Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-16
ported progress and was granted fur

ported progress and was granted fur.
ther time.
Applications for membership from
Messrs. McGee and Wilson, of Kendall; ;
Rae and Plumb, Of Gilt Edge, and Was
mansdorff and Goss, of Lewistown,
were received and referred to the
proper committee.
The question of withdrawing from
the Association of Engineering Soci-
eties was then presented by Eugene
Carroll, of Butte, who favored such
action, believing it would be better
for the Montana society to publish it's
own proceedings.
Others opposed this view, and fin
ally it was decided that the secretary
should call upon the members of the
society for written opinions in regard
to the matter.
An adjournment was then taken un-
til 2 p. m.
Afternoon Session.
In the afternoon, E. w. King, the
retiring president, read his address.
The paper was an exhaustive review
of the industrial progress made in
Montana during the past year, with
ing, milling, irrigation, agriculture and
electrical development. Under the
head of irrigation, Mr.. King treated
the various government and private
projects at great length and was en-
thusiastic over these enterprises, which
are destined to transform barren
wastes into smiling farm lands, dotted
with happy homes.
The beet sugar projects also receiv-
ed attention, and the plans of the
companies that will soon begin oper-
ations at Billings, Kalispell, Bozeman
and Chinook were described.
The activity Of the railroads, said
Mr.. King, meant great deal for the
state, and he referred to the plan of
the Great Northern to build from
Great Falls to Billings There was no
doubt that the Milwaukee also intend
ed to build across the state, but Mr..
King could give no definite informa-
tion regarding it. To those seeking
he suggested study of
the map recently published in the In
ter Mountain. The speaker believed
that the 500 would also extend it's line
across this state, and said the Mon
tana railroad was also making sur
veys. In his opinion, five lines will
be built across the state within
few years.
Referring next to the mining indus
try, Mr.. King said it still held it's
place at the top of the list in Mon
tana, and would continue to do so for
some years, although agriculture was
gaining upon it. In his opinion, the
state had barely been scratched over
in mining way, and greater things
than had been discovered in the past
would be revealed through the search
for the precious and other metals.
Modern improvements and discover
les had made it possible to work low
grade ores at profit in these days
that were useless few years ago.
was playing an important
part in miningOperatiOns, and its uses
would increase. There had been no
very large mining or smelling plants
erected during the year, but record
had been made in the way of improve
ments. Some of the more important
Of these, especially at Butte, were
briefly described, including the great
smoke stack or chimney of the Butte
reduction works, which was 1852 feet
crete chimney in the world.
The improvements made at Kendall
and Gilt Edge were noted in passing,
and in closing Mr.. King said that the
future for this state never looked
brighter than today. He referred to
the splendid work being done by the
School of Mines at Butte. II have sam
pied its product" he concluded, by en-
ploying several of its graduates, and
have found them to be 100 f1ne."
Applause followed the reading of
Mr.. Kings address, and President
Dunshee then introduced Prof. G. H.
Of the Butte School of Mines,
who read paper on the development
of the steam turbine engine, illustrat-
ing it with drawings of the parts.
The paper was essentially technical,
and was listened to with close atten-
tion by the engineers, and at the
close, many questions we're put to
Mr.. Bowman, who answered them all.
E. C. Kinney, of Bozeman, then read
a paper describing the engineering
problems encountered by him in con-
a power plant at Gothen-
berg, Kansas, some years ago. The
soil at that place was of shifting
sand. and the expedients resorted to
in order to get in solid cement fOun-
dation proved extremely interesting.
G. w. Craven, of Butte. next read
a paper on the Madison river power
plant enterprise, describing the engi.
neering features. This. too, was
technical paper, and interested all who
heard 1t.
A. M. Plumb, of the Drake mines,
was called upon to speak on the treat
ment of the black ores at Gilt Edge.
and gave the delegates considerable
Otto F. Wasmansdorff, in a short
talk, told of the engineering features
of the electric light plant and the
available power of the stream run
ming through this city.
Frank F. Goss gave some particu-
lars of the work done at Havre in Sc
curing for that city water supply.
1t was accomplished through system
of wells. which were connected, and
which, after many experiments. had
been made to Weld a fine supply Of