The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-28
MONTANA WILL BETHERE
MINING STATE WILL BE WELL
REPRESENTED All ST. LOUIS
c. e. Conrad, n Prominent Capitalist
and Ranch Operator of KalispeII,
Says Mining Industries VIII Pc
Featured on Large ScaIe-CattIe
Plentiful This Year.

c. 2. Conrad of Kalispell, Mont, a
prominent capitalist ranch operator and
member of the st. Louis Exposition com
mission, was at the Ryan yesterday. He
is accompanied by his wife and daughter,
and is on his way home after two
months trip through the South and East
He attended meeting of the commission
held at st. Louis last week. Gov. TooIe.
of Montana, was also present.
when we get home" said Mr.. Conrad
last evening, I'VE will commence to get
our exhibit ready for the fair, or rather
TO make preparations. Our people are
very anxious to have the resources Of
Montana a first-class exhibit at St Louis
I'VE are going to ask the legislature to
make an appropria ton of at least $1OO, OOO
when it convenes in January, and 1 do
not think it will hesitate about doing
1T. This is fully as much as the majority
of the states are doing, and our exhibit
will compare favorably with any other.
VIII Have Good Building
''rhe Montana commissioners, when
they were at st. Louis, looked over the
fair grounds, and selected a site for the
new building. We expect to have a
handsome structure erected, to cost in
the neighborhood offs q, 900. The remain
ing $4,000 will go toward the exhibit, so
that you can see that we will have a
good one. OF course mining comes first
in Montana, and our exhibit will natur-
ally be devoted principally to mining, al
though we anticipate showing choice
specimens Of agricultural productions.
There also will be a collection of copper,
gold, silver and lead that will do honor
to us as a mining state, and they will be
the very best that can be procured in
the ~,
that we may have things in readiness by
the time the fair opens.
Il look for the st. Louis exhibition to
eclipse anything Of that nature that has
ever been attempted, but l do not look
for the fair to open until 1904. The OPEN
ing day has been set for May, 1903, and
/ look for it to be postponed just a year,
for they certainly cannot get around
any before that time"
Mr.. Conrad is associated with his
brother w. d. Conrad in the cattle and
sheep raising industry, and the brothers
control some of the largest ranches in
the state, and have over a million dollars
invested in stock raising property.
we commence to market our product
on Sept. l. and it is December before we
are through shipping We ship all our
products to Chicago, where we are able
to get the top prices. When the stock
commences to get in prime condition we
round them up. sort them, and drive
lIleII 10 the nearest SllDDlQg point. Chi
nook and Cut Band, on the Great North
ern railway, are the principal points of
shipment for our ranches.
Help Out Meat Famine.
IT see that meat is getting to be a
pretty expensive article of diet in the
East and Middle East. Well, Montana
cattle cannot help out the scarcity just
now, but little later, when the great
bulk of Western cattle is thrown on the
Chicago market the prices win probably
take a tumble.
II look for prices to be better than
they We're last year, however. We will
certainly get at least an average of )
cents, while the last seasons output
brought only little over A. But in two
or three months the prices of meats of
all kinds will certainly go down, for as
soon as there is an immediate prospect of
the Western cattle going on the market
something has got to give.
People in the East hear a great deal
about the immense cattle ranches of Mon
tana, and they come to have an idea
that there is no good farming land in
the state.
''Of course it is true that the principal
industries of the state are mining and
cattle raising, but it would surprise the
ordinary Fastener if he could take a
Gallatin valleys. Both of these valleys
are Well settled and it is rare that one
man owns more than a quarter section.
Lumber Business Growing.
"a three-band saw mill has been erect
ed at Flat Head lake. located near Kalis
pell, in the center rof the Flat Head val
ley, and will be in operation In a short
time. 1t will have a capacity of so, 100000
feet year, and greatly increase the
lumber output of Montana. There is the
finest white pinea fir ard hemlock, in
large quantities, and saw mills are the
only thing lacking.
THE lumber business. just at present.
however. does not hold out any very
strong inducements to the capitalists
Lumber Is selling for Sc and 81 per /. 900.
and is hardly worth saving at that price.
But the recent combination of railroads
VIII greatly benefit the lumberman and
remedy this matter. The Burlington will
row carry the product into Kansas.
where there is a good demand for lum-
Der and high price and better condi-
tons will prevail
Mr.. Conrad is also a prominent banker
Of Montana, and is president of the Con-
rad Banking company which operates
the Conrad National bank of Kalispeil
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