The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-07-20
Social and Business Matters at
the Promising Towns Of
Great Falls and Belt.
A GREAT FUTURE FOR BOTH TOWNS.
The Depression i'm General Bus
mess not Expected to
Last Long.

THE shutdown at Belt has cast
temporary pail over the enterprising
little camp, and the feeling of gloom
extends to all the surrounding towns.
Even Great Falls to certain extent
suffers sympathetic depression, and
all of us hope that the resumption of
work will be soon. There are var
ious rumors regarding the cause of
the cessation of work, the one more
generally accepted being that labor
had been too exacting. In fact, the
company has made semi official
statement to that effect. This might
be accepted as the true cause of
events, if it were not we'll known
that large corporations are given so
much to buncoing the public. Bros.
Sheridan and Bemis, who control
the destinies of the Belt Valley
Times, wear the accustomed smile,
which no amount of private care will
be able to remove. They get out
clean and spicy paper, credit to the
camp and to the enterprising pro-
pretors. We wish them success.
On account of the backward sea-
son, grass on the range is short, and
crops are not thrifty, but a few weeks
of favorable weather will give
prosperous appearance to everything.
Horses, cattle and sheep are on the
up grade, and prices of all farm pro-
ducts show tendency to recover
their former living scale. The effect
of this upon northern Montana will
be generally happy.
The Great Falls street railway
company by its manager, w. ID.
Dickinson, has shown commendable
enterprise by securing numerous
variety of sports to please the Great
Falls public. The company has
built fine race track near the Black
Eagle falls, where each evening fine
field sports are given. The two hun
dred wheelmen of the city are now
working for championship gold
medal, to belong to the wheelman
who can hold it in three successive
events. Large crowds 90 to witness
the sports, and almost every even
ing beholds several events in athletic
and field contests.
The gay and festive bloomer,
which has never yet graced the
streets of Neihart, is there seen in
all its variegated glory. Its first
appearance tends to unnerve tim
orous mortal, but IA repeated dose of
the remedy brings him round all
right. The bike fever is epidemic
at Great Falls and will not be stayed.
Its ravages are felt alike by all sexes,
classes and conditions.
The Great Falls Tribune is a live
daily. With 'sDoc" Worden as bus
mess manager, VIM. Bole as city,
court, and horse editor, and Phil
Julian to do the heavy character
work, it has team that can't be
beat. The bandsomest man in Great
Falls is betimes seen at the Tribune
office, though not connected with
that paper. His name is w. 7.
Ridgley and he does job printing,
plain and ornamental, for all classes
and kinds of people.
c. X. Cunningham, the publisher
of Montana Illustrated is feeling in
his best spirits, never daunted, but
preparing the matter to issue the
next number of that sparkling jour
nal. AS the weather is warm, and
as his chief, the gay Nissem, has re-
tired to country still warmer, Mr..
Cunningham has decided to issue
the June and July numbers in one.
1t will soon appear, with splendid
writeup of Neihart and her match
less resources. Let all hands boost
the Montana Illustrated.