The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-04
WAR 1T Is To BE THEN
Great Falls Sees Fun For The
Future.
RATES MAY TAKE A TUMBLE
Cascade VIII Have a County Fair
Anyway-The School Board
and Its Problems-Gossip
of the EIectrlc.City.

us hands which, though devoid of blood
shed, will prove to be about the most well
come contest ever waged in Montana. 1t
VIII be battle between corporations, a
state OF affairs the dear public loves to see
especially when the combatants are striv-
ing Tor public patronage and, for the time,
forgetting where they are at. go at one
another hammer and tongs and engage in
merciless rate war. The forthcoming
contest stands good show of being
carried on here during the coming season.
The city is threatened with telephone
rate war. Subscriptions are being solicit
ted for stock in a new telephone company,
the prospectus of which promises a sweep
ing reduction in telephone rates over
those now in force, providing the COM
pany can secure q franchise from the city
council.
The new company promises to cut the
present quarterly charges, SIS for
business houses and s12 for private resi-
dences, right square in two. 1t guaran-
tees a first class service at all hours of the
day and night, which of itself, is bound to
win friends for the concern that is going
to throw down the gauntlet to the power
ful Bell corporation. 1t is understood the
project is meeting with great favor among
business men; almost $50 instruments
have already been contracted for and it is
expected at least 200 more will be taken.
Application for a franchise to build and
operate the line will shortly be made to
the city council. Those behind the scheme
claim 1t will not require much lobbying to
secure the same. AS soon as the work is
commenced on the new line it is expected
that the Bell company will at once cut its
rates to conform with its prospective
rival. If the two concerns get to cutting
one another's threats the patronage my
result in the distribution of cromos or the
payment of prize of some sort to hold
trade. Meanwhile the public will not lose
much sleep over the matter.
The farmers of Cascade county will
hold n meeting in the council chamber
next Monday for the purpose of taking
the proper steps looking toward the or
ganization of a county agricultural fair.
Because the proposition to locate the state
fair here did not meet with much favor
with the state solons, the people of this
section do not propose to let the fair go
by default This community has the en-
terprise to get up and carry out the
scheme of holding here every fall a first
class exhibition of the agricultural prod
ucts of Cascade county, and they will take
hold of the matter with q determination
that will open the eyes Of certain people
living not over a hundred miles from
Great Falls, who have been in the habit of
laying awake nights to put up jobs to hurt
the metropolis of Northern Montana.
The success that attended the exhibit of
agricultural products that was gotten up
last year by the enterprisinC ladies of the
Presbyterian church showed what can be
done with the soil of Cascade county. 1t
opened the eyes of the stanchest advo-
Gates of the farming interests of the
county and went a long way toward pre-
pairing the way for the establishment here
of an annual fair. The ladies won the
admiration of everybody for the skill and
good judgment they displayed in getting
up that display. 1t was held in Realty
hall and lasted several days and nights.
Premiums were awarded the best prod
ucts, and no small amount of interest
was shown in the decision of the judges.
The farmers of the county at Mondays !
meeting will consider the proposition in
all its phases and decide upon the best |
plan to carry out the idea. The meeting
should be well attended by the citizens of |
the whole county, for the matters to be |
considered will be OF more than passing |
Importance to the city and county.
The Columbia Falls Columbian says that |
G. II. Goodrich of the Goodrich Lumber |
company, Great Falls, George Woods of /
the Hotter Lumber company. Great Falls, |
and L. e. Hathaway of the Blackfoot Mill |
ing company of Bonner, have been in the |
Flathead for a week or more with the view |
TO investigating the extent and quality of |
Flathead timber. 1t is reported that the |
gentlemen are looking about for a site for
n saw mill. as they recognize that the /
Flathead offers about the best facilities
imaginable for tho production of lum-
Der.
President Hill of the Great Northern is
expected to reach New York City from his
European trip Tuesday next. 1t is gen.
orally understood that on his return to St.
Paul he will have some good news for
Great Falls in relation to the establish
ment of certain plant here.
c. /. Ingalls, of ST. Paul, chief clerk in
the office of the head claim agent of the
Great Northern, is in this city, in company
with the latter, c. b. Hale. They are
checking up the accounts of Smith. who
was Yesterday sentenced to the peniten-
tlary.
The Troy Times is authority for the
statement that Ross Bros. of Bull River
will shortly ship car of ore from the
Rockford mine to the Silver smelter here.
If the experiment proves profitable they
tAptCl ~ lileAht 1AaA SAipiilGhNS uuTluk
the next summer.
The school board held a brief meeting
evening. 1t was stated that the
electric light company would repair the
to the roof of the south side
school caused by Thursdays fire, as it was
shown the latter was the result of a de-
fective wire. The report of the county
treasurer showing the condition of the
various funds was presented and dis
cussed at length. The board arrived at
the conclusion that, according TO the re-
port, the school term would have to be
shortened about a month. Clerk Cauiield
that the expenses for the month
Of February we're: Teachers salaries.
; 6JI.25; ianators' salaries, So; coal
supplies. Sls9.5i; insurance, Slif: sup
plies, repairs, etc, S6l557. Total, S5.77G.5,.