Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-11-25
SUTHERLAND'S
STRONG PIPE
Great Falls Leader Man Comes to
Town and Returns With Some.
thing New in Line Blue Rings.
TO GREAT FALLS BY WIRE
Imaginative Newspaper Man Says We
viii Soon be Riding to His Town
On Electric Cars.

Our friend Sutherland. Of the Great
Falls Leader, made a business trip to
this city q few days ago and upon his
return n Great Falls. filed his pipe
with condensed shelter smoke and
the .oi.owing was the result:
Il is not at all improbable that be.
fore the proposed extension Of the
Burlington route from Billins to Great
Falls Is built. there will be an cleo.
trio line in operation between Lewis.
tp%n. the capitol of Fergus county,
and this city. LewistowH, by the way.
Is not On he line OF The surveys made
for The Burlington extension mention
ed. but lies about thirty miles TO the
EAST, a. the nearest point. II has
been suggested and the matter is be-
iHg 1uit" ]strUngit aritstrd by prOmi.
ucn' business mru and capitalists IN
be Fergus county metropolis. that an
't.'''' l'' I' hHIII Nli'fl
that rIty aud Great Falls. Mr.. r..
Sutherland, who Is connected with The
llsiue-s department. pt the Leader.
has lus' returned ron a trip to Lew
i.tpwn, Kendall and Gilt Edge. and
,ays thar IA" people in the former
town ara willing to cooperate with
Great Falls in the project.
Will Meet Us Half Way.
II talked with many influential men
AT L~ewistown. said Mr.. Sutherland.
who seem 10 b" quite enthusiastic oy,
er the possibilities OF an electric line
between that place and Great Falls
They say that the immense amount ol
cheap water power that Is available
In both places would make it possible
to operate the road as cheaply as any
electric line In the world can be op
Grated. They are willing. they say
to furnish half the power. II Great
Falls will furnish the other half ant
to cooperate with this city in every
other way possible to make the pro
IDH'l ll1t "a GfdllLdllOH.
4 "Lowistown people believe that ,
traction line between the two place!
would be a great benefit TO both cit
les and would serve to open up anC
. develop the country lying between
2 While the line might not he a payinl
investment on the start. the settlin,
, mp of the country between the TIVE
y cities that would he sure to follow
. would make IT ultimately so. TIL,
, people over there who are a~gitatini
+. the r0ad are anxious that the Busl
, ness Mems association. or some 9th
. or organization of public-spirited citI
zens in Great Falls. take the matte
a up with them,
lewistown Prosperous.
"I.owistown is lively" continue,
Mr.. Sutherland, land one OF the bes
towns | have visited in the state. Tn
@ hotels are doing a good business, tn
merchants are having a big trade an
there Is a general air of prosperit
about the town that appeals to every
body who goes there. The bushes
e men do not seem to think. however
that the new railroad just complete
from Harlowton, is going to be Q
much benefit to the place for awhile
! not, at any rate, until it has give
them a better service than it has du
4 ing the past week or two. There ha
not been a train over the road In SCI
= on days up Ia the time | left thcr'
owing to the blockades caused by tn
, storms.
y Everyone a Prospector.
Every man. m and child /
LuwistOwn seems to be- a prospcctC
at heart. and ready ut "A moments ~
ticc To take to the mountains in
search for gold. The immense STAKE
l. that have been made by some of III
mining men there, the people do M
easily forget, and they all know thi
there are just AS large fortunes lyin
untouched and within easy reach.
they could only locate them, as al
i being taken out every day from I'll
mines at Kendall and Gilt Edge.
- The latter two camps are workiI
% full forces and everything looks pro
porous in both places. The Barne
King mine at Kendall Is said to |
making $IO,DOO a month for its owI
"A crs. Ily the cyaniding process. Il
ore may be extracted, it is said. a.
:, cost of not over Is cents 10 the Ia
!, and the ore runs from 81 to SIS TO II
ton
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