Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-02-15
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE
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God helps those who help then
selves" has long been an axiom that ha
been verified in the cases Of both com
munities and individuals. The men VIII
in spite of obstacles take advantage o
OPPORTUNITIES are those who succeed
In glanciag over the exchanges botl
from the east and west for the past sew
eral months. the reader could not fail tt
be impressed with the attention that il
being given to electricity supplied by
water power. In different local ties
where there is a stream of water with &
minimum fall and flow. rights are being
secured and companies organized ano
suggested for supplying electricity not
only on the banks of the streams but tc
distant cities to be utilized for light, for
motive power and for the movement OF
manufacturing plants. Where water
cannot be had in sufficient quantity for
the purpose engineering skill is devislng
schemes to construct plants at the
mouths of the coal mines and there gen
crate the power without the cost of
transporting coal and transmit it by
means of wires to points from 100 to 200
miles distant. these are not fancy
sketches. they are solid facts. The work
ia being done by live citizens of live
cities who are ambitious that in
the race of progress and material
advancement they shall not be left in
the rear. They are men who know hat
inducements must be offered to attract
capital and that unless the resources of
a community are made known it must
remain at a standstill.
TO this rule Great Falls is no excep-
ton. 1t is conceded that in the past it
has been fairly we'll advertised and at
tention called to its advantages, but
there is no reason why our people should
weary of we'll doing. 1t is to the interest
Of all, not of the few, that new enter
prises should be established here, and
organized and concerted effort is needed
to aid ia securing them, The best body
to engage in this work is the board Of
trade. 1t is now on an excellent basis.
fully equipped for the work and anxious
to do its share, but such labor entails eX-
pense and the taxpayers should see to it
that the funds are forthcoming by max
ing liberal contributions. 1t is an invest
ment that will pay. The circulars and
literature sem out in the past have borne
good fruit, the city is becoming known
all over the east, but that is no reason
why there should not be an effort made
to make it better known. 1t ia not ne
cessary for US to reclte the manifold
advantages it possessas, bat it is
necessary that many VINO are seeking a
field for investment should know them
AMI unless we enlighten them no rival
city will do it for US. THE TRIBUNE
does cot desire to create a boom, Great
Falls does not need one, but it does
desire that the board of trade as a rep
sentative body shall be 10 financial
position to send out information. answer
proper Inquiries and give the needed
data as to it's opportunities for the safe
investment Of capital, espec ally in the
line of manufacturers. All the indica-
lions point to a revival Of business in
the spring and Great Falls will be very
short sighted If 1t permits a few dollars
to stand in the way of its being duly
advertised in the large centers.