The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-28

az Its people, I have the homo
ana ~ affords me great pleasure Il
Ibid you welcome to our midst. 81
ln common with all the towns q
Montana we are ever ready to gree
the worthy stranger to get his ear. i,
sound his needs to compel his ad
mmtratioh, to enroll him In our ranks
I've are glad to show our busy street,
q stores and banks, u public am
private buildings. our schools AMI
churches ~ sugar best factory al
eficient and capacious as any in thu
northwest, and twelve or thirteen
thousand e women and children
every one q happy. confident, enthu
s-astic prophet Of the greatness 81
Billings ing and the glory Of Montana.
Aa!Hfg& OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES EJTJ5 igtM94HA0 TfH9AFNSg 5#M WAY
We are glad to tell the story 81
a million acres Of irrigated plow lands
tributary to our doors, of miles and
miles OF alfalfa and grain and orch.
ards, OF 10000 acres Of growing beets
awaiting but the chemistry Of nature
and OF man to be transformed into
sugar, OF our wool and beef, mutton
and diaries, and Of the hundreds upon
hundreds OF skilled farmers teaching
the new gospel Of dry land farming
and elbowing shepherd and he,rddsmanl
from 100000 acres 81 fertile grass
lands above the ditch; to prove that
you have but to pierce the earth for
oil. but to call upon the hills for
fuel, and the mountains for ore. We
are glad to sing the praises Of league
league Of fertile soil rivalling the
valley Of the Nile and oyerarchedI
With kindly skies, wooed BY balmy,
airs which compel belief in the tales
of paradise.
HSW1m&4 lNGgNTsSF EltHT~S Mf@N AWHI %MNN IN@( uNF@%B%4
.And vet, Gentlemen, accustomed
as we are to confidently invite inspec-
ton, / confess that we appear before
you somewhat abashed. Farmer and
stockman and merchant, builder Of
railroad or factory, mechanic and
capitalist, may come and may go, we
will try to entertain and convince
him, all in the days work.
But we realize that for the first
time iD our history we are to be ap
praised by those whose business 1t is
to pass upon actual values, to sort
the real from the visionary, to dis
count the future, to condemn or ap-
prove new projects; and we know
It we can but gain the seal Of
your approval our future is assured.
$50 for once at least we are in
clined to sound the soft pedal, to
mark down values, and to understate
The truth" ~
George N. Hays, secretary OF the
First Trust & Savings Bank Of this
,ity welcomed the visitors on behalf
II the local bankers, during which he
spoke in part as follows:
Address Of George m. Hays.
'sThe hospitality Of the homes Of
Billings is extended to you. and our
people will be fully rewarded should
our comfort be realized and the en-
ertainment furnished you meet with
our approval to such a. degree that
gu will desire to come again, and nj
'ssure you the pleasure will be mu-
ua1.
Montana Is justly proud Of her
and financial credit. Bank
ailures have been few, the record
rom the early territorial days of
orty-fye years ago to the present !
willScompare most favorably with
communities. With a scattered
opulation Of 100000 people occupy J
lg nearly 100,000,0O0 acres of land, s
are about $50 banks with de- {
osits Of approximately 100000 900, !
.hich makes an ayearge Of 100000. {
it'll each bank. n & t
The public credit of this common g
ealth has always been of the high T
IT, in all our history not q single is T
lei OF school, municipal, county or T
ate bonds has been repudiated, In
rest payments have been promptly
ct, and the process Of refunding the d
lblics Indebtedness at lower rates OF a
terest has been steadily progressing Il
+ a number Of years. s
1T may be Of interest to you, that d
should say a word about our local
mixing conditions. The clearings OF a;
9 Billings Clearing House associa.
N for the six months ending June il
last, amounted 10 $4,12S, 887.2 3 the q
lily clearings at present averaging Is
out $50,000.O0. During the cur K
ncy panic OF last November, the AS Ii
issued the modest total Of q
9,150 in clearing house certificates, al
d at this date all have been re- III
onon5 nee Ig.-t, - - .-L-%.A z.