The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-31

of limitless power. Cheap fuel and power.
plenty of the aluable minerals. an agri-
cultural possibility equal to the demands
of the people. these were the things OF
which Great Falls and Cascade county
houid be proud. Add to these the stock
and wool Industries. the manufacturing.
and what more could any community de-
sire? In variety of resources the county
was u~nequalled In the state This had
been markedly shown in the late financial
panic. when every other part of the state
had nearly been paralyxed. while Cascade
county remained unmoved.
He then returned to the farmer specin-
cally. and said that the man who confined
himself to the raising of one or two
things would always be hard pressed for
money. Diversity was an essential In
farming as In every other pursuit. A
farmer must be progressive: he must
combine stock and sheep raising with
crops of grain: he must bring to bear on
his occupation the same mental EFFORT
which the merchant or broker applied to
his business. and he could then reap the
same reward. Then followed a eulogy on
the advantages offered by Montana to the
stock raiser.
The governor believed that the farmeH
constituted the conserva i've element of
society. II was perhaps because they
were more comfortable. and. therefore.
more content than other classes. that
they hesitated to adopt new methods and
new IDEAS. They were more independent
than other classes; they were the last to
be affected by financial depression. but
when they were affected 1t was safe to
figure that the merchant was akin
and the mechanic was out OF work.
1t was the interiocking of the various
industries Of the state which made such
Institutes as the present important. While
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the world wholly cease operations for the
space of six months alone. all of the rest
of the world would be literally starved out
yet, in Montana. the removal OF the min
ing would mean a necessity for the farm
ers to quit the field. as their market
would be gone. Thereswas also the ad-
vantage of people engaged i'm the same
line getting together and comparing
methods and swapping ideas. As for him.
self. he was more than willing that the
men whom the state paid for such work
should do the instructing. For the past
30 lays he had been studying dips and an
giles, narrow veins and broad veins and
zones, and he had not had time to recall
even the little he once knew about grow
ing potatoes and the like.
Mrs. j. II. Emery was the next speaker.
and she read a paper on the subject OF
MANY Little Things" II was a topic
which dealt mostly with housewives and
their many little trials and tribulations.
and the subject was treated in the happy
vein with which Mrs. Emery is accus-
toned to meet all topic assigned to her.
While taking anything but the new wo-
man. standpoint, she argued strongly
for the Advancement of the sex and In
terlarded a great deal of common sense
with happy little bits of IL.
The evening was closed with a lecture
from Lieutenant Ahern. aided by stereop-
ticon views on forestry. The greatest OF
interest was manifested In the subject
and the views shown.
The institute will continue through to-
morrow.