The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04
HELENA DOESN'T LIKE IT
An Unreasoning Hatred for the
City of Great Falls.
is LEFT IN THE LURCH
Has Cut Off the Distributing Trade From
the Dead Last Chance Gulch
Town-Last Effort of the
Helena Hog.

Great Falls, June 3.-Anyone who has
resided in Great Falls for the past eight
or 10 years, or even less knows without
being told that Helena and Helena peo-
pie have no use for this town. Ten
years ago they would deny that they
had ever heard of it and to-day they
and the papers which represent Helena
people are doing their best to cast dis
credit upon the achievements and the
future of the most promising city in
Northern Montana. Since this city de-
veloped to such an extent that 1t was
able to cut off the distributing trade
from the dead town in Last Chance
guIeh it has been an object of hatred.
Feeling has been exhibited in a thou
sand different ways. During the past
two months Helena papers have been
filled with lugubriouS accounts OF pros
pective elosings of the shelters in this
town. A few years ago they did succeed
in closing the silver smelter, but thar
did not affect Great Falls, and all the
talking in the world will not prevent
the advancement of the Boston q Mon
tana smeiter, which, it is unanimously
agreed, is the backstay of the town at
present.
Failing in this attack, Helena mas
given rise to a rumor that the govern
ment's school for Indians, now located
at Fort Shaw, is to be taken away from
Cascade county and given to Fort AS
sinniboins Were this to be the only
result, Great Falls and Cascade county
would acquiesce in the move, but it is
remembered that only a short time ago
Helena was very busy in movement
to have Fort Assinniboine abandoned
and all of the troops taken to Fort Haf-
rison, and the people of this section VIII
readily believe that the Helena agita-
ton for the abandonment of Fort Shaw
means that the Helena hog is again
anxious to make an exhibition of itself
and grab both post and school. Even
the local evening paper, pronounced
pro-Helena organ, is unable to swallow
such dose, and tonight makes the
following protest:
There is a r1lmor to the effect that
an effort is being made to abandon the
Fort Shaw Indian school, or rather to
transfer it to Fort Assinniboine, and
abandon the Fort Shaw buildings and
grounds. At the same time Fort AS
sinniboine would be abandoned as a
fort, and the troops now there be trans
ferred to Helena. We do not know how
much ground there is for this rumor
but it is worth locking into by the peo-
pie of Great Falls, and even more so by
the people of Havre and all of those
who reside anywhere near the reserva-
tions in the northern part of the state
1t is quite likely that Helena is moving
in this direction, because there is lie
doubt of the purpose of that city to try
to center all the troops in the state al
Fort Harrison and thus add to its i'm
portance and the business interests OF
Helena. Furthermore. Helena will sue
coed if some action is not taken by the
10 it,fo tor 70 mi
Falls would not like to see the For
Shaw school abandoned. and nobody ir
the northern part of the state would
like to see the troops all taken from
this section of the state, where they are
really most needed, and transferred tc
point where it would take them day
longer to reach the probable scenes OF
trouble should there be any Indian diff.
ferences. 1t behooves the people of thi:
city to look into the matter"