The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-30
BUTTE,

Men who have watched the growth Of
Butte for the past quarter of century
have reached the conclusion that the
people Of this city are of right, and
should be, the happiest community be-
tween the oceans. They have survived
every danger and triumphed over every
Encouragement Carpers once said that
Butte would cease to be when the water
level was reached. Old timers, speaking
with the wisdom of experience and the
confidence Of superstition. declared the
camp would go down when the first
church should open it's doors for the sal
walton of souls. Later it seemed certain
that four years of Grover Cleveland
would do the business. Succeeding
troubles followed fast and followed
faster The Northern Pacific gave
Butte the "go by" choosing the
aerial route about half way between
the Mullan Pass timber line and the
planet Mars; the Utah Northern refused
freight concessions to our merchants:
the Butte Water company began to
supply the city and the Anaconda Stand
ard was started. Only one year after
that Butte became a bit town, James
McGovern being the last man to surren-
der to pilgrim sentiment. But despite
every drawback Butte rushed ahead like
a locomotive under full steam. It's
mines have produced nearly thousand
million dollars, of which nineteen out Of
every twenty have been distributed
among our own people for labor and sup
plies, though most of it ultimately went
abroad through the channels Of trade,
where it served to enrich the men Of the
east and call attention to our trade op-
portunities and mineral wealth. AS
result fine class of people have settled
In Butte to engage in mercantile and pro-
fessional work. Hundreds Of highly edu-
Gated and ambitious young men from the
colleges have come here to carve out
name for themselves. Thousands of
skilled artisans and mechanics and tens
OF thousands of prudent miners and
laboring men have established homes
here as fast as opportunities for employ
ment We're provided. These succeeding
new elements have been readily assimi-
lated by the early Montana residents, who
are nothing if not hospitaIbe and gener-
Gus and who extended cordial welcome
to every newcomer possessing the at
tributes of useful and patriotic citizen
ship. Largely contributing to the pros
porous conditions which have induced
such extraordinary growth was the en-
largement OF the old smelling plants.
which contributed to Buttes early pros
perity and the purchase, reorganization
and consolidation of several groups of
copper mines by powerful financiers
whose plans contemplate the expendi-
ture of more money and the working of
more ore and the employment of more
men than would have been possible under
a management with less tremendous re-
sources. The two considerat tons upon
which mining capital safely counts in
Butte are, % the friendly cooperation Of
the business and labor interests, and (2)
the permanent value and productiveness
of the mines themselves. This co-opera-
ton has never been withheld, and thus
with both the old companies and the new
working in accord with the business and
labor interests and all alike dependent
on good government, equal justice and
patriotic regard for every mans right OF
person and property, a community has
grown up which in public spirit. in
rapidity of growth. in per capita produc-
ton, in diversity and extent of business
transactions, in educational facilities,
and in that identity of interest and toll
Grafton of business differences essential
to general prosperity-a community has
grown up here which in these respects
has no equal in any nation under the
sun. The credit for this happy condition
must be awarded to the people them
selves. They have come here to live and
do business and enjoy life, and do not
propose to be dissuaded from their pur-
pose by the few apostles of discomfort
who fer pay or for notoriety have so
tar vainly sought to turn back the tide
of prosperity and open the flood-g gates of
Misrepresentation, business paralysis and
governmental chaos
Butte is today the best town in the
world. It's prospects are the best. Its
people are among the best.
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