The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-25

first birthday of this city, This would be
a most fitting occasion and conditions seem
to be ripe to make such celebration an
unqualified success.-Dillon Examiner.
The Helena Independent takes the fact
that American goods have invaded England
and have taken the place in great many
instances of English goods as an argument
against the present tariff. Can the Inde-
pendent point to any time under demo-
cratic made tariff when American goods
invaded England, or any other country?-
Great Falls Leader.
1t seems as If the schley-Sampson con-
troversy will never down. After having
ragged furiously, first in the newspapers
and then in the magazines, it became APP
parent to the dispassionate reader that, If
there We're not two sides to the story, there
were at least two very divergent opinions
held by experts in naval warfare and that
itw as not for the uniformed to reach a
verdict yet NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Journal
All the Times wishes to say concerning
the "strong effort that is being made to
eliminate Big Timber from the list Of wool
markets in the interest of Billings is
that Billings does not know tat Big Tim
Der is on the map when it comes to buying
wool. Billings is a wool market right,
while Big Timber is. oh. well very nice
little horse race kind Of a town. Bill
ings Times.
The cattle industry is at the top of the
heap at this writing and may be set down
as the most popular industry of the en-
| tire country. We believe that given in
vestment in sheep will yield more money
| at 10 cents per pound for wool tan the
| same amount invested in cattle. but since
| cattle do not require the unceasing watch
| fulness that sheep require. cattle are at
| this writing the most popular.-Rocky
Mountain Husbandman.
Montana ought to take a lesson from
| the result at Spokane and do more adj
! vertisfng; and we ought to devote more of
our advertising to the agricultural re-
| sources of the country rather than to its
other resources. If we can get lands under
pillow. and farmers dotted over the valleys
and bench lands now vacant, there would
| be no trouble about the growth of the
city. That would surely follow.-Great
| Falls Tribune.
Reports from the scene of the recent
! train robbery assert that the sheriff and
his assistants meet with very little en-
| couragement from the ranchmen in the
| neighbOrhoOd in their efforts to catch up
| with the thieves Commenting on this.
| some of our contemporaries seem inclined
to attribute this state of feeling to yellow
journalism and such sensational literature.
| These influences would have comparatively
| Attlc eleCl were IL AOl tuuI many u Suo
| schemes for securing wealth nowadays
| are SO shady that most people find it difh-
cult to draw .Ae line.-Kalispell Bee.
At Great Falls, Billings and Big Timber
| the condition of the wool market presents
a very roseate appearance for the growers
| Of the state Starting IN feeble and
desultory manner. the buying of wool has
| gradually become steadier and the mar
ket is daily growing flrmer. while prices for
| fine clips are advancing materially. From
statements Of men in a position to know
the condition of the Boston supply. 1t Is
reasonable to suppose that the price OF
yet reached its top point. 1t is said that
there is not wool in the Boston warehouses
| to supply the manufacturers. and the ma
tural law of supply and demand will work
an elevation in the prices patd.-Livtng-
| ston Post.