feet thick and lying almost
horizontal, the angle Of dip being very
small. The ore is identical with the
Jurassic iron stones of Cleveland, En-
gland. The beds in the Sand Coulee or
Belt districts vary very little in either
percentage of iron or constituent COM
ponents. The vein in Sand Coulee was
developed somewhat and samples sub
mitted to Prof. James A. Dodge of the
University Of Minnesota, who furnished
the following analysis:
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

"a quack Is a physician who boasts
that he can do what he cannot do" says
Dr.. NJ. L. Hobrokk.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

1.-THE ore is in part spathic iron ore
and in part hemitlte. 1t resembles some
of the English clay ironstone' ORE"
The horizon of this ore may vary
somewhat in thickness, but is always
present. 1t is easy of access and vast
areas can be worked from one opening.
AS stated before there are no develop
ments.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

veins In some places attain q great
thickness, and cover a large area.
Hematite.
Large veins Of this class Of ore are
found ON Iron creek, near Monarch. Ono
vein is seventeen feet in width. A
sample Of this ore wat sent to the West.
ern Steel company Of Chicago for OF.
animation and assay, and the following
repOrt was recaived.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23

Another sample was sent to w. T.
'Wenzel OF San Francisco, with the fol.
lowing result;
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23
LiInOnite,

This class Of ore is found in Upper
Sand Coulee, Logging creek, Barker,
Wolf creek, Yogo, Little Belt creek,
Shonkin, Bear Paw mountains, Sweet
Grass hills, and South fork Of Sun river.
1t occurs both in blanket form and in
veins which vary from four feet to forty
feet in thickness. 1t is a useful ore
wherever found either for flux or other
purposes.
A sample Of this ore from the Yogo
district was submitted to Prof. j. A.
Dodge of the University Of Minnesota for
examination and analysis, with the fol-
lowing result.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-01-25

NANTNF THE FIRST NATIONAL
Nv 1lCAs Bank, of Princeton. located ut
Princeton. in the State OF Minnesota, is closing
up its affairs All note holders and others. cred
tors of said association. are therefore hereby
notified to present the notes and other claims
against the association for payment ''-t
Dated Dec. 49, 1893.
S. S. Peterson, Cashier.