The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-06-06
TOPICS OF THE WEEK..

Years ago a member of the Indiana
Legislature. in a brand new suit of
broadclOth and a silk hat, ~gold-headed
can and a white lawn tie, wandered up
into the sanctum of the Courier-Journal,
stood around in a ~listless way, looked
over the papers. went downstairs and
came back several times says the
Washington Star. He was asked to
take a seat which he declined elaborate
ly. and ended by drawing his chair in
a confidential way up to the round
about" mans desk.
Gould you," he said put in the pap
err that I am at the Gait house with my
bride, and just fling in something about
my being a prominent Indianian? I
don't care anything about this sort of
thing myself, but you know how the
women r l want fifty copies sent to
this address,, - and he laid down 81. so,
grinned, got red in the face, said "good
morning. and vanished.
Next morning he read that "Mr.
John r. Huckleberry requests US to say
that he is at the Gait house with his
bride: that he is a prominent member
Of the Legislature of Indiana, and that
he himself, personally, cares nothing
about newspaper notoriety, but that a
society note would be highly gratifying
to Mrs. Huckleberry. He added that
he wanted fifty copies of the paper for
distribution to his constituents"
DR.. A. D. Churchill, formerly of the
| Columbia school of mines, has a good
opinion of Montana. He recently said:
II am familiar, by personal observa-
ton and experience, with the mining
districts of Arizona, California, Col
orado, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana
and the Lake Superior region. Mon
tana mining as it is now carried on,
differs from that of other slater and
territories inseveral respects, especial
ly so in the fact that a large proportion
of the Montana mines are assure veins
in granite. This is a fact Of the very
greatest Importance, for to it is due the
permanency of the mines and their
constantly increasing output. Iregard
Montana, as a whole, to be the best
in America for mining investments
or development. Montana leads all
other states and territories as a pro-
Queer of the precious metals, including
copper. The ratio of MOntana's in.
crease, from year to year. has been
much larger than that of any other re-
glon in this country. This is due tC
two facts: First, the permanent char
acter of its vein, together with their
large size: second, to the methods by
which the mines have been developed,
The mining business first started ir
Montana developed only the placer. II
is we'll known that very large sums o.
money were taken from Last Chance
Confederate. Alder and other famous
gulches, and much of the wealth thu:
produced remained in the territory
That money enabled mining me n to de
velop their mines with their own CAPT
tai. Montana is, in fact, the only state
where its leading bankers are it's lead
ing mining men, a condition of grea'
Importance, insuring financial stabilit,
to the mining business in that region
not so fully enjoyed by any other 10
cality. The accumulated wealth in tn
money centers of Montana, resulting
directly from the product of the mines
is very large. Much of this money ha'
furnished the capital which stocked tn
ranges with sheep and cattle and ha'
fostered and developed agriculture
interests. This comparative independ
ence of outside capital lis perhaps tn,
certain guarantee that the develop
ment of Montana will progress NOR,
rapidly than any other mineral region