The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-13
state Of Montana.

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| cade county.
In 1895 the assessed valuation of real
properly In Cascade county was 1851.
80; OF personal, 1892. 4S5; total, s11,-
374.172.
The county tax levy was Is mills. All
warrants are at par. The indebtedness
consists of $4,000 bridge bonds: 500
ooO court house site bonds; 500 600
FUNDING bonds; $4,000 total indebted
ness of all kinds
Cascade county is third in the state
In assessed valuation
There were in 1885, 26175 cattle ALP
horses and 146,075 sheep on the assess
ment rolls; and 29S, 949 acres of ranch
property. The estimated population of
tne county at the present time is 49,
The principal villages and towns In
Cascade county are: Fort shaw Cwhera
tne lnoian industrial school is located).
ana sun River, on the west side of the
missouri, and Cascade, Sand Coulee
belt' Arlington and Monarch, on the
east In the Kibbey district has been
established a manufacturing enterprise
unique in the state / refer to the nlant
Oh the Montana Stucco company. Its
products are plaster of Paris and stuc-
co ana aluminium wall plaster. The
gypsum from which the former is ex-
tracteu is underneath the surface and
mas TO be quarried, while that from
which the stucco is made exists upon
tne surface and can be ploughed and
| scraped like ordinary earth. Both are
white, the plaster of Paris rock being
extremely SO and is in fact a quality of
alapaster. This stucco has been found
10 contain all the properties of ordinary
wall plaster (Which is composed of lime.
sand and hair) Mixed with the water
| stucco becomes a remarkable plastic
and highly adhesive substance. which
has proved itself superior TO any pat
ent plaster on the market The plant
mas cost in the neighborhood of 500 900
ana is already in successful operation.
Its product will certainly be a promi- |
nent factor in building opera lions in |
Montana and adjoining states.
The town of Sand Coulee has been |
gradually growing since the opening of |
the coal mines in 1888. 1t has a popula-
ton OF about 1000 and a monthly nav
roll OF about 100000.
Armington and Cascade are both i'm
portant wool and cattle points.
The growth Of Belt is simply a dream.
from a little group of buildings a
store, tavern and blacksmith shop. in
the fall of 1893, IL has become the most
important coal and coke camp in the
state, and must have a population of
z'5OO already It's pay roll for Febru-
ary' 1896, was about 100000. The sue
cessful production of coke at Belt was
the last straw which broke the croak
ers back for with 1t the only missing
link was forged in the chain of fortun.
ate conditions which place Great Falls
beyond all rivals, not only as the silver
ana copper smelling and refining point.
put also the future seat of vast copper.
iron and steel manufactures
Great Falls the county seat of Cas-
Gaze county, is 10 years old and has a
thousand inhabitants to show for every
year OF its existence. This little city Is
OF interest to all Montana as it will,
haaFl eWsDV .s--a~
ss transmission OF electricity is per-
1ected, furnish the motive power for all
the towns and camps in the state.
IL is not my intention to boom Great
ralls In this paper, but touch upon il
TO prove my statement that settlers
viii find present and ever growing :
marker Tor their products at the falls I
of the Missouri {
There are already located here the ,
Following manufactures: Two very I
large breweries and a smaller one 7
whlch certainly offer every inducement /
to the raising of barley. These brewer Z
res nave WITHIN less than two years.
smut out almost entirely, eastern beer v
IL enough barley can be supplied them $
Tor mating, thousands of dollars will [
De kept at home which now go East or O
W est. Near the town is located the
IRE prick, terra Gotta and tile plant. | a
Mnlcn furnishes hre clay and SILICA l.
products to the smelters The Great q
Northern railway repair shops have a 4
pay roll of about $4,000 per month 4
rhe iron works supply iron columns for h
and all kinds of heavy casts G.
or the smelters. There are two sash n
lnu door factories The great flour mill Z,
operated by the Royal Milling companv
furnishes ready market for wheat:
md by furnishing the best seed wheat
IL reasonable prices, on a years time | "a
las given great impetus to wheat q
alsing in this and adjoining coun- a
les. II
The silver smelter treats the ores Of r,
ne Ds6 mountains and elsewhere. 1t ia
ost s1,OOO.0O0 and employs 200 men ~
ne Famous smelling and refining oI
FORKS OF the Boston & Montana com 81
any are located at Black Eagle Falls s.
hey cost $4,000. 900 and employ 900 men a,
heir official statement shows a NET N,
rofit of so per cent upon the gross a.,
arnings; while the best record of any ri
tner company shows but 80 per cent n
et proht upon gross earnings IL is M
lerefore apparent that in order to save or
1ese extra millions of dollars by rea- w
IN OF the great and CHEAP mower ta
heap coal and coke as we'll as an the Ia
-her necessary smelling elements at "a,
ana at the falls, other copper comma
les must establish smelters and refln-
les here, or cease to be competitors of ,
lie Boston & Montana.
Deg leave TO submit a comparison en-
water powers of the country with r
lat at the falls of the Missouri. com
led by NJ. S. Parker. an authority ON ~
ydraulics: 0' ~
Horse Power frs
olyohe' mass. ............... 1920 on
aMrvhCe, Mass........... ....... 1899
IMetI, MASS: -. ................ 1I.S45
anchester. ". H......... I20o0 =
ihheapohs' Mlnn........ ........ $1,000
Average for Il months. deveI- act
oped and undeveloped - 90 10. -
eat Falls developed horse pow ne,
r. ..,:.; ......;..-:. ........... 80. ss7 mo
eat Falls undeveloped horse II
power........ .....-.... ........2 S5. 235
Total Great power. developed
and undeveloped. average for