The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24
"A CITIZEN OF MONTA.N MA.
/X~HE PRESENCE of Senator W. A Clark in his
II home city and the absence political feeling

II city absence of political feeling
between campaigns incline the Inter Mountain to |
call attention to which in all respects is
the remarkable history. The matrimonial
event of last week which insured the happiness of the
who bears his of the proudes events of Mr.
Claks life and his fellow citizens rejoiced that his of
happiness full it but natural |
that they should indulge in retrospective view of Mr..
Clarks citizen of this state and factor in if
for despite all the bitterness of the past he has
done much ndustriay for Montana and its people setting
example which his have already proudly to
emulate, and which hope will inspiration /
for all other rich would be kindly remembered by
the people Mr.. Carks investments however have not
been and could not be confined to Montana. He is nov
giving work and to thousand of in |
dozen states OF the Union and the and OF
enterprises which neighbors
knowledge. Though he Montana in the pioneer
days without the advantage of education he has
since acquired both and of the ablest
fnanciers and most conspicuous captains of industry in
the Union. abreast James j. Hill, John
D. Rockefeller ]. P. and Andrew Carnegie, equal
them in ability achievement and likely to
them in public He is first of all
Montanan hut in the larger field his has known no
geographical limitation. a sided
but the intensely bitter political struggle in which he has
chief factor obscured the indus
trial which called for the display of his highest
abilities. That struggle did however, curta his
bition his literary scientific work
his industrial enterprises scattered
though they from the Atlantic to the Pacific What
he undertook he carried to ultimate triumph His
work his his Sleep his study alike subject
being allowed to interfere with the other
and thus 6S he viglant active healthul
he generation From the store at Pioneer in
the days of placer mining broadened with his
porunes acquired hard study whatever informa-
needed in his business whether it metalurgy
to to Dexter mill. parliament
tary law qualify him presiding officer of the first
constitutional convention. For the first he took
Columbia university For the second he locked
himself a hotel for three days until
S,,iaof A1vyavS he 1eaip
preferred the delights Of to wars alarming
but when ~ the hostile Nez Perces invaded Montana it
through accident that w. A Clark chosen to
command the citizen volunteers They all knew that
fight he would not be conducting retreat He
his All his life he has been
fighter and in the of politics. though often Defeated
his political views, how
of his friends take issue and this newspaper is
emphatic in it's opposition to his democracy.
his opinions but his acts that the Inter
Mountain speak this occasion His leanings to
architecture politics and golf to travel cpd
vinages known to the people So also
family, his state prides hts interest
labor and the great work he did last winter
of the good of Montana and the interests
of its decent citizenship In this brief article the Inter
Mountain desires only to call attention to the enterprises
of Mr. Clark Illustration of the i'm
portance the business and industrial world
Among those enterprises
The greatest mine in Idaho the Sunset.
greatest mine in Arizona, the United Verde
1900 plantation and factory in California
silver lead mine of vast proportions at ophr Utah
The soda springs bottng Southern Idaho.
The majestic magnificent Shoshone Falls in Central
Idaho second only to the Niagara and
beauty !
In forty mineral claims, valued at many
millions a fery stamp mill modern smelling plant.
Forty miles to the the Mayhower, the
richest gold in the state.
only personally conducting these vast enter
nrises but he is project build railroad
from Salt Lake to Angeles waging battle with
the giants railroad world along foot of the
right of way and the people wishing him
Among political assets is six term in the
national senate which largely indebted enemies
in his party.
His only know liability is the Butte Miner
Montana has plenty Of other big and Is equally
proud of them. it will the pleasure
of the Inter their abilities and achieve
1nents For today tell what Mr.. Clark is
| doing