Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-04-10
THE IMMIGRATION MEETING
A County Organization Was Secured
lcsteiday-The Resolutions
Passed.
A Number Of Exceedingly Interes ting
Papers Read-Committee for
Active work.

Between 40 and so delegates gathered
yesterday at the board of trade rooms &c
attend the session of the Cascade County
Mining and Immigration association
called for tho purpose of securing q
etrong and effective county organization
to work in harmony with the state Or
ganization, and to secure to Cascade
county her due share of the benefits to
be derived from the central organiza-
tions work. The meeting was called to
order about lO:3O a. m. by Paris Gibson,
who, in an interesting and forcible man
ner, outlined the objects of the asso-
citation.
Ira Myers was elected temporary
chairman, and q. M. Holmes temporary
secretary. The following committees
were then appointed:
Committee on permanent organization
w. NJ. Atkinson, M. S. Parker and l..
S. Woodbury..
Committee on resolutions-C M.
Webster, o. NJ Holmes. l.. NJ. faschal.
Committee on finance-F. w. Web
ster, j. IL. Mcknight and d. r. Ed
wards.
After some discussion regarding the
important matter of finance the meeting
adjourned till 3p. m. to give the COM
mittecs time to report.
On reassembling in the afternoon the
committee on permanent organization
reported in favor of making the tempo
rary organization permanent and the re-
port was adopted. The chair appointed
Il committee consisting of w. M. Bole,
#. w. Webster and Nj. S. Parker to Sc
lect an executive committee of 10 mem
bers and a chairman, whose duty it
should be to actively participate in the
work of furnishing information to capi-
tahsts and parties desiring to make in
vestmeuts designed to develop the re-
sources of the county. This committee
will be announced through the press
later.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported as follows:
BE it resolved by the Mining and I'm
migration convention of Cascade county,
Montana:
That this convention is in hearty sym
pathy with the purposes for which the
state organization was formed;
That We believe that Montana (es-
pecially this section Of it, offers uneX-
ctlled Inducements TO capital and 10
bona Iide settlers upon our broad acres;
hat we would discourage in every
way any Efforts to Induce an influx Of
Iaborers or mechanics, knowing that thoy
%Ill come with the natural demand for
their services Gated by tho establish
mont Of Industries and The development
Of tho cOuntry3 great and varied re-
aourcGa; bat II IA realized mat to create
uelnHLu for labor, the natural RESOURCES
Of the country must be developed and
utilized by / combination Of capital aud
energy, aud to obtain these they must hB
sought by persistent presentation OF
these advantages and concerted eoici-
tation Of capital Eeeking Investment,
Therefore, be it further resolved
That this assembly ana tho commit
toes it may elect should ard will unite
in placing before the world, through
public and private channels. the diversl
tied resources OF Cascade county that
await profitable development by mon
and money, and that the cooperation of
every citizen having the prosperity aud
growth of the county and state at heart
be and is hereby urgently collected.
&. NJ WEBSTER,
l.. Nj. PAscHAL,
O. M. HoLMEs.
The report of the comittee on rcsolu
tons was adopted.
The remainder of the afternoon scs-
sion was taken up with the reading and
discussion of number Of valuable pa
pcre, among which were those by NJ. S.
Parker on ''The Water Power of Great
Falls" "The Coal and Mineral Re
sources Of Cascade County" by Prof o.
q. Morrison, agricultural Markets Of
Cascade County" by W. M. Eole, "CIi-
mate of Montana" g. l.. lIerzog, "'ossi-
biliticsof Irrigation in Cascade County"
by S. b. Robbins, and "Hard Wheat in
Cascade County" by w. M. Atkinson.
The papers were all received with
great interest and applause by the con
vention. To give anything like a fair
idea Of their contents is impossible in Il
short space and, therefore, THE TRIBUNE
will hereafter print some of the more i'm
portant papers in full.
While the attendance of delegates
from the country was not as large as was
hoped for, it WAS felt that the conven
ton WAS u success and that through it Il
new stimulus will be giv2n to the work
of developing the wealth and resources
OF this section