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

~prospector and the investor. n In
moet instances the efforts Of either APP
piled tudiciously nave yielded rewards
Most mining camps consist Of one mine
and no more. Many nave only two or
three. But in the Neihart mineral zone
are q score Of rich mines. with the fire.
quent report arriving that q new n
has been discovered. In extent Of Its
richness IL is one Of the most wonder
full quarts mining districts In the state,
or even in the union.
Let the least favorable legislation
be enacted and these camps will spring
into mighty cities. Give them half an
opportunity and they will become pow
erful Industrial centers. paying rich
tribute to Great Falls M Offering the
rancher Of this county one of the best
anywhere. The distribution of wealth
from Neihart and Barker IL that of q
creative force. The prosperity Of the
miner makes nobody Dor and the
wealth he digs added to the worlds
wealth makes everybody richer. For
h wealth created in the mining camp
naturally infuses itself into the chan
nels of local trade and makes times
better wherever its business influence
may be felt. And the increment Of
wealth from this section of the county
cannot but make Cascade county the
richest and most %populous OF all Mon
tana. Neihart will be q Leadville and
Great Falls a Denver"
Mr.. Abbott was followed by ]. II. Rus
sell In a paper on Gardening for Profit
As Mr.. Russell has been engaged in hat
business I'm this city for the past seven
years and has made a success of IL, the
paper. II goes without saying. was both
profitable and interesting to the audience.
as most relations Of actual experiences
are. He sketched the growth and incep-
ton of market gardening in this city
through the brief years it has existed,
and was very heartily ~applauded.
Paris Gibson read a paper on the "Ag-
ricultural Resources of Cascade County,
and he verified the brilliant predictions
he made for the future of the bench lands
of Northern Montana by quoting the won
derful achievements of the past. Ii is his
favorite theme, and has been for years,
and with the ENTHUSIASM with which he
came to the task the paper could scarcely
be less than brilliant.
The last ape TO be read this morning
was by Professor o. c. Morrison. the ge-
illogical and mining expert OF Cascade
county. His subject was the Mineral Re-
sources of Cascade County," and IL is
unfortunate that its length forbids its
publication at this time. In a very thor
ough manner he reviewed the history Of
Aahhh'e an eh'o Souhsy' is hhiHcS dnu =
minerals. and indicated the great sources
Of w~ealth-mineral ~yealth-which as yet
have not been touched.
A good audience characterized this af-
ternoon's session of the institute, the an
nouncement that Governor Smith was ex-
pected to be present possibly being the
drawing card. The first paper to be read
was one by the president of the associa-
ton, c. F.. Stork, on the subject, rs 1t
Possible to Make Bench Land Farming
Profitable in Cascade County," Mr.. Stork
answered the question very satisfactorily
by the relation of his own experience i'm
the matter. He is one of the few farmers
who have come to this county and en-
gagged in the business in a businessIike
manner, and his success has been fully
earned. The essay was very exhaustive
and provoked considerable discussion at
its close.
Professor T-aphagen then gave a dis
course on the quality of various soils
from both a chemical and a practical
standpoint. His efforts received the
closest attention. and no doubt they will
bear fruit In the experience of many a
farmer.
While the subject assigned to w. M.
Atkinson. manager of the Royal Mining
of this city, was Seeding Time
Upon the Farm he gave most of his
time to a discussion of the proper culture
of the small grains. He paid considerable
attention to remedies for the prevention
of smut and other diseases to which grain
is liable.
The chair then announced as members
of the committee to proceed to the rail-
way station to welcome Governor Smith
on his arrival the following: f. X. Alb
bott. +. II. Hughes, Julius Me~isenbach. j.
II. Russell and himself. While the COM
mittee was absent from the hall several
nlaStinnS mare nGkn1 - VI naA-
which brought out a number of interest
ing facts. He said that his mill ground As
per cent. of the Hour produced by the IL
mills of Montana, and he hoped befoi e
many years that the percentage would
be raised to 50 per cent. The whole Pa
cifc slope was becoming a market, as
the wheat that was grown there was soft
and Montana competed successfully with
it at a price of 81 higher. As soon as the
growing of wheat in, the immediate vicin.
ity became sufficient he hoped not only
to sell in Japan and China. thus increas-
ing the range of the market. but enlarge
the mill. Last year the local supply had
been only 10 per cent. of the amount
ground by the mill. or about 5000 BUSH
els. This year the local supply would be
far greater.
Mrs. ]. ii. Emery read a very bright
and witty paper, ostensibly on How to
Make Butter" but the first of 1T, and
perhaps the greater portion of 1t, was de-
voted to sly hints at the various member
of the agricultural college faculty and
their official troubles. The paper was
hugely enjoyed by the audience, and in
addition to the fun. gave some simple
and sound directions for the home pro-
duction of first-class butter.
The session closed with a talk from c.
H. Campbell ION the Al Around Farm
err, Speaking from the standpoint of ex-
perience. he demonstrated the fact tina
not every man could be manufactured
into a first-class farmer. Then he exempii-
fled good farming by giving some of his
own methods which had proved success
full.
The evening session was distinguished
by the presence Of the governor Of the
state. The audience chamber OF the court
house was crowded. every seat being ia
ken and many were obliged to stand.
! At s o'clock. the hour advertised for the
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