Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-01-25
BOARD OF TRADE.

"A Most Interesting Meeting and II Good
Attendance-Election of Officers.
The Board of Trade held its annual
meeting Tuesday in the office OF Judge
Race, in the Tod building. There we're
present about thirty of the leading bust
ness men OF the city, and President
Frank Webster occupied the chair.
E. w. King, chairman of the com
mittee on manufactures, reported that
several projects for the location of
new industries at Great Falls were
still occupying the attention of his
committee. Some of these were of a
magnitude that made progress neces-
sarily slow, but the prospects continued
to be decidedly encouraging.
Chairman Myers of the committee on
legislation reported that he had been at
Helena in the interests of the state fair
project, and that there was a good pros
pect of securing its location at Great
Falls.
Paris Gibson said that the Importance
of securing the location of the state fair
here could not be overestimated. In his
opinion it was worth more TO the city
than any of the state institutions, with
one or W exceptions. He thought the
prospects for securing it were good. He
then spoke of the excellent condition of
Great Falls at the present time and the
great enterprises which were coming
to this city during the year.
He was gratitied to see the
excellent attendance present and said
that the board deserved great credit for
the work it had done i'll the past. He
believed that much of the credit for the
splendid reputation Great Falls enjoyed
abroad was due to the work of the board
IN circulating inform 4lion respecting
this city by means of pamphlets, etc.
The year in front of them called for
still more earnest work On the part
of the board and if the business men of
Great Falls put their shoulder to the
wheel of progress during the year 1895
the result would astonish them all.
There would be located during the next
year in this city the largest industrial
plants ever built between the great lakes
and the Pacific coast. Mr.. Gibson's re.
marks were greeted with applause.
DR.. Crutcher. chairman of the commit
tee on emigration, reported that a good
work had been done during the year in
calling to the attention of the eastern
people the opportunities offered for profit
able farming in this section and that a
goodly number of desirable citizens had
been secured in the county in this way.
A communication was read from
the Sun River, Choteau and North
ern Telephone company asking for the
good offices Of the board in securing
from the city council permission to use
the alleys of the city for the purpose of
making telephone connections between
Choteau and this city. The parties were
assured, after consultation with the
council, that they would have no dill
ticu!ty in obtaining the desired per
mission.
The treasurers report showed that
about $1,000 had been expended by the
board during the last year in the work of
the board.
Ihe secretary made a report showing
the work done, among the items of
which was the mailing of about 1,7000
pamphlets to all parts of the United
States.
Mr.. q. Nissem was introduced to the
board and explained to them his plans
for publishing an illustrated monthly
magazine OF a high class devoted to the
interests of the state of Montana, and
stated that he had decided to locate a
photo engraving plant in this city. He
was elected a member of the board.
The matter of the new license ordi-
nance was brought up, and the section