The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-01
BENEFIT TO THE STATE
Meeting of the Irrigation Con-
gress at Missoula.
OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE
When Teddy Roosevelt Was Making
His Famous Hunting Trips-Arbor
Day Celebration at the
University.

Missoula, April 30-'The people of
Montana do not realize how much bene-
fit will result to the state from the
meeting here of the irrigation congress
this fall" said a prominent business
man to-day. Il know that the Stand
ard has had a good deal to say about
this matter lately, but you have Tot
said enough. The meeting is of more
than local Importance. 1t will attract
the attention of the whole country. as
it will consider subjects that affect in
most important way the entire ma
ton. The West has become the great
producing region of the nation. and the
successful development of the West
depends, to my mind. upon the appli-
cation Of the scientific principles of If
rigation to our soil. AS soon as the
science of irrigation is thoroughly un-
derstood and properly applied to Hur
part of the country. we will witness i'm
portant developments everywhere. 1t
is for this reason that | regard the Ms
soula meeting as Of the greatest i'm
portance. The city should do every
thing possible to insure It's success
Speaking of Teddy Roosevelt" said
a wel-known Montanan the other day,
Il remember the first time that | ever
saw him. II was while he was making
those famous hunting trips of his
through Montanas and Wyoming's
mountains, and have had decided
admiration for the man ever since. 1t
was not in the field that l saw him,
but at the old Montana, Union depot in
Butte, when that was the only depG.
there. There was n big crowd waiting
for train, and We We're all hurryIng
and scrambling to get the overWorked
porters to handle our baggage. Not
many of us were successful. and there
was a lot of complaining and kicking.
| saw a strong, athletic looking fell wv
step out of the crowd and walk to the
pile of baggage. He took out a heavy
trunk. put it on his shoulder and walk
ed to the train with it. He Wore leg
gings and rough suit and attracted
my attention by the ease and indiffer-
ence of his action. There is fellow
who can look after himself, said | to
a friend. Yes was his reply. that is
Teddy Roosevelt. [ have never seen
him since. but when | heard that. ne
| was organizing a regiment l knew Tat
it would be good one
II hope" said President Craig of the
| State university last week. that Mis-
soula will lend a hand in our Arbor cay
celebration. We believe that this day
| ought to be made one of importance in
| this city. II is proper that the unjver-
I sity should set an example in the 3b-
servance of the day in Montana, and.
| that being the case, Missoula. as the
| home of the university, should take up
| the matter in earnest If this is done
the city will benefit itself wonderfully
and will set an example that will be
followed by other cities in the state"
| That news regarding Fort Missoula
| that the Standard bulletined Saturday
| is as good an item as Mssoula could
| have received" said a local property
| owner to-day. IF the fort is continued
as permanent military post it will do
| the city much good. Now that the
| statement has been made so positively
| by the secretary of war, | am incliral
| to think that we may accept it as true
| and we ought to try now to have cav
airy garrison sent here. Fort Missoula,
| situated as it is in the center of this
fine farming region. is admra bly, placed.
for the economical maintenance of a
| cavalry post. At Helena. the new Fort
| Harrison has proved disappointment
and practical failure as a post. For
age has to be imported and it is out IF
the question to heautify the place
| There must be some cavalry in this re-
| gion, and why not get it stationed a
liant 25th in the Cuban war has won
glory for the place, and it certainly
ought to be continued as an active
post"
you folks over here have been kick
ing good deal about the weather,
said visitor in town to-day. but y0ll
are not half as bad off as most sections
of the country 1t has been bad al!
around, but you are having about the
| best weather that [ have seen. You
| ought to consider how many places
| there are that are worse off than you
are. Then you would feel quite con-
tented. I have been in places this
month where there has been no plow-
ing done at all this spring, and they
were farming districts. too
This tobacco habit is something ter
rible.' was the remark Of a visitor at
the standard office yesterday. 4 nave
never realized it SO much as recently.
| have appreciated for a long time that
| the deadly cigarette is getting in its
work on the youth of the country, brt
now we seem to have a new menace tC
our safety in the cigar cutting machine
TWO fingers have been manned hera lie.
Gently in this dangerous continuance
and unless precautions are taken more
Will follow. They say that a confirmed
cigarette fiend is not mentally respOn.
sible, and it certainly looks as if the
same excuse will have to be urged foI
the victims of the cigar cutter. The
abolition of the tobacco habit would Dc
away with the cigar cutter and I thinl
that both will have to go. We nigh
permit the chewing Of tobacco to b.
continued, but then these same fellow!
would bite their fingers and get blcot
poisoning. 7 think 7 will refer tn,
whole matter to the mayor He ha,
nearly worn out his present trouble"